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Impact Of Learnfare On Milwaukee County Social Service Clients (1990), John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Impact Of Learnfare On Milwaukee County Social Service Clients (1990), John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
In July, 1987 the State of Wisconsin enacted legislation implementing a “Learnfare” policy for families receiving AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). As a condition for receiving aid, teenagers who had not completed high school were required to attend school regularly or to be removed from their parents’ (or their own) grant, i.e., “sanctioned.” The waivers granted by the federal government in October, 1987 permitted Wisconsin to impose the Learnfare sanctioning without making a federally legislated assessment of the sanctioned individuals’ “educational, child care, and other supportive service needs ...[or a] review of the family circumstances, which may include …
Testimony Of Lois M. Quinn And John Pawasarat To The U.S. Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee On Social Security And Family Policy, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Testimony Of Lois M. Quinn And John Pawasarat To The U.S. Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee On Social Security And Family Policy, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
In June 1990 Lois Quinn and John Pawasarat of the Employment and Training Institute testified on the progress of their evaluation of the Wisconsin Learnfare experiment before the Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy. They appeared at the request of the committee chairman, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.