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Issues in Food Assistance—Reforming Welfare: What Does It Mean for Rural Areas?
By Leslie Whitener, Bruce Weber, and Greg Duncan
ERS
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report No. FANRR26-4. 6 pp,
June 2002
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act dramatically altered the social safety net for poor Americans, including the 7 million people living in poverty in nonmetro areas. This issue brief examines evidence from recent research about rural-urban differences in welfare reform impacts on program participation, employment, earnings, and poverty and assesses how well welfare reform is working in rural areas.
Keywords: welfare reform, rural, nonmetro, poverty, income, well-being, food assistance, food assistance and nutrition research program, personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act
In this report ... Chapters are
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