Jan L Hagen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5940386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan L Hagen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan L |
| FAMILY NAME | Hagen |
| SIGNATURE | HAGEN J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Albany, State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Child care services in the Jobs program
Issues in Implementing Tanf in New York
The study discussed in this article examined the perspectives of front-line welfare workers on issues related to the implementation of TANF: domestic violence, work requirements, time limits for cash benefits, and functions of workers. Based on focus groups held in upstate New York, findings suggest a lack of criteria for the granting of exemptions from TANF requirements, worker resistance to serving those caught in the cycle of violence, and con…
Time Limits Under Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, which replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children in 1996, ended federal entitlement to cash assistance for poor women and their children and established a welfare cliff—a 5-year, lifetime limit for receiving assistance from federal funds. This article discusses the implications of time limits for the development of state programs and for the lives of poor women and their children
Mothers' views on child care under the Jobs program and implications for welfare reform
Journal Article Mothers' views on child care under the JOBS program and implications for welfare reform Get access Jan L. Hagen, PhD, ACSW, Jan L. Hagen, PhD, ACSW professor of social work State University of New York at Albany. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Liane V. Davis, PhD Liane V. Davis, PhD associate dean and professor School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence. Search for other work…
Stereotypes and Stigma
In the debate on welfare reform, stereotypes of women on welfare have resurfaced, and most proposals for reform are designed to modify and regulate women's behaviors. This article, based on information obtained in focus groups of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, examines how women manage the stigma of being welfare mothers and what they think about "cheating" the system. The most striking difference between recipients of the…
Remembering Liane Vida Davis
Implementing Jobs
States have confronted both opportunities and challenges as they implement the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program, a federally mandated welfare employment program that provides education, training, and employment services to recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Drawing on findings from a 10-state, three-year study on JOBS implementation, this article highlights issues in funding, service availability, chi…
The Participants' Perspective on the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program
In this study, we sought to bring into view the perspective of welfare recipients regarding the nation's welfare employment program, the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program. We conducted face-to-face interviews with participants in four communities and completed follow-up telephone interviews several months later. The findings indicate that participating in a welfare employment program can be a worthwhile experience for mothers on…
Implementing Jobs
Frontline workers fulfill a critical role in the implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program, a welfare employment program authorized under the Family Support Act of 1988. This study of frontline workers finds that workers perceived their agencies as emphasizing the opportunities available to clients under the JOBS program rather than clients' obligations to participate in the program. In addition, these worke…
The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program and Child Care
In enacting the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program (JOBS), Congress recognized that the participation of many mothers with young children would depend on child care. In this article, we consider how 10 states initially responded to the child-care provisions of the legislation. Although many state administrators perceived both the supply and funding of child care as adequate at the time of the study, most viewed child care as a qu…
Income Maintenance Workers
Although social services and financial assistance in public welfare have been separated for almost 15 years, relatively little attention has been given to the position of the income maintenance worker. To begin to address this situation, this study was undertaken to assess burnout, job satisfaction, and projected job tenure among income maintenance workers. The findings indicate unusually high levels of emotional exhaustion, job dissatisfaction, …
Homeless Women
This study of 51 homeless women in Albany, New York, used in-depth personal interviews to obtain descriptive-correlational data regarding demographic characteristics, the precipitants and concomitants of homelessness, sources of income, informal support networks, current problems, and goals for the future. The diversity of problems found among these women necessitates interventions that will address the unique subgroups in the homeless population…
Services for Battered Women
The public policy response to wife abuse is examined through an analysis of federal legislation and a case study of one state's approach to the problem. Federal policy has been framed by a generic view of family violence, resulting in an emphasis on enhanced family functioning and the use of the criminal justice system to punish and protect family members engaged in abusive violence. In contrast, New York State has recently returned to a policy p…
AFDC Encounters Joint Custody
In the fifty years since its enactment, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) has become increasingly difficult to administer efficiently and equitably. Most recently, this increasing complexity is illustrated by eligibility determinations for divorced families having joint custody of the children. A recent national survey of state agencies administering AFDC programs reveals a diversity of approaches in determining eligibility under the…
Proceed with Caution
Joint custody, the newest child custody alternative following divorce, is intended to benefit and serve the best interests of children. Unintended consequences, however, have been relatively unexplored, which raises questions as to the viability of joint custody for all families, regardless of social class, race, or ethnicity. Until further information is available, joint custody must be advocated cautiously
Gender and Homelessness
Gender and Homelessness Get access Jan L. Hagen Jan L. Hagen Jan L. Hagen, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. This article was presented at the 1986 NASW National Conference on Women's Issues, Atlanta, Georgia, May 28–31, 1986. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubM…
Income Maintenance Workers
Although social services have been separated from income maintenance for almost 15 years, the effects of this separation have not been determined. While the issues surrounding separation are numerous, the role of the eligibility, or income maintenance, worker is of particular importance. Although this role has been defined primarily as a technician, the accuracy of that definition has not been substantiated. The purpose of this study was to exami…
Welfare Fair Hearings and Client Advocacy
As a legally mandated grievance mechanism, welfare fair hearings provide a formal recourse for applicants and recipients of welfare dissatisfied with agency decisions. Fair hearings may be viewed as an example of one agency's attempt to foster fairness and to control administrative discretion. However, as a mechanism for redressing grievances, welfare fair hearings have a number of severe limitations. Social workers practicing with potential and …
Joint Custody of Children and AFDC Eligibility
Joint custody of children following a divorce is usually based on the premise that the child's best interest will be served by a continuing relationship with both parents. For divorced parents who are poor, however, joint custody of children may jeopardize eligibility for AFDC. A study of state policies and experiences in administering AFDC in such cases indicates that states evaluate each case individually to determine whether there is continued…
Case Law and Social Welfare
This paper illustrates an approach for analyzing case law within the framework of social welfare programs and policies. Drawing on a framework first developed by Burns and later expanded by Gilbert and Specht, selected court decisions related to income maintenance are categorized on the basis of four parameters: basis of social allocation, the nature of social provisions, the structure of the delivery system, and the method of financing. Unlike t…
Manuscript Evaluation
Journal Article Manuscript Evaluation Get access Jan L. Hagen Jan L. Hagen School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 28, Issue 6, November-December 1983, Page 491, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/28.6.491 Published: 01 November 1983
Justice for the Welfare Recipient
Based on the adversarial model of justice, welfare fair hearings serve as one mechanism for insuring administrative justice in public assistance. This study examines the use of due process procedures by applicants and recipients of welfare in welfare hearings. The findings indicate that petitioners who retain legal assistance make use of procedural due process in advancing their cases at welfare fair hearings. However, for self-represented petiti…
Whatever Happened to 43 Elizabeth I, c.2
Court decisions in the area of welfare law have influenced both the development and implementation of the social welfare system, particularly income maintenance. Many of the court rulings dealing with income maintenance have dealt directly with welfare principles derived from the English poor laws. This article reviews the evolution of the poor laws and delineates their underlying principles. Court cases related to the poor laws are then examined…
Gender and Homelessness
Gender and Homelessness Get access Jan L. Hagen Jan L. Hagen Jan L. Hagen, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. This article was presented at the 1986 NASW National Conference on Women's Issues, Atlanta, Georgia, May 28–31, 1986. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubM…
Issues in Implementing Tanf in New York
The study discussed in this article examined the perspectives of front-line welfare workers on issues related to the implementation of TANF: domestic violence, work requirements, time limits for cash benefits, and functions of workers. Based on focus groups held in upstate New York, findings suggest a lack of criteria for the granting of exemptions from TANF requirements, worker resistance to serving those caught in the cycle of violence, and con…
Stereotypes and Stigma
In the debate on welfare reform, stereotypes of women on welfare have resurfaced, and most proposals for reform are designed to modify and regulate women's behaviors. This article, based on information obtained in focus groups of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, examines how women manage the stigma of being welfare mothers and what they think about "cheating" the system. The most striking difference between recipients of the…
Income Maintenance Workers
Although social services have been separated from income maintenance for almost 15 years, the effects of this separation have not been determined. While the issues surrounding separation are numerous, the role of the eligibility, or income maintenance, worker is of particular importance. Although this role has been defined primarily as a technician, the accuracy of that definition has not been substantiated. The purpose of this study was to exami…
Services for Battered Women
The public policy response to wife abuse is examined through an analysis of federal legislation and a case study of one state's approach to the problem. Federal policy has been framed by a generic view of family violence, resulting in an emphasis on enhanced family functioning and the use of the criminal justice system to punish and protect family members engaged in abusive violence. In contrast, New York State has recently returned to a policy p…
The Participants' Perspective on the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program
In this study, we sought to bring into view the perspective of welfare recipients regarding the nation's welfare employment program, the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program. We conducted face-to-face interviews with participants in four communities and completed follow-up telephone interviews several months later. The findings indicate that participating in a welfare employment program can be a worthwhile experience for mothers on…
The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program and Child Care
In enacting the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program (JOBS), Congress recognized that the participation of many mothers with young children would depend on child care. In this article, we consider how 10 states initially responded to the child-care provisions of the legislation. Although many state administrators perceived both the supply and funding of child care as adequate at the time of the study, most viewed child care as a qu…
Implementing Jobs
States have confronted both opportunities and challenges as they implement the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program, a federally mandated welfare employment program that provides education, training, and employment services to recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Drawing on findings from a 10-state, three-year study on JOBS implementation, this article highlights issues in funding, service availability, chi…
Implementing Jobs
Frontline workers fulfill a critical role in the implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program, a welfare employment program authorized under the Family Support Act of 1988. This study of frontline workers finds that workers perceived their agencies as emphasizing the opportunities available to clients under the JOBS program rather than clients' obligations to participate in the program. In addition, these worke…
Homeless Women
This study of 51 homeless women in Albany, New York, used in-depth personal interviews to obtain descriptive-correlational data regarding demographic characteristics, the precipitants and concomitants of homelessness, sources of income, informal support networks, current problems, and goals for the future. The diversity of problems found among these women necessitates interventions that will address the unique subgroups in the homeless population…
Time Limits Under Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, which replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children in 1996, ended federal entitlement to cash assistance for poor women and their children and established a welfare cliff—a 5-year, lifetime limit for receiving assistance from federal funds. This article discusses the implications of time limits for the development of state programs and for the lives of poor women and their children
Whatever Happened to 43 Elizabeth I, c.2
Court decisions in the area of welfare law have influenced both the development and implementation of the social welfare system, particularly income maintenance. Many of the court rulings dealing with income maintenance have dealt directly with welfare principles derived from the English poor laws. This article reviews the evolution of the poor laws and delineates their underlying principles. Court cases related to the poor laws are then examined…
Income Maintenance Workers
Although social services and financial assistance in public welfare have been separated for almost 15 years, relatively little attention has been given to the position of the income maintenance worker. To begin to address this situation, this study was undertaken to assess burnout, job satisfaction, and projected job tenure among income maintenance workers. The findings indicate unusually high levels of emotional exhaustion, job dissatisfaction, …
Proceed with Caution
Joint custody, the newest child custody alternative following divorce, is intended to benefit and serve the best interests of children. Unintended consequences, however, have been relatively unexplored, which raises questions as to the viability of joint custody for all families, regardless of social class, race, or ethnicity. Until further information is available, joint custody must be advocated cautiously
Child care services in the Jobs program
Joint Custody of Children and AFDC Eligibility
Joint custody of children following a divorce is usually based on the premise that the child's best interest will be served by a continuing relationship with both parents. For divorced parents who are poor, however, joint custody of children may jeopardize eligibility for AFDC. A study of state policies and experiences in administering AFDC in such cases indicates that states evaluate each case individually to determine whether there is continued…
Justice for the Welfare Recipient
Based on the adversarial model of justice, welfare fair hearings serve as one mechanism for insuring administrative justice in public assistance. This study examines the use of due process procedures by applicants and recipients of welfare in welfare hearings. The findings indicate that petitioners who retain legal assistance make use of procedural due process in advancing their cases at welfare fair hearings. However, for self-represented petiti…
Whatever Happened to 43 Elizabeth I, c.2
Court decisions in the area of welfare law have influenced both the development and implementation of the social welfare system, particularly income maintenance. Many of the court rulings dealing with income maintenance have dealt directly with welfare principles derived from the English poor laws. This article reviews the evolution of the poor laws and delineates their underlying principles. Court cases related to the poor laws are then examined…
Case Law and Social Welfare
This paper illustrates an approach for analyzing case law within the framework of social welfare programs and policies. Drawing on a framework first developed by Burns and later expanded by Gilbert and Specht, selected court decisions related to income maintenance are categorized on the basis of four parameters: basis of social allocation, the nature of social provisions, the structure of the delivery system, and the method of financing. Unlike t…
Manuscript Evaluation
Journal Article Manuscript Evaluation Get access Jan L. Hagen Jan L. Hagen School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 28, Issue 6, November-December 1983, Page 491, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/28.6.491 Published: 01 November 1983
Justice for the Welfare Recipient
Based on the adversarial model of justice, welfare fair hearings serve as one mechanism for insuring administrative justice in public assistance. This study examines the use of due process procedures by applicants and recipients of welfare in welfare hearings. The findings indicate that petitioners who retain legal assistance make use of procedural due process in advancing their cases at welfare fair hearings. However, for self-represented petiti…
Joint Custody of Children and AFDC Eligibility
Joint custody of children following a divorce is usually based on the premise that the child's best interest will be served by a continuing relationship with both parents. For divorced parents who are poor, however, joint custody of children may jeopardize eligibility for AFDC. A study of state policies and experiences in administering AFDC in such cases indicates that states evaluate each case individually to determine whether there is continued…
Welfare Fair Hearings and Client Advocacy
As a legally mandated grievance mechanism, welfare fair hearings provide a formal recourse for applicants and recipients of welfare dissatisfied with agency decisions. Fair hearings may be viewed as an example of one agency's attempt to foster fairness and to control administrative discretion. However, as a mechanism for redressing grievances, welfare fair hearings have a number of severe limitations. Social workers practicing with potential and …
AFDC Encounters Joint Custody
In the fifty years since its enactment, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) has become increasingly difficult to administer efficiently and equitably. Most recently, this increasing complexity is illustrated by eligibility determinations for divorced families having joint custody of the children. A recent national survey of state agencies administering AFDC programs reveals a diversity of approaches in determining eligibility under the…
Proceed with Caution
Joint custody, the newest child custody alternative following divorce, is intended to benefit and serve the best interests of children. Unintended consequences, however, have been relatively unexplored, which raises questions as to the viability of joint custody for all families, regardless of social class, race, or ethnicity. Until further information is available, joint custody must be advocated cautiously
Gender and Homelessness
Gender and Homelessness Get access Jan L. Hagen Jan L. Hagen Jan L. Hagen, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. This article was presented at the 1986 NASW National Conference on Women's Issues, Atlanta, Georgia, May 28–31, 1986. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubM…
Income Maintenance Workers
Although social services have been separated from income maintenance for almost 15 years, the effects of this separation have not been determined. While the issues surrounding separation are numerous, the role of the eligibility, or income maintenance, worker is of particular importance. Although this role has been defined primarily as a technician, the accuracy of that definition has not been substantiated. The purpose of this study was to exami…
Homeless Women
This study of 51 homeless women in Albany, New York, used in-depth personal interviews to obtain descriptive-correlational data regarding demographic characteristics, the precipitants and concomitants of homelessness, sources of income, informal support networks, current problems, and goals for the future. The diversity of problems found among these women necessitates interventions that will address the unique subgroups in the homeless population…
Services for Battered Women
The public policy response to wife abuse is examined through an analysis of federal legislation and a case study of one state's approach to the problem. Federal policy has been framed by a generic view of family violence, resulting in an emphasis on enhanced family functioning and the use of the criminal justice system to punish and protect family members engaged in abusive violence. In contrast, New York State has recently returned to a policy p…
Income Maintenance Workers
Although social services and financial assistance in public welfare have been separated for almost 15 years, relatively little attention has been given to the position of the income maintenance worker. To begin to address this situation, this study was undertaken to assess burnout, job satisfaction, and projected job tenure among income maintenance workers. The findings indicate unusually high levels of emotional exhaustion, job dissatisfaction, …
The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program and Child Care
In enacting the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program (JOBS), Congress recognized that the participation of many mothers with young children would depend on child care. In this article, we consider how 10 states initially responded to the child-care provisions of the legislation. Although many state administrators perceived both the supply and funding of child care as adequate at the time of the study, most viewed child care as a qu…
Implementing Jobs
Frontline workers fulfill a critical role in the implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program, a welfare employment program authorized under the Family Support Act of 1988. This study of frontline workers finds that workers perceived their agencies as emphasizing the opportunities available to clients under the JOBS program rather than clients' obligations to participate in the program. In addition, these worke…
Implementing Jobs
States have confronted both opportunities and challenges as they implement the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) program, a federally mandated welfare employment program that provides education, training, and employment services to recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Drawing on findings from a 10-state, three-year study on JOBS implementation, this article highlights issues in funding, service availability, chi…
The Participants' Perspective on the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program
In this study, we sought to bring into view the perspective of welfare recipients regarding the nation's welfare employment program, the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program. We conducted face-to-face interviews with participants in four communities and completed follow-up telephone interviews several months later. The findings indicate that participating in a welfare employment program can be a worthwhile experience for mothers on…
Mothers' views on child care under the Jobs program and implications for welfare reform
Journal Article Mothers' views on child care under the JOBS program and implications for welfare reform Get access Jan L. Hagen, PhD, ACSW, Jan L. Hagen, PhD, ACSW professor of social work State University of New York at Albany. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Liane V. Davis, PhD Liane V. Davis, PhD associate dean and professor School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence. Search for other work…
Stereotypes and Stigma
In the debate on welfare reform, stereotypes of women on welfare have resurfaced, and most proposals for reform are designed to modify and regulate women's behaviors. This article, based on information obtained in focus groups of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, examines how women manage the stigma of being welfare mothers and what they think about "cheating" the system. The most striking difference between recipients of the…
Remembering Liane Vida Davis
Time Limits Under Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, which replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children in 1996, ended federal entitlement to cash assistance for poor women and their children and established a welfare cliff—a 5-year, lifetime limit for receiving assistance from federal funds. This article discusses the implications of time limits for the development of state programs and for the lives of poor women and their children
Issues in Implementing Tanf in New York
The study discussed in this article examined the perspectives of front-line welfare workers on issues related to the implementation of TANF: domestic violence, work requirements, time limits for cash benefits, and functions of workers. Based on focus groups held in upstate New York, findings suggest a lack of criteria for the granting of exemptions from TANF requirements, worker resistance to serving those caught in the cycle of violence, and con…
Child care services in the Jobs program
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