Jobs for Welfare Recipients
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Welfare reform and substance abuse treatment for welfare recipients.
Studies presented in this paper were supported by funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant 5–RO1–DA12256), the Administration for Children and Families, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The 1996 welfare reform law replaced the existing entitlement to cash welfare with a transitional program of temporary aid that has employment as its primary goal. Among the key provisions...
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عنوان ژورنال: Employment Research
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1075-8445,1075-8445
DOI: 10.17848/1075-8445.4(1)-2