Oregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps: In-Depth Interview Themes and Family Profiles (Vol. 2)
| dc.contributor.author | CSWS Welfare Research Team | |
| dc.contributor.author | Acker, Joan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Morgen, Sandra | |
| dc.contributor.author | Heath, Terri | |
| dc.contributor.author | Barry, Kate | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gonzales, Lisa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Weigt, Jill | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-14T21:03:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-14T21:03:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-01 | |
| dc.description | 232 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The success and limitations of Oregon’s welfare reform policies are best measured by an examination of the effects of these policies on the economic status and well-being of families whose lives have been most directly affected by those policies. Ironically, the voices of poor people themselves are often neglected in public debates about welfare policy. This report, a companion to Oregon Families Leaving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Food Stamps: A Study of Economic and Family Well-Being From 1998 to 2000, consists of profiles of seventy-eight families who participated in both telephone surveys and in-person interviews, following them for almost two years after they left or were diverted from Food Stamps or TANF in the first quarter of 1998. Their lives are vivid portraits of families who have to live on incomes that position most of them in or near the bottom quintile (one-fifth) of the economy. The experiences of most of these families do not confirm the stereotypes so often used to characterize the poor. Nor do they speak in one voice about work, family, public assistance, Adult and Family Service programs or the juggling act of daily life. However, they were loud and clear about one point: the vital importance of public assistance programs for their economic survival and family well-being. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This project was funded by a contract from Adult and Family Services to the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) at the University of Oregon. Additional funding was provided by the CSWS Women in the Northwest Research Initiative. AFS staff Sue Smit, Ron Taylor, Elizabeth Lopez and Don Main collaborated with the CSWS Research Team on the formulation of research questions, design of the telephone survey and overall project design. They also did extensive work with the administrative data. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/28414 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.subject | SES | en_US |
| dc.subject | family income | en_US |
| dc.subject | poverty | en_US |
| dc.subject | welfare | en_US |
| dc.title | Oregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps: In-Depth Interview Themes and Family Profiles (Vol. 2) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |