Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform : Welfare, Food Assistance, and Poverty in Rural America

by Weber, Bruce A.; Duncan, Greg J.; Whitener, Leslie A.

• ISBN13: 9780880992404
• ISBN10: 0880992409
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: W E Upjohn Inst for

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction: As the Dust Settles: Welfare Reform and Rural America	1	(24)
Leslie A. Whitener
Bruce A. Weber
Greg Duncan
Part 1: Welfare Reform, Rural Labor Markets, and Rural Poverty
Approaching the Limit: Early National Lessons from Welfare Reform	25	(26)
Sheldon Danziger
Rural Labor Markets in an Era of Welfare Reform	51	(26)
Robert M. Gibbs
Rural America in Transition: Poverty and Welfare at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century	77	(36)
Daniel T. Lichter
Leif Jensen
Part 2: Welfare Dynamics in Rural and Urban Areas
Reducing Food Stamp and Welfare Caseloads in the South: Are Rural Areas Less Likely to Succeed Than Urban Centers?	113	(34)
Mark Henry
Lynn Reinschmiedt
Wills Lewis, Jr.
A Darren Hudson
Seasonal, Employment Dynamics and Welfare Use in Agricultural and Rural California Counties	147	(30)
Henry E. Brady
Mary Sprague
Fredric C. Gey
Michael Wiseman
Location and the Low-Income Experience: Analyses of Program Dynamics in the Iowa Family Investment Program	177	(24)
Helen H. Jensen
Shao-Hsun Keng
Steven Garasky
Small Towns and Welfare Reform: Iowa Case Studies of Families and Communities	201	(30)
Cynthia Needles Fletcher
Jan L. Flora
Barbara J. Gaddis
Mary Winter
Jacquelyn S. Litt
Where All the Counties Are above Average: Human Service Agency Directors' Perspectives on Welfare Reform	231	(26)
Ann Tickamyer
Julie White
Barry Tadlock
Debra Henderson
Part 3: Employment and Family Well-Being under Welfare Reform
The Impact of Welfare Policy on the Employment of Single Mothers Living in Rural and Urban Areas	257	(30)
Signe-Mary McKernan
Robert Lerman
Nancy Pindus
Jesse Valente
Welfare Reform in Rural Minnesota: Experimental Findings from the Minnesota Family Investment Program	287	(26)
Lisa A. Gennetian
Cindy Redcross
Cynthia Miller
Will Attainable Jobs & Available for TANF Recipients in Local Labor Markets? Evidence from Mississippi on Prospects for ``Job-Skill Matching'' of TANF Adults	313	(32)
Frank M. Howell
Whose Job Is It? Employers' Views on Welfare Reform	345	(30)
Ellen Shelton
Greg Owen
Amy Bush Stevens
Justine Nelson-Christinedaughter
Corinna Roy
June Heineman
The Short-Term Impacts of Welfare Reform in Persistently Poor Rural Areas	375	(38)
Mark Harvey
Gene F. Summers
Kathleen Pickering
Patricia Richards
Part 4: Food Assistance and Hunger: The Rural Dimension
Food Stamps in Rural America: Special Issues and Common Themes	413	(20)
Sheena McConnell
James Ohls
The Decline in Food Stamp Use by Rural Low-Income Households: Less Need or Less Access?	433	(22)
Mark Nord
Part 5: Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned: Welfare Reform and Food Assistance in Rural America	455	(16)
Greg Duncan
Leslie A. Whitener
Bruce A. Weber
The Authors	471	(6)
Cited Author Index	477	(8)
Subject Index	485	(16)
About the Institute	501