| Framework for a New Safety Net for Low-Income Working Families
Golden, Olivia; Winston, Pamela; Acs, Gregory; Chaudry, Ajay
Urban Institute, June 12, 2007, online edition, 56p
"This paper for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation conceptualizes a framework for a new safety net for low-income working families that is rooted in their most essential needs. It is organized around five key goals:(1) enabling parents to meet their family’s needs while working in lower-wage jobs, (2) helping families weather gaps in parental employment, (3) supporting parents’ job advancement, (4) helping parents combine work and child-rearing, and (5) improving children’s well-being and development. The paper describes these families’ circumstances, discusses gaps in current safety-net programs, and explores possible alternative approaches to meeting families’ most pressing needs." All authors are researchers and experts on Welfare and Social Issues with the Urban Institute.
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C25/04-07. Posted July 16, 2007
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