Welfare reform depends on good child care; isn't the whole point to rescue the next generation? (Children).
American Prospect, The, July, 2002 by Vandell, Deborah Lowe
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WHEN THE 1996 WELFARE-REFORM BILL WAS passed, one of its many controversial provisions was the imposition of work requirements on single mothers applying for welfare assistance, even if they had very young children. In part, these requirements simply reflected the overall thrust of the legislation, which aimed to make work the fulcrum of the U.S.
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welfare system. But the inclusion of a single-mothers provision also signaled an acknowledgment of the sea change in American society and family structure that had occurred over recent decades, as large numbers of women with children have ...
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