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The invisible safety net protecting the nation's poor children and families /

Main Author: Currie, Janet M.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States.
Poor > Government policy > United States.
Poor families > Services for > United States.
Poor children > Services for > United States.
Child welfare > United States.
United States > Social policy > 1993-
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10312645
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Welfare vs. "making work pay"
  • 2. In sickness and in health : the importance of public health insurance
  • 3. Feeding the hungry : food stamps, school nutrition programs, and WIC
  • 4. Home sweet home?
  • 5. Who's minding the kids?
  • 6. Defending and mending the safety net.

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