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Women, Children, and Poverty in America
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Women, Children, and Poverty in America




A Ford Foundation Working Paper that reviews the problems facing low-income families headed by women and describes some current and planned Foundation responses.

Ford Foundation
1985
52 pages


Preface
The Problem
Nonpayment of Child Support.
Handicaps Caused by Teenage Pregnancy.
The Afdc Program: Solution or Part of the Problem?
Some Conclusions
The Foundation's Program Initiatives
Improving the Welfare System
Helping Teenage Parents and Preventing Teenage Pregnancy
Bibliography
Welfare Policy
Teenage Pregnancy