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Bergmann, Barbara R. – 1997
In the wake of welfare reform efforts, the government is willing to provide or finance a wide range of services for working parents and help them purchase child care and child health insurance. Taken together, these services represent a significant attack on child poverty. Based on a basic needs' budget for families and the high proportion of a…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Mathur, Anita – 2002
In August, 1997, the California State Legislature created CalWORKs as California's version of federal welfare reform, known nationally as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. Cal WORKs provides that each eligible adult recipient may receive up to 60 months of assistance during their lifetime. All adult recipients must…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged