2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'In 1996 welfare reform legislation transformed income assistance for
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needy families by imposing work requirements, time-limited benefits, and
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explicit provisions allowing states to sanction recipients who fail to
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meet program requirements. Though they represent a minority of the
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welfare population, women with substance use disorders (SUDS) experience
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multiple, and more severe, employment barriers than other Temporary
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Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) recipients. This review of welfare
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reform, substance abuse, and employment documents the evidence to date
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regarding the employment patterns of women with SUDS before and after
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welfare reform, and proposes several topics for further research. Based
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on higher rates of unemployment, less work experience, and lower
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earnings when working, women with SUDS have worse employment records
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than other TANF recipients. Despite elevated employment barriers, women
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with SUDS left TANF after 1996 as fast as, or faster than, other women.
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Since the 1996 welfare reform, women with SUDS have increased their
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employment and earnings, but by less than similar women without SUDS.
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Future research should describe how specific state welfare policies
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relate to employment of low-income women with SUDS, how the well-being
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of these women and their children changes with employment, and how
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welfare and employment interact to affect access to health insurance
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among this population.'
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affiliation: 'Meara, E (Corresponding Author), Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care
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Policy, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
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Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA.'
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author: Meara, Ellen
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author-email: meara@hcp.med.harvard.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Meara
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given: Ellen
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1080/10673220600883150
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eissn: 1465-7309
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files: []
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issn: 1067-3229
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journal: HARVARD REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY
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keywords: employment; substance abuse; welfare
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keywords-plus: 'SUBSTANCE-ABUSING WOMEN; BARRIERS; WORK; RECIPIENTS; CASAWORKS;
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OUTCOMES; AFDC; IMPACT; POLICY'
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language: English
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month: JUL-AUG
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number: '4'
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number-of-cited-references: '48'
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orcid-numbers: Meara, Ellen/0000-0003-0211-1970
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pages: 223-232
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papis_id: 47df65de3f1ba2c6e5c4a363e972ff7d
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ref: Meara2006welfarereform
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tags:
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- review
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times-cited: '18'
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title: Welfare reform, employment, and drug and alcohol use among low-income women
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000240640900006
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '8'
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volume: '14'
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web-of-science-categories: Psychiatry
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year: '2006'
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