The Lived Experience of Welfare Reform in Drug-Using Welfare-Needy Households in Inner-City New York.

摘要: Welfare reform has transformed a needs-based family income support into temporary assistance for persons entering the workforce. This paper uses observations from an ethnographic study covering period 1995-2001 to examine impact on drug-using welfare-needy households in inner-city New York. The analysis suggests that studies may underestimate extent which substance use is associated with welfare problems. Nearly all of these already distressed lost their AFDC/TANF benefits, had difficulty work programs, and were having more expenses. conclusion highlights ways better this population policy initiatives could help them impoverished lives themselves children.