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Crossing Divides: New Common Ground On Poverty And Economic Security, Tammy Draut, David Callahan, Corinna Hawkes

Center for Social Development Research

Crossing Divides: New Common Ground on Poverty and Economic Security

Large Dams & Irrigation Management In Indus Region [Abstract], Ayaz Latif Palijo

Allocating and Managing Water for a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Around the World (Summer Conference, June 11-14)

2 pages.

Struggling To Provide: A Portrait Of Alameda County Homecare Workers, Candace Howes, Howard Greenwich, Laura Reif, Lea Grundy

Economics Faculty Publications

Alameda County employs nearly 8,000 homecare workers to help disabled and elderly persons live independently. Over one-third of these workers and their families—about 2,800—earn incomes that are below the official Federal poverty threshold. Many more struggle to meet basic daily needs and have to make difficult choices between caring for themselves and caring for others. Struggling to Provide is based on a recent survey of homecare workers in Alameda County that illustrates the insecure conditions in which many homecare workers live.

Community-Based Targeting Mechanisms For Social Safety Nets: A Critical Review, Jonathan H. Conning, Michael Kevane

Economics

This paper interprets case studies and theory on community involvement in beneficiary selection and benefit delivery for social safety nets. Several considerations should be carefully balanced in assessing the advantages of using community groups as targeting agents. First, gains from utilizing local information and social capital may be eroded by costly rent-seeking. Second, the potential improvement in targeting criteria from incorporating local notions of deprivation must be tempered by the possibility of program capture by local elites, and by the possibility that local preferences are not pro-poor. Third, intended outcomes may be undermined by unforeseen strategic targeting by local communities …

Use Of Refund Anticipation Loans By Earned Income Tax Credit Filers In Central City Milwaukee Neighborhoods, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

This report, prepared by the Employment and Training Institute in cooperation with The Brookings Institution, reviews the use of rapid refund anticipation loans by zipcode area in central city Milwaukee neighborhoods. The analysis utilizes year 2000 income tax data files obtained by Brookings staff from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Nine central city Milwaukee zipcodes in the heart of the Community Development Block Grant neighborhoods were analyzed, as well as other predominantly City of Milwaukee zipcodes and predominantly suburban zipcodes in Milwaukee County. “Rapid refund loans” are similar to "payday loans." Companies advance money based on the worker's anticipated income …

Part 3: The Regional Distribution Of Income, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

We find that income is distributed more equally in Hampton Roads than in many other metropolitan areas and more equally than in the nation as a whole.

Women, Poverty, Access To Health Care, And The Perils Of Symbolic Reform, Mary Anne Bobinski, Phyllis Griffin Epps

Faculty Articles

This article looks at health care through gendered eyes. We sift though available data on access to health care, health status, and health treatments to determine whether men and women experience health care differently in the United States. While we do not doubt that overt gender-based discrimination occasionally occurs in health care, this article focuses on the importance of unintended consequences and unconscious bias. We also explore the impact of symbolism about women's roles on the process of health care reform. The results have important implications for policy makers, advocates, and health care providers.

The United States has a large …

The Child Care Costs Of Engaging The Welfare Population In Work: The Milwaukee Experience, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

Beginning in 1996 Wisconsin initiated a strict work test program in Milwaukee County for public assistance, which was designed to engage the AFDC population, including mothers with very young children, in employment or work-related activities. The initiative required substantial day care capacity building in the City of Milwaukee and made use of record levels of federal and state appropriations for child care subsidies. Wisconsin has now had over five years of experience requiring work activities for mothers of preschoolers and utilizing federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) monies for child care support …

Child Care For The Working Poor: The Milwaukee Experience, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

In Wisconsin the state government administers the child care subsidy program and allocates federal funds earmarked to improve the quality and availability of child care services. The county government is charged with determining eligibility of families for the subsidy program, conducting local private market child care rate surveys, and administering payments to providers. Portions of this research study were conducted to assist Milwaukee County in administering the subsidy program and to provide data on rate increases and vendor charges. The Milwaukee experience offers an important urban case study in the implementation of policies now guiding child care support under the …

Increasing Child Care Rates And The Rate Setting Process Under The Wisconsin Shares Program, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn

ETI Publications

The Wisconsin Shares program provides financial payments to child care vendors serving lower-income families in the state. The subsidy program was created in 1995 to aid eligible families needing child care help in order to work. This technical assistance paper was requested by Milwaukee County to examine the increases in child care rates and costs of the subsidy program. The report explores the rate structures used to pay providers for subsidized child care from 1995 to 2002 and reviews five years of administrative data files on child care subsidy payments to help identify policy and administrative issues relating to operation …

Prevalence Of Household Food Poverty In South Africa: Results From A Large Nationally Representative Survey, Karen E. Charlton, Donald Rose

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

OBJECTIVES: Household food insecurity is a major determinant of undernutrition, yet there is little information on its prevalence in the South African population. This paper assesses household food insecurity in South Africa using a quantitative and objective measure, known as food poverty, and provides prevalence estimates by geographic area and socio-economic condition. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis combining two sources: Statistics South Africa's household-based 1995 Income and Expenditure Survey; and the University of Port Elizabeth's Household Subsistence Level series, a nationally-conducted, market-based survey. SETTING: South Africa. SUBJECTS: A nationally representative sample of the entire country - stratified by race, province, and …