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The path to employment for individuals with disabilities in the welfare system
- Authors:
- TIMMONS Jamie Ciulla, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Poverty, 5(3), 2001, pp.87-112.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Welfare reform has changed the landscape of social protection for individuals on the margins of economic independence. Reforms in the USA require individuals to develop marketable skills and acceptable work behaviors and to move along a path to employment. For individuals with disabilities in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) system, substantial barriers and insufficient transitional supports can impede this path. The current study examined the impact of welfare reform on individuals with disabilities in the TANF system. This report summarizes the experiences of eleven individuals with disabilities receiving welfare benefits. Study findings trace a path from welfare to work, describe variations along this path for individuals with disabilities, and consider a range of supports necessary to address barriers. Implications for policy and practice are offered.
Paying the price: carers, poverty and social exclusion
- Author:
- HOWARD Marilyn
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 141p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
There are approximately six million people in the UK who provide care and support for someone, usually a relative or partner, who, because of age, health or disability, are unable to cope alone. Although this form of unpaid care work saves the taxpayer an estimated £34 billion a year in health and social services, the carers themselves are often left in poverty, excluded from any active social life and often without paid employment. This publication draws on recent research that looks at the way caring impacts on the lives of different types of carers. Each different group is examined a case study is presented to illustrate the different obstacles faced. The groups covered include: young carers; parent carers; working-age carers (and work), and; carers over pension age.
Social security
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, October 2001, pp.56-58.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Changes to tax and benefits and the introduction of more generous credits are designed to enable parents to go back to work. Looks at research which shows the loopholes in the benefit system and the lack of childminders can still create obstacles for those wanting to return to work.
No space to grieve
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 35, Summer 2001, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
How would bereaved parents cope if - on top of their grief at losing their child they had to manage a sudden drop in income? Looks at research which reveals the additional burden many parents of disabled children have to face.
Children, poverty and disability
- Author:
- REITH Lorna
- Journal article citation:
- Poverty, 109, Summer 2001, pp.10-13.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
The Government has made an ambitious commitment to eradicating child poverty within a target of 20 years and has introduced a range of policy initiatives and increases in benefits. Asks whether these improvements will reach disabled children or children in families where a parent is long term sick or disabled, and looks at what the Government is doing to address their needs.
Social security
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 11, April 2001, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Families who have a disabled child often fall into poverty and become socially excluded. Reports on a study in Hertfordshire which reveals that the problems of these families are exacerbated by the fact that they are not claiming the benefits they are entitled to.
The employment tax credit: and issues for the future of in-work support
- Authors:
- BENNETT Fran, HIRSCH Donald
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 152p.
- Place of publication:
- York
From 2003, the Government plans to introduce the Employment Tax Credit, to extend help to a wider range of individuals and couples with earnings from work who are nonetheless living on low incomes. What place is there for such in-work supplements in tackling poverty and promoting opportunity? An analysis of evidence suggests the need to balance the decision to extend income top-ups with other policies in order to achieve these aims.
Work in progress: CAB clients' experiences of Working Families' Tax Credit: summary
- Author:
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX
- Publisher:
- National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Working families’ tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit were was introduced in October 1999. A disabled child tax credit followed in October 2000. The tax credits scheme is designed ‘to give working families with children a better deal’. Working families’ tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit have a key role to play in eliminating poverty, and the extra sums available to families in paid work are welcome. The impact on poverty will be diminished unless take-up of the tax credits is high. This report shows that take-up of the tax credits will be reduced, unless people are given more choice about how they are paid working families’ tax credit; there is improved publicity and information; and the rules on the childcare tax credit are amended.
Work in progress: CAB clients' experiences of Working Families' Tax Credit
- Author:
- WHEATLEY John
- Publisher:
- National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 62p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Working families’ tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit were was introduced in October 1999. A disabled child tax credit followed in October 2000. The tax credits scheme is designed ‘to give working families with children a better deal’. Working families’ tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit have a key role to play in eliminating poverty, and the extra sums available to families in paid work are welcome. The impact on poverty will be diminished unless take-up of the tax credits is high. This report shows that take-up of the tax credits will be reduced, unless people are given more choice about how they are paid working families’ tax credit; there is improved publicity and information; and the rules on the childcare tax credit are amended.
Key indicators of personal social services for Northern Ireland 2001
- Authors:
- MOONEY Eugene, TAGGART Kieran, MCLAUGHLIN Jacqui
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 170p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Stormont
This publication provides detailed comparative information on social services expenditure and provision across the four Boards and eleven Trusts in Northern Ireland and across all major programmes of care.