IWPR: Welfare Reform No Help for Poorest Children; Poor Kids Slip Deeper into Poverty Due to Less Cash Assistance

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: October 29, 2002 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Welfare reform has been less than ideal for more than two and a half million children living in low-income, single-parent families. Although child poverty improved overall, children living in poor families are less likely to receive cash assistance, Medicaid and food stamps. Even the most disadvantaged of these already poorest kids are less likely to receive benefits now than they were before welfare reform.

These are the findings from a new study by the Institute of Women's Policy Research (IWPR), summarized in Children in Single- Parent Families ...

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