Confronting the New Politics of Child and Family Policy in the U.S.

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Evaluator(s) Columbia School of Social Work
Cross-National Studies Program at the Columbia School of Social Work
Investigator(s) Sheila Kammerman (Columbia School of Social Work)
Alfred Kahn (Columbia School of Social Work)
Sponsor(s) Columbia School of Social Work
Funder(s) Carnegie Foundation
Subcontractor(s) Not applicable
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Status Completed (final report released)
Duration Jun 1995 - Sep 1997
Type Policy Analysis
Goal To identify and disseminate informed consensus about the potential problems and opportunities inherent in current federal legislative, budgetary, and administrative changes as they affect public and private child and family policies and programs in states and cities.
Program/Policy Description N/A
Notes No notes reported.
 
Last Updated 06/16/98
Type of Summary Reviewed
External Reviewer(s) Alfred Kahn (Columbia School of Social Work)
Contact(s) Sheila Kammerman (sbk2@columbia.edu)
Columbia School of Social Work
708 McVickar Hall
mail code 4600
(T) (212)-854-5449
(F) (212)-854-4320
Alfred Kahn ( ajk7@columbia.edu)
Columbia School of Social Work
706 McVickar Hall
mail code 4600
(T) (212) 854-3048
(F) (212)-854-4320
Publications Department Cross-National Studies Research Program (not reported)
Columbia University
622 West 113th Street
(T) (212) 854-5444
(F) (212) 854-4320

Populations Studied

Target Population Local government
Social/Community service agencies
Subgroups Analyzed None
Sample Size and Unit Federal legislative, budgetary, and administrative changes in welfare law.

Sites Studied

N/A