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Policy Briefs

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bullet2.gif (150 bytes) Policy Brief #2: Safety and Self-Sufficiency: Welfare, Domestic Violence, and Child Support
bullet2.gif (150 bytes) Policy Brief #3: Interstate Comparison of Child Support Orders Using State Guidelines

Working Papers Series

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97-01
Social Networks and the Employment Problem of the Urban Poor
David A. Reingold

Forthcoming in Urban Studies. v36, n13. (December, 1999).

98-01
Interstate Comparisons of Child Support Orders using State Guidelines
Maureen A. Pirog, Marilyn Klotz, and Katharine V. Byers

Now published in Family Relations, 1998, 47(3):   289-295. Tables also published in the 1997 Green Book (Committee on Ways and Means, US House of Representatives)

98-02
Inner City Firms and the Employment Problem of the Urban Poor: Are Poor People Really Excluded from Jobs Located in Their Own Neighborhoods?
David A. Reingold

98-03
Can State and Local Tax Incentive Programs Spur Job Growth? Empirical Evidence
Joyce Y. Man

98-04
How Important are Economic Incentives for States in Child Support Enforcement?
Alfred Tat-kei Ho and Maureen A. Pirog

99-01
Does Urban Public Housing Contribute to the Social Isolation of Its Tenants?
David A. Reingold and Kathy Dehm

 

Reports

00-01
Evaluation Report:  Neighborhood Alliance for Child Safety
Katharine V. Byers, Ellen Hill, Sheri Warren

00-02
Indiana Restoring Fatherhood Initiative Evaluation:  Phase 1
Glenn Stone

00-03
Indiana Restoring Fatherhood Initiative:  Phase 2
Glenn Stone

00-04
Indiana Restoring Fatherhood Initiative:  Phase 3
Glenn Stone

00-05 click on catalog number for full report
Executive Summary
Final Report on Client Study of the Community Social Services Study of the Impact of Indiana's Welfare Reforms
Maureen Pirog, et. al.

00-06 click on catalog number for full report
Executive Summary
Final Report on Township Study of the Community Social Services Study of the Impact of Indiana's Welfare Reforms
Katharine Byers, et. al.

00-07 click on catalog number for full report
Executive Summary
Final Report on Social Service Provider Study of the Community Social Services Study of the Impact of Indiana's Welfare Reforms
David Reingold, et.al.

Student Abstracts

Y La Mantequilla no Sabe Iqual
Edward Vargas
   
This project will examine the role of the church in welfare reform, specifically the issue of charitable choice, section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA) of 1996, which allows the state to contract with non-profit, for profit, government agencies, and religious faith-based organizations.  Moreover, issues to be examined are what services does the church provide and how efficient are they when compared to profit and government agencies.  The Institute for Family and Social Responsibility (FASR) at Indiana University have provided data used in this research project that will examine the issue of charitable choice services in specific Indiana counties by using the survey results of Indiana clients, community social service organizations, and local elected government providers.  The title "Y La Mantequilla no Sabe Igual" ( and the Butter does not Taste the Same) is a metaphor that illustrates how welfare recipients do not choose to be poor, rather they are exposed to learned helplessness and victims of the U.S.'s power structure.   The idea is if welfare recipients had the ability to go out and work for the better tasting butter, they would prefer that to the bitter government provided butter.

Conference Papers

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