Policy Brief Many Welfare Recipients Lack the Basic Skills Needed to Succeed in the Workplace Apr 1, 1999
Report The Basic Skills of Welfare Recipients: Implications for Welfare Reform By Sonya Tafoya, Hans Johnson Apr 1, 1999 The authors of this report use data from the National Adult Literacy Survey to assess the basic skills of adults on welfare and the likelihood that welfare recipients will be able to find and hold full-time jobs. The findings suggest that California will have a more difficult task than most states in moving people from welfare to work and that a substantial portion of welfare recipients may continue to need some form of income support, either because their very low skills make it difficult for them to find employment or because the work they do find is of such low quality and quantity that they are still living in poverty.
press release Public Policy Institute Of California Awards Research Contracts For Work On Critical California Issues Aug 18, 1998
Report Who Will Be Affected by Welfare Reform in California? By Thomas E. MaCurdy, Margaret O’Brien-Strain Feb 1, 1997 This volume provides a comprehensive profile of welfare use in California. The authors examine the changes imposed by the 1996 federal reform legislation, identify and describe those who receive public assistance in California and the extent to which they rely on such assistance, and explore how those who will be most seriously affected by the reforms differ from other welfare recipients and the working poor. This is the first time this type of analysis has been undertaken for California. It has two unique features. First, it uses families and family income to develop a picture that more truly reflects the economic situation of welfare recipients. Second, it considers the total income a family may be receiving from different welfare programs and in periods on and off welfare.
