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Box 9656
410 Bost Extension Bldg.
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-3207
Fax: (662) 325-8915
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Welfare Reform Briefs
The passage of major welfare reform in the U.S. now places state
and local governments in an active role in addressing the public
assistance needs of their people. The Southern Rural Development
Center, in partnership with the land-grant institutions in the
region and the Farm Foundation, is seeking to shed light on the
host of challenges and opportunities that face governments, communities
and people as product of this landmark legislation. The following
Information Briefs address a variety of welfare reform
issues in the US South, with special attention dedicated to the
rural South.
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Number 9
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November 1999
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Child Care Issues Impacting Welfare
Reform in the Rural South |
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Number 8
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July 1999
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Improving Job Opportunities for Low-Income People:
The Hope of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 |
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Number 7
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January 1999
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Counting Cases: Changes in Welfare
Recipiency Since 1993 |
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Number 6
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December 1998
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Electronic Benefits Transfer:
New Strategies for Improving Public Assistance Programs |
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Number 5
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October 1998
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The Drive to Work: Transportation
Issues and Welfare Reform in Rural Areas |
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Number 4
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August 1998
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The New Federalism: Confounding Effects
of Devolution |
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Number 3
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May 1998
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Building Assets and Economic Independence
Through Individual Development Accounts |
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Number 2
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April 1998
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The Bottom Line: Welfare Reform,
the Cost of Living, and Earnings in the Rural South |
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Number 1
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January 1998
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Welfare Reform: An Overview of Key
Provisions |
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