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Danziger, Sheldon H., Ed.; Weinberg, Daniel H., Ed. – 1986
The 15 essays in this book discuss the success and failure of federal anti-poverty programs since the 1960s. Titles (and authors) are: (1) "Introduction" (Sheldon H. Danziger and Daniel H. Weinberg); (2) "Public Spending for the Poor: Trends, Prospects, and Economic Limits" (Gary Burtless); (3) "Antipoverty Policy: Effects on the Poor and the…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Low Income
Download full textGermanis, Peter, Ed.; Bavier, Richard, Ed. – 1987
About half of the first part of a 4-part compendium of information about low income assistance programs is presented in this document (the rest of part 1 and the other 3 parts of the compendium are presented in volume 3 of supplement 1 of this series). Part 1 contains detailed information about 59 major federally supported public assistance…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Berman, Matthew; Foster, Karen Pyle – 1986
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) distributed 44 million acres of land and nearly $1 billion to Alaska Natives. The land and equity is currently being held by 12 regional corporations and 150 village corporations formed by the act. Native shareholders, however, will be free to sell their stock in these corporations for the first time…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Economically Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups, Federal Programs
de Aguiar, Gabriela Azevedo; Barker, Gary; Nascimento, Marcos; Segundo, Marcio – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2007
This paper describes important issues in the promotion of the development of children 0 to 6 years of age in Brazil, particularly in education, health, children's rights and public policy. Brazil exhibits tremendous disparities and some of the worst welfare indicators in Latin America. Much of the population faces poverty, limited educational…
Descriptors: Low Income, Early Childhood Education, Childrens Rights, Foreign Countries
Interagency Low Income Opportunity Advisory Board, Washington, DC. – 1987
This volume contains the second half of part 1 of a 4-part compendium of information about low income assistance programs plus the remaining 3 parts of the compendium. Part 1 contains detailed information about 59 major federally supported public assistance programs, each of which annually spent over $20 million in fiscal year 1985, and applied a…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Inc., Madison. – 2000
It is becoming increasingly clear that "work first" solutions to welfare reform such as Wisconsin Works (W-2) are problematic for families with a disabled parent or child. Wisconsin's existing policies are especially ill-tailored to meet the special needs of the following broad categories of low-income families: (1) W-2 families that…
Descriptors: Day Care, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs
Bos, Johannes M.; Huston, Aletha C.; Granger, Robert C.; Duncan, Greg J.; Brock, Thomas W.; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; And Others – 1999
This document details the 2-year results of the New Hope Project, which was conducted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to reduce poverty, reform welfare, and improve the overall well-being of poor people by providing a mix of incentives and services, including supplemental income, child care subsidies, guaranteed affordable health insurance, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care
