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Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work : One State's Successful Experiment /

In the late 1980s, Governor Rudy Perpich gathered a group of citizen experts to redesign Minnesota's welfare system, and a burst of innovation resulted in the groundbreaking and successful pilot Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP). Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work intertwines MFIP...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hage, Dave
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the late 1980s, Governor Rudy Perpich gathered a group of citizen experts to redesign Minnesota's welfare system, and a burst of innovation resulted in the groundbreaking and successful pilot Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP). Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work intertwines MFIP's development with harrowing--and enlightening--firsthand accounts of three families' experiences on welfare, and asserts that a true antipoverty program is crucial--and achievable--in America.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816694495