Out of reach : place, poverty, and the new American welfare state / Scott W. Allard.

Changes in welfare programmes since 1996 have transformed the way America cares for its poor. For every dollar spent on cash welfare payments, 20 dollars are spent on service programmes targeted at the working poor. This text examines the system and the role that geography plays in the system's...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Allard, Scott W. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	Human services > United States. Welfare state > United States. Federal aid to public welfare > United States. Chicago (Ill.) > Social policy. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social policy. Washington (D.C.) > Social policy. Federal aid to public welfare. Human services. Social policy. Welfare state. California > Los Angeles. Illinois > Chicago. United States. Washington (D.C.)