Expanding Work Programs for Poor Men

Download or read book Expanding Work Programs for Poor Men written by Lawrence M. Mead and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welfare reform, which required that poor mothers work in return for assistance, was a watershed in the struggle against poverty in America. As work levels rose dramatically among low-income women, the welfare rolls were cut in half and many families escaped poverty. But men's employment is also crucial to uplifting families. Programs designed to promote work among poor men are currently underdeveloped and little understood by policymakers. Expanding Work Programs for Poor Men sets out a strategy for raising work levels among poor men. It makes the case that poor fathers, like welfare mothers, need ôboth help and hassle.ö That is, they need better benefits, but they must also be expected-and required-to help themselves.