Welfare Reform: American Mothers Living in Poverty

Emily Lieberman November 24, 2004 Soc. 250 American Mothers Living in Poverty Welfare reform in the United States has been hailed as a great success. In an analysis prepared by the Clinton administration's office of Management and Budget, it was found that single mothers living in the poorest forty percent of U.S. household incomes received a total of $4 billion less in welfare income in 1997 than in 1993, after making an adjustment for inflation. Figures quoted said that earned …

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