The invisible safety net : protecting the nation's poor children and families /

The invisible safety net : protecting the nation's poor children and families /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Currie, Janet M.
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.
Description:	203 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Public welfare -- United States. Poor -- Government policy -- United States. Poor families -- Services for -- United States. Poor children -- Services for -- United States. Child welfare -- United States. Child welfare. Poor children -- Services for. Poor -- Government policy. Public welfare. Social policy. United States -- Social policy -- 1993- United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5923350

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ISBN:	9780691122687 (cloth : alk. paper) 0691122687 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-195) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Welfare vs. "Making Work Pay"
Chapter 2. In Sickness and in Health: The Importance of Public Health Insurance
Chapter 3. Feeding the Hungry: Food Stamps, School Nutrition Programs, and WIC
Chapter 4. Home Sweet Home?
Chapter 5. Who's Minding the Kids?
Chapter 6. Defending and Mending the Safety Net
Appendix. Table 1
Notes
Index