Welfare Restructuring, Work & Poverty: Policy Implications from Oregon

Co-authored by Joan Acker, Sandra Morgen, and Lisa Gonzales with Jill Weigt, Kate Barry and Terri Heath 

Softbound, 66 pp. Sandra Morgen, editor. Eugene, OR: Center for the Study of Women in Society, 2002.

Welfare Restructuring, Work & Poverty: Policy Implications from Oregon looks at the experiences of families who left or were diverted from cash assistance (TANF) or Food Stamps in the first quarter of 1998. The data reveal that the effects of welfare restructuring programs are both more complex and less rosy than many policy makers admit.

This report was developed from a three-year study which is also accessible online in two volumes in PDF format:

Volume 1 - A Study of Economic and Family Well-Being from 1998 to 2000

Volume 2 - In-Depth Interview Themes and Family Profiles