As the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act marks its twentieth anniversary, researchers are still exploring the impact of this law, called “welfare reform.” Although this law’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program helps some groups of poor people, it leaves others without any stable cash support. One group seriously at risk consists of low-income single mothers with children who end up with no incomes from either welfare or paid jobs. Researchers call them “economically disconnected.”
Heldrich Center: Training and Support Needs for Workers Serving Children with Special Needs
The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, working with the Rutgers Child Care Research Collaborative, has released a new brief highlighting the challenges New Jersey’s child care workforce faces when caring for children who may have special needs and identifying...