Serving No One Well
Tanf Nearly Twenty Years Later
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11344459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristin S Seefeldt (0000-0002-3408-0729, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096 |
| Publisher | WMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15453/0191-5096.3849 |
| OpenAlex | W2610959052 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 17 |
The 1996 welfare reform law transformed the nation’s cash welfare system into a time-limited, work-based program. Welfare caseloads dropped by more than half, but in more recent years and in the wake of the Great Recession, relatively little research has focused on TANF program participation, particularly from the vantage point of clients and potential clients. This paper uses qualitative data from interviews with very low-income single mothers conducted in 2013. Analysis of the interview data yielded three different narratives regarding how TANF did not meet their needs: it did not help them find jobs; it did not assist those with personal and family challenges; and it failed to perform as a safety net
Business · Cash · Developmental psychology · Economics · Great recession · Labour economics · Point (geometry · Political science · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Recession · Safety net · Single mothers · Social science · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Well-being · Work (physics · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Finance
“There’s room to do more”
Becoming Job-Ready? Narratives of Local Welfare-to-Work Programs and Client Experiences Across Differing Economic Contexts in California
Federal Rulemaking
Ten years later
Women’s Lived Experiences with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tanf)
Are We the Welfare Office? Managing Administrative Burden in a Guaranteed-Income Pilot
The Importance of Relationships
Trauma Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (T-SBIRT) Implemented within Tanf Employment Services
Losing ground
The new politics of poverty
The Effects of Time Limits, the Eitc, and Other Policy Changes on Welfare Use, Work, and Income among Female-Headed Families
When There Is No Welfare
Neo-liberal poverty governance
From Welfare to a Work‐based Safety Net
Supplementing Tanf's Work Requirement
Tanf at Age 20
Increasing Work Opportunities and Reducing Poverty Two Decades After Welfare Reform
Income Packaging Strategies of Economically Disconnected Women and the Implications for Social Policy and Practice
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Why Applicants Leave the Extended Welfare Application Process
Predictors of Stability and Change in Private Safety Nets of Unmarried Mothers
Did Welfare Reform Cause the Caseload Decline
Family Connections and the Black-White Wealth Gap among Middle-Class Families
Why Americans hate welfare
The Relationship Between Private Safety Nets and Economic Outcomes Among Single Mothers
Welfare reform and the subject of the working mother
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |