Welfare / 
Katherine Swarts, book editor. 
 - Detroit :  Greenhaven Press :  Gale/Cengage Learning,  c2008. 
 - 123 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Social issues firsthand .
 - Social issues firsthand. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-116) and index. 
<br/><br/>Welfare family in a new neighborhood / Mary Childers -- My mother was jailed for welfare fraud / James E. Rogan -- Being on welfare has taught me about race / Rebecca Hensley -- A longtime recipient looks at the welfare system / Sugar Turner and Tracy Bachrach Ehlers -- The problems with reformed welfare / Karen Seccombe -- Working in human services is rewarding / Ana Pagan -- Investigating how the new welfare works / Sharon Hays -- Welfare and child care / Gina Adams -- Waiting at a welfare office / Karen Wilhelm -- From civil rights to welfare rights / Marian Kramer, as told to Alan Govenar -- The struggle to pass welfare reform / Ron Haskins -- Encouraging welfare recipients to take responsibility for their future / George W. Bush -- The food stamp program benefits low-income children / Nancy Montanez Johner. 
<br/><br/> A collection of personal narratives about dealing with the welfare system. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780737740790 (hardcover) 0737740795 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008006571 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public welfare--United States--Juvenile literature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>YA HV 91  / .W4663 2008