Public Welfare articles from September 1996

Public Welfare archives from September 1996

America's partnership capital.
September 22, 1996... There is an important reason why the welfare-to-work experiment described in the following article is happening here in Kansas City, Missouri, the self-described "partnership capital of America." History and tradition bear out that this is a city...

Welfare to work: the Kansas City experiment and experience.
September 22, 1996... A citizen group and a cadre of local business people put hundreds of welfare recipients to work through wage supplementation. In the room of a church in Kansas City, Missouri are voices beginning to be heard in welfare reform debate - women...

Welfare reform in Ohio.
September 22, 1996... OhioFirst is a statewide plan that has already changed the face of welfare Ohio has established itself as a state with a strong desire to move from a system of public assistance that focuses on the issuance of benefits to a system of support...

A conversation with Bruce M. Bullen. (Massachusetts Medicaid commissioner)(Interview)
September 22, 1996... Public Welfare talks with the Massachusetts Medicaid commissioner about the Massachusetts Medicaid program and the future of Medicaid. PW: As commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance, you are successfully controlling the...

Shaping the debate on welfare.
September 22, 1996... A scholar offers his recommended reading list of books that have influenced recent social policy. This reading list demonstrates, once again, that ideas have consequences. All the main elements the new welfare law - requiring work for...

Life after welfare.
September 22, 1996... A recent study looks at the economic well-being of women and children following an exit from AFDC The goal of many previous national welfare reform efforts has been to help move women and children off the welfare rolls. The Personal...