Do disabilities in former TANF families hasten their returns to cash assistance?

Brandon, Peter; Hofferth, Sandra L.; Hogan, Dennis P

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Do disabilities in former TANF families hasten their returns to cash assistance?

Date

2008

Authors

Brandon, Peter

Hofferth, Sandra L.

Hogan, Dennis P

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

This research examines the relationship between disabilities in families and returns to welfare. Past studies of welfare recidivism have long theorized that disabilities played a central role in returns to welfare among former recipients, but lacked data