Welfare Reform: Barriers to Employment

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This paper is a literature review performed on 12 articles documenting barriers to employment experienced by those transitioning from welfare-to-work, usually women. Topics include care giving issues, healthcare, insurance, status, government administration and abuse. It also looks at waiver availability and the lack of women obtaining them (less than 5% of the cases for violence) are also documented.

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"The welfare system in the United States is currently in disarray, which has created numerous problems for those individual who depend on this program as a means of income and sustainability in a complex society. Recent indications demonstrate challenges must be met in terms of welfare-to-work programs, which demonstrate many weaknesses that require additional resources and new strategies; welfare-to-work problems reflect problems with the work process as a whole (Coulton, 2003). While Welfare-to-Work programs are based on good intentions, this paper will provide a review of the literature focusing on the barriers that exist for welfare recipients to employment, including child care, education and illness (mental and physical), abuse and the policies themselves. "

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