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This 20 page paper provides an overview of the process of welfare reform and the influence that this has had on impoverished families. This study considers the specific issues for individuals involved in welfare programming in the Philadelphia and the factors that influence welfare use. Further, this study also assesses the impacts of welfare reform on families and individuals, with a focus on regionality and ethnicity as they influence assessments of family culture and poverty. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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poverty in the United States. In fact, existing research suggests that a full 15 percent of the American population continues to live under the poverty level. Further, many
of these citizens are children and research suggests a cyclical nature to poverty, perhaps created by a family culture of poverty. Rather than addressing the overall issue of poverty,
reform efforts have simply addressed behavioral poverty, poverty caused by the choice of an individual to not seek employment. In the United States, there continues to be a large
population of working poor, and a maintaining of poverty through the redistribution of wealth. Some variables are considered to be more significant than others in determining and maintaining poverty,
including (but not limited to) mental health issues, domestic violence, attitudes towards welfare, and the stigmatization of poverty and welfare dependence as related to social deviance. This study considers
the specific issues for individuals involved in welfare programming in the Philadelphia and the factors that influence welfare use. Further, this study also assesses the impacts of welfare reform
on families and individuals, with a focus on regionality and ethnicity as they influence assessments of family culture and poverty. In creating an effective view of this problem, this
study also integrates data that relates to educational gains and other measures that can reduce the use of welfare, reduce the poverty in certain regions, and improve the conditions for
the working poor. The researcher integrates data collected from an agency called Maximizing Participation Project (MPP) in Philadelphia, which provides support for former welfare recipients striving to move
into the workforce. The data collected underscore the magnitude of this problem and the ineffectiveness of existing welfare reform efforts in addressing the needs of the poor in urban
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