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Beyond The Reach Of The Safety Net: The Geography Of Social Service Provision In The Context Of Suburban Poverty, Christine Breit
Beyond The Reach Of The Safety Net: The Geography Of Social Service Provision In The Context Of Suburban Poverty, Christine Breit
Master's Theses
Poverty rates have risen across the United States since 2000, but the fastest growth in poverty is occurring in the suburbs (Berube and Kneebone 2013). Today, more poor people live in suburbs than cities (Berube and Kneebone 2013). Parallel to this increase in suburban poverty has been federal retrenchment in cash assistance in exchange for service-based assistance (Allard 2004). By and large, the federal government administers social service funds to state governments who then allocate the money to nonprofit entities. This reliance upon local providers creates an uneven patchwork of care (Peck 2008; Allard 2009; Berube and Kneebone 2013) as …
A Study Of The Direct Welfare Relief Cases Of Graham County, Kansas, 1933-1939, Burtis Taylor
A Study Of The Direct Welfare Relief Cases Of Graham County, Kansas, 1933-1939, Burtis Taylor
Master's Theses
The purpose of this study is a survey of direct welfare relief cases in Graham County Kansas including demographic information, case studies, histories, and other pertinent information.