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Welfare reform skips school
Spatz, Diana | June 2, 1997 issue

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In 1985, California implemented Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN), making California one of the first states to develop education and training programs for people receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (A.F.D.C.). For poor mothers who relied on A.F.D.C., the F.S.A. offered the chance to become self-sufficient-but only in theory. Since the F.S.A. became law, not one state has invested enough money in its Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program to meet the need. In California, the shift to rapid job placement followed a three-year study of Riverside County GAIN, where record earnings gains among A.F.D.C. recipients and subsequent welfare savings became the Cinderella story of welfare reform.

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PUBLIC welfare; EDUCATION & state; OCCUPATIONAL training; POOR; MOTHERS; FAMILY; CALIFORNIA; UNITED States
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