State welfare employment initiatives: Lessons from the 1980s
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Workfare, reciprocal obligations, parental responsibility, and the need to balance opportunities with mandates have been prominent in the current lexicon of welfare reform, replacing the emphasis on entitlements and incentives familiar from an earlier era. This article discusses why the debate has shifted toward work strategies and summarizes what we know about the feasibility and success of this type of reform. The focus throughout is on women in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program.
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