Welfare, Poverty, and Abused Women: New Research and its Implications

Special thanks to The Ford Foundation for its support of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence, the initiative under which these materials were produced. We also wish to acknowledge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their ongoing funding of the NRC. The ideas expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of The Ford Foundation or other funders of the Natio nal Resource Center on Domestic Violence. These materials may be reprinted or adapted with proper acknowledgment.