Center for the Study of Women in Society
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2024-03-28T19:32:23ZCSWS Annual Review : 2023
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CSWS Annual Review : 2023
University of Oregon. Center for the Study of Women in Society
Our 50th anniversary event programming team has spent the last year collaborating with
schools, departments, programs, and other units on campus to bring you invited speakers,
exhibits, performances, and events that speak to intersectional feminist research and the ways
in which gender, race, class, ability, and sexual orientation intersect and inform our visions of
social justice. See the full schedule on the outside back cover and go to csws.uoregon.edu for
event details. You can also sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter to have updated event information
sent directly to your inbox; see the bottom of our website home page for a link.
44 pages
2023-10-01T00:00:00ZRecommendations for TANF Reauthorization Ideas
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Recommendations for TANF Reauthorization Ideas
CSWS Welfare Research Team; Acker, Joan; Morgen, Sandra; Heath, Terri; Barry, Kate; Gonzales, Lisa; Weigt, Jill
Sent to the Office of Family Assistance, Department of Health and Human Services.
10 pages
2001-11-26T00:00:00ZOregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps: In-Depth Interview Themes and Family Profiles (Vol. 2)
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Oregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps: In-Depth Interview Themes and Family Profiles (Vol. 2)
CSWS Welfare Research Team; Acker, Joan; Morgen, Sandra; Heath, Terri; Barry, Kate; Gonzales, Lisa; Weigt, Jill
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.
232 pages
2001-01-01T00:00:00ZOregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps: A Study of Economic and Family Well-Being From 1998 to 2000 (Vol. 1)
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/28413
Oregon Families Who Left Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Food Stamps: A Study of Economic and Family Well-Being From 1998 to 2000 (Vol. 1)
CSWS Welfare Research Team; Acker, Joan; Morgen, Sandra; Heath, Terri; Barry, Kate; Gonzales, Lisa; Weigt, Jill
What happens to families that leave or are diverted from cash assistance or Food Stamps in
Oregon? Dramatic reductions in public assistance caseloads after welfare reform have raised
public concern about poor families. Our study indicates that the effects of welfare -to-work
policies are neither simple nor uniform. The experiences of families suggest that it is unwise to
paint a picture of welfare reform without attending to the diversity of families’ experiences and
needs.
Two years after leaving or being diverted from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
(TANF) or Food Stamps, a substantial proportion of respondents are employed. However, their
earnings are low and families struggle mightily to make ends meet. Our sample was nearly evenly
divided between those with household incomes above and below the federal poverty level. Safety
net programs such as Food Stamps, the Oregon Health Plan, housing and child-care assistance
and federal and state earned income tax credits are critical for family well-being. These essential
resources often disappear before a family’s need for them diminis hes because of income eligibility
limits and unaffordable co-payments associated with the programs. Non-employed respondents
often live in communities without sufficient good jobs, have chronic health problems or they need
job training or education. The state of Oregon, and these families, would be well served by
intensified efforts to reduce poverty, sustain and improve safety net programs and foster more
living wage jobs across the state.
122 pages
2001-01-01T00:00:00Z