Impoverished Women With Children and No Welfare Benefits: The Urgency of Researching Failures of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Hildebrandt, Eugenie; Stevens, Patricia E.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2006.106211

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“…A program that provides limited cash assistance to underprivileged families with dependent children for basics needs such as food, clothing, and housing (Hilderbrandt & Stevens, 2009). …”

Section: Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (Tanf)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors Welfare Recipients View Significant to Become Self-Sufficient

Francois¹

2017

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The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of welfare recipients regarding factors significant to becoming self-sufficient in Southeast Florida. The study took a qualitative approach, administering in-depth interviews to 20 current welfare clients. To ensure valid and reliable results, a computer software program known as QSR NVivo 10 was utilized for the accurate coding of responses. Findings in the study suggest that benefits, such as child care, transportation, Medicaid, subsidized employment, housing assistance, and vocational training provided by the government are significant in helping welfare recipients successfully transition from relying on the governmental assistance to obtaining reliable employment with the ultimate goal of becoming self-sufficient; however, their perception differs from policy makers in terms of the benefits provided by the government and how those benefits should be provided. Participants reported that the most helpful programs to their becoming successful were subsidized employment and vocational training. They believed the programs should be redesigned to focus on clients' success. They believed community service did not help them achieve their long-term goal of becoming independent. Implications for social work research and practice are suggested.

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“…A program that provides limited cash assistance to underprivileged families with dependent children for basics needs such as food, clothing, and housing (Hilderbrandt & Stevens, 2009). …”

Section: Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (Tanf)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such benefits include Medicaid, child care, transportation, incentive bonuses and SNAP benefits (Hilderbrandt & Stevens, 2009).…”

Section: Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (Tanf)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Welfare Recipients View Significant to Become Self-Sufficient

Francois¹

2017

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“…Such data about people terminated from welfare are needed to identify and build strategies for more effective TANF interventions. A comprehensive review of welfare literature, the health implications of this social policy, and the role for public health involvement is available elsewhere (Hildebrandt & Stevens, 2009). …”

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TANF Over Time

Hildebrandt

Kelber

2012

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

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We compare the experiences of women from three studies who were in different stages of participation in the U.S. welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The setting for the studies was a large Midwest urban county, targeted chain referral sampling was used, and the combined sample of the three studies was 106 women. The instruments were a semistructured interview guide, the HANES General Well-Being Schedule and a demographic data form. Quantitative data are augmented with qualitative interview data. The findings suggest barriers to self-sustaining employment include health challenges, limited education, socio-economic marginalization, and the welfare policy itself. Nurses are well positioned to advocate for women in poverty and mitigate the health challenges they face. The findings add to the limited evidence base on which the TANF policy is based and can be used to modify the policy to increase the success of the women who participate in it.

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“…Throughout the United States, women moved to TANF were facing myriad employment barriers, including low education levels and illness (Parrot & Sherman, 2006). Few studies, however, have followed those who were sanctioned off or terminated or who simply exhausted their 5-year lifetime limit on TANF benefits (Cherlin, Bogen, Quane, & Burton, 2002;Hildebrandt & Kelber, 2005;Hildebrandt & Stevens, 2009;Sweeney, 2000). The added burden of HIV would make it more difficult to become economically self-sufficient through TANF.…”

Section: Employability Optionsmentioning

confidence: 99%