Extreme Poverty Rising, Existing Government Programs Could Do More. New Federalism: National Survey of America's Families, Series B, No. B-45. Assessing the New Federalism: An Urban Institute Program To Assess Changing Social Policies.

Autor/inn/en	Zedlewski, Sheila R.; Giannarelli, Linda; Morton, Joyce; Wheaton, Laura
Institution	Urban Inst., Washington, DC.
Titel	Extreme Poverty Rising, Existing Government Programs Could Do More. New Federalism: National Survey of America's Families, Series B, No. B-45. Assessing the New Federalism: An Urban Institute Program To Assess Changing Social Policies.
Quelle	(2002), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Welfare; Federal Programs; Poverty; Welfare Recipients + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Armut; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin
Abstract	This brief examines how decreased program participation has affected poverty since welfare reform, reviewing changes in poverty from 1996-1998 and comparing families' current economic status with a scenario that assumes full participation in government support programs. Data come from the 1997 and 1999 National Surveys of America's Families (NSAF) and the Urban Institute's Transfer Income Model, which corrects the NSAF's underreporting of government benefits, adds the value of food stamps and earned income tax credit imputes federal payroll and income taxes, and estimates annual out-of-pocket child care expenses. Results indicate that the government offers a stronger safety net than is delivered. In 1998, if all families with children participated in the post-reform government safety net programs for which they qualified, poverty would have declined by more than 20 percent, and extreme poverty by 70 percent. This decline provides a strong rationale for changing existing programs to provide family-friendly delivery systems and more standardized eligibility requirements. The results suggest that private and public sector efforts to increase program participation could reduce poverty and economic hardship. (SM)
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