New York City and Welfare Reform

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This paper takes a look at the issues relating to welfare reform in NYC, according to Mark Levitan's article, "It Did Happen Here". According to the paper, Levitan argues that even though NYC has experienced a significant rise in "working poor", those who have jobs still remain below the poverty line. This issue is a controversial one, because many people believe that any job is preferable to welfare.

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"The information Levitan presents is supported and elaborated on by other sources. In particular, the report of Benita Andrews, mother of nine, demonstrates that those who want to reduce welfare may struggle to see welfare recipients as individuals. It is hard to imagine how Andrews would be able to support nine children on any job she could get. In addition, those who look at her situation keep including the income of the father of her children, who no longer live with them and who only intermittently provides any money at all for the family's maintenance (McMillan, 2006). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Independent Budget Office (IBO). 2004. "While fewer in city receive welfare, many more get SSI." NYC Independent Budget Office #136, Dec. 2. <http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us>
• Independent Budget Office (IBO). 2005. "As City Plans Child Care Improvements, Funding Tightens." NYC Independent Budget Office, December 29. <http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us>
• Levitan, Mark. "Chapter Eight." It Did Happen Here, The Rise in Working Poverty in New York City.
• McMillan, Tracie. 2005. "Ending Workforce as We Know It?" CityLimits.org. July/August. <http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/articleView.cfm?articlenumber=1263>

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