Re: effects of welfare reform

[NCCPR@xxxxxxx]

A study of Iowa's welfare law changes by Mathematica Policy Research has some 
data on this.  You can find the study here:

http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/iowawelreport.pdf

Also useful is a report by the Center for Law and Social Policy, which can be 
found here:

http://www.clasp.org/Pubs/DMS/Documents/1011385759.29/red%20flags.pdf

And some of the most recent research is summarized in a July 29, 2002 New 
York Times story by Nina Bernstein, "Side effect of welfare law: The 
no-parent family."  You can go to www.nytimes.com and search the archives for 
the author and headline.  There's a small fee for the article.

Richard Wexler
Executive Director
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform
53 Skyhill Road (Suite 202)
Alexandria VA 22314
Phone/fax: (703) 212-2006
www.nccpr.org

> I am looking for resources about the possible impact of welfare reform
>  on child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption.  One specific
>  area in which I am interested is whether foster care has become or is
>  becoming the safety net as TANF payments end for families, as had been
>  initially predicted.  I am interested in both studies that have been
>  done in these areas and in any available data sets that might have some
>  information about this.
>