The New Welfare Trap

Pearson, A. Fiona

doi:10.1177/0891243207306381

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“…Moreover, single mother students that receive TANF are commonly required to frequently check with a caseworker on top of attending class, shuttling children to and from daycare, and working. (Duquaine-Watson; Goodman & Reddy, 2019;Pearson, 2007). These frequent appointments with caseworkers further compound these students' time constraints, and the added strain of working while attending college negatively affects completion rates.…”

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Single Mother Students are Lacking Sufficient Support to Persist to Graduation in Community Colleges

Richardson

Harrington

2022

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Despite high levels of motivation, only 8% of single mothers who attend a community college will graduate (Cruse et al., 2019b). As a component of this Dissertation in Practice, a systematic literature review was conducted to explore the reasons behind these unacceptably low success rates. Based on data from empathy interviews, peer-reviewed research, and public scholarship sources, several root causes for low single mother graduation rates were discovered. First, there is a lack of institutional support and engagement. Most colleges do not have staff or offices dedicated to working with this population and typically offer services such as tutoring or activities to connect with other students at times that do not align with student mother schedules. Another key finding was that the lack of reliable childcare makes it very challenging for these students. Finally, care-blind federal policies that require students to work and institutional policies that do not offer flexibility for absences or late work also contribute to low success rates. Each factor is described, and recommendations are provided to address these issues. Additionally, further recommendations to increase degree and certificate attainment for single mother students are provided.

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Single Mother Students are Lacking Sufficient Support to Persist to Graduation in Community Colleges

Richardson

Harrington

2022

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“…The conflict that arises between encouraging a client to go to work instead of school as described by Sandy is echoed among other social service providers. 31 Postsecondary education is often a vital step toward achieving economic independence; however, as Sandy revealed, it is not always encouraged by social service providers. What are social service providers' own educational backgrounds?…”

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Traps, Pitfalls, and Unexpected Cliffs on the Path Out of Poverty

Prenovost

Youngblood

2010

Poverty & Public Policy

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A qualitative study was conducted to explore "cliff effects," the overall dip in household resources when working poor families become ineligible for government work supports. The study included a survey of 78 low-income women and 32 social service providers, followed by interviews with smaller subsets of each. We asked how low-income women who are either on the verge of government support loss or who have recently experienced government support loss manage this circumstance and explored the effects on families' well-being. We found that the participants with the highest average income ($34,000/year) were doing worse in terms of their wellbeing than those with lower incomes. We recommend updating eligibility work support criteria and increasing support levels, developing "cliff effect trainings" for social service providers, and improving accessibility to higher education for working parents.

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SNAP, campus food insecurity, and the politics of deservingness

Dickinson

2021

Agric Hum Values

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Many low-income college students are barred from food assistance for no reason other than the fact that they are pursuing a college education. Based on 22 interviews that capture the experiences of food insecure college students as they attempt to navigate SNAP, this study shows how low enrollment in the program and food insecurity are the predictable outcomes of policy decisions intended to restrict access to both free public higher education and public assistance in the 1980’s and 1990’s and were shaped by the racialized politics of deservingness. By documenting the barriers students encounter attempting to access food assistance, this study shows how these policies play out in the lives of students at the City University of New York (CUNY) today. Ultimately, the politics of deservingness create significant direct and indirect barriers to SNAP enrollment for students and limit policy makers’ and advocates’ attempts to expand SNAP and address food insecurity on college campuses. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10460-021-10273-3.

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The New Welfare Trap

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

Single Mother Students are Lacking Sufficient Support to Persist to Graduation in Community Colleges

Single Mother Students are Lacking Sufficient Support to Persist to Graduation in Community Colleges

Traps, Pitfalls, and Unexpected Cliffs on the Path Out of Poverty

SNAP, campus food insecurity, and the politics of deservingness

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