Welfare Reform Research Paper

BACKGROUND

The national debate over welfare reform continues to spiral. Most agree that the costs, both social and financial, are unacceptable and that the system is failing to help many of those for which it was originally intended. Disagreement involves whether to eliminate welfare or reform it, and if so, how.

BROWSE FOR BOOKS ON THE SHELF USING THESE CALL NUMBERS

361.6–361.62

361.973

362.50973–362.58

323.042

LOOK UNDER THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS IN THE CATALOG (CARD OR COMPUTER)

Public welfare—United States

Public welfare

United States—Social policy—1980–

Economic assistance, Domestic—United States

Poor—United States

Poverty

REFERENCE MATERIALS THAT MAY HELP (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report

CQ Researcher, April 10, 1992; September 16, 1994.

Editorials on File, Facts on File.

Facts on File

General encyclopedias

PERIODICAL INDEXES TO SEARCH (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

EBSCO Magazine Article Summaries

InfoTrac

NewsBank and other newspaper indexes

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature

SIRS (Social Issues Resources Series)

WILSONDISC

ONLINE DATABASES TO SEARCH

America Online

CompuServe
Dialog

Internet

Prodigy

KEY WORDS AND DESCRIPTORS FOR PERIODICAL INDEX AND ONLINE SEARCHES

Public welfare

Public welfare reform

Welfare recipients

Public aid

Workfare

Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC)

VIDEOTAPE ON THIS TOPIC

Welfare Policy: Where Is It Headed. Phase II Productions, 1989.

FICTION BOOK RELATING TO TOPIC

Wolf, Virginia Euwer. Make Lemonade.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NARROWING THIS TOPIC

Analyze a specific federal entitlement program; e.g., Workfare, food stamps, aid to families with dependent children (AFDC).

Discuss the moral and ethical aspects of welfare.

Investigate the special problems of women on welfare.

Research the subsidized housing issue. Use housing in your own town as an example.

SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED TOPICS

Daycare

Homelessness

Immigration

Health care reform

Social Security reform

Teenage pregnancy

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