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Project Description

The goals of this collaborative project are: to make public the complex issues facing low-income families as they lose welfare benefits, to consider the far-reaching community impact of terminating public support to families with children in Massachusetts and throughout the nation, and to build local knowledge about welfare reform. The project team will analyze strategies for survival, identify challenges to employment, document the outlook of those who are losing welfare benefits, and explore the effects on neighbors and communities. The study will publicize the unfolding experiences of women, families, and communities as they face welfare reform.

Project duration: -

Sites studied include Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Boston, Massachusetts

Sample Characteristics and Sites Studied

Non-random sample, focus groups, and 33 individual interviews.

Recent Findings in Brief

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