Год выпуска: 0 Автор: Dave Hage Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 0816640947
Описание
One of the most controversial and divisive issues in America, welfare reform stirs endless legislative study and heated debate but often results in political gridlock. Such was the case in the late 1980s when the Minnesota legislature came to a stalemateon the issue. In response, Governor Rudy Perpich gathered a group of citizen experts to redesign welfare, and a remarkable burst of innovation resulted in a groundbreaking and stunningly successful pilot welfare program. Intended to lift families out of poverty, as well as to move them off assistance, the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) rewarded people for finding jobs and provided solutions, including subsidized daycare and transportation, to the most enduring barriers to financial independence. Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work intertwines the story of MFIP?s development with harrowing?and enlightening?firsthand accounts of three families? experiences on welfare. Dave Hage tells of Meg, a mother...