Welfare Reform Academy - Publications

View a list of publications for each of the following topics:
Child Care · Child Development and Headstart · Child Welfare and Child Abuse · Education · Elderly · Family Policy, Marriage, and Divorce · Food Stamps, Food Assistance, and WIC · Teen Sex and Non-Marital Births · Welfare Reform

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Books, Monographs, and Papers

Rethinking WIC: An Evaluation of the Women, Infants, and Children Program: Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis
Family Well-Being After Welfare Reform: Douglas J. Besharov, Ed.
Four Evaluations of Welfare Reform: What Will Be Learned: Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis, ed., Peter H. Rossi
Data Needs for Measuring Family and Fertility Change After Welfare Reform: Douglas J. Besharov, ed., William D. Mosher and Joyce C. Abma, Stephanie J. Ventura, and Stanley K. Henshaw
Welfare Reform: Four Years Later, Public Interest, Summer 2000: Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis
Preventing Subsequent Births to Welfare Mothers: Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis, ed.
Is WIC as good as they say?, Public Interest, Winter 1999: Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis
Debating WIC, Public Interest, Spring 1999: Leighton Ku, Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis
Evaluating Welfare Reform: A Guide for Scholars and Practitioners (PDF Version).: Douglas J. Besharov, Peter Germanis and Peter H. Rossi
Health Related Welfare Rules (PDF): Douglas J. Besharov, Kristina Tanasichuk White, and Mark B. Coggeshall
Feeding the Poor (Book Summary): Peter H. Rossi
Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs, Research, and Evaluation: Douglas J. Besharov et al.
Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide for the Concerned: Douglas J. Besharov

Working Papers

The Role of Career and Technical Education: Implications for the Federal Government (PDF): Douglas J. Besharov and Marie Cohen
Leaving Welfare Without Work: How do mothers do it? And what are the implications? (PDF): Douglas J. Besharov
Mandatory Work-Related Activities for Welfare Recipients: The Next Step in Welfare Reform (PDF): Marie Cohen

Op-Eds

Welfare Rolls: On the Rise Again, The Washington Post, July 16, 2002: Douglas J. Besharov
The New Retirement: Getting Old Ain't What It Used to Be, The Washington Post, August 1, 1999: Douglas J. Besharov and Keith W. Smith
Asking More From Matrimony, The New York Times, July 14, 1999: Douglas J. Besharov
Hard to Swallow: The Scandal in the School Lunch Program Isn't About Pizza, The Washington Post, March 28, 1999: Douglas J. Besharov
Beware The Real Agenda, The New York Times, August 5, 1997: Douglas J. Besharov
Tightening the Welfare Noose, The New York Times, January 15, 1997: Douglas J. Besharov
Children Deserve Chance to Live; The System Won't Accept the Uncomfortable Truth: Some Parents Are Beyond the Help of Treatment Programs, The Orlando Sentinel, December 22, 1996: Douglas J. Besharov
When Home is Hell: We Are Too Reluctant to Take Children From Bad Parents, The Washington Post, December 1, 1996: Douglas J. Besharov
How to Help Welfare Mothers, The New York Times, November 13, 1996: Douglas J. Besharov
Inner City Blues, The Washington Post, October 13, 1996: Douglas J. Besharov
Child Abuse: Threat or Menace?, Slate, October 3, 1996: Douglas J. Besharov and Jacob W. Dembosky
Shaping the Debate on Welfare Reform, The Washington Post, August 11, 1996: Douglas J. Besharov
Ignoring the Danger Signs of Child Abuse, Newsday, April 21, 1996: Douglas J. Besharov
First Lady Knows Best, The Washington Post, January 28, 1996: Douglas J. Besharov
How To Save Children, The New York Times, January 13, 1996: Douglas J. Besharov
A Monster of His Own Creation, The Washington Post, Novemer 2, 1995: Douglas J. Besharov
Don't Expect Miracles; But a Few Rules Would Go a Long Way Toward Fixing the Welfare Mess, The Washington Post, July 23, 1995: Douglas J. Besharov
The Welfare Balloon: Squeeze Hard on One Side and the Other Side Will Just Expand, The Washington Post, June 11, 1995: Douglas J. Besharov
Do We Have to Give Up?: No. We Know How to Get Smart About IQ, The Washington Post, October 23, 1994: Douglas J. Besharov
Life Is Not Just a Bowl of Condoms, The Washington Post, May 1, 1994: Douglas J. Besharov
Welfare As We Don't Know It, The Washington Post, July 4, 1993: Douglas J. Besharov
Teen Sex: Truth and Consequences, The Orlando Sentinel, February 21, 1993: Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner
The Perverse Federal Incentive for Welfare Cuts, Governing, February 1993: Douglas J. Besharov and Karen Baehler
Beyond Murphy Brown: We're Ignorning the Fact that All Single Mothers Aren't Alike, The Washington Post, September 27, 1992: Douglas J. Besharov
Improving child protective services: how to expand and implement the consensus, The Washington Post, Novemer 2, 1995: Douglas J. Besharov
Cautions for the New Paternalism, The Washington Post, January 5, 1992: Douglas J. Besharov

Conference Papers

Abstinence Education Grants and Welfare Reform, June 6, 1997

Trends in Sexual Activity and Abstinence Among U.S. Men and Women (PDF Slides): Christine Bachrach
Abstinence Education Grants Under Welfare Reform: David Bellis
Making Abstinence Work: Elayne Bennett
Using Abstinence Funding (Survey. Appendix.): Sarah Brown
What Do We Know About Abstinence Programs?: Barbara Devaney
Abstinence Education Under Welfare Reform (Appendix A. Appendix B. Table 1.): Ron Haskins and Carol Statuto Bevan
Abstinence Education Grants: Jodie Levin-Epstein
Programs and Approaches: Pat Funderburk Ware

Welfare Reform: What Happens After Time Limits, Sanctions, and Diversions?, February 6, 1998

Time Limiting Welfare: Lessons from the States: Judith Gueron
The New Welfare: Diversions, Sanctions, Time Limits: Lawrence M. Mead
Keynote Remarks: The Hon. Donna Shalala
Florida's Work and Gain Economic Self-Sufficiency (WAGES) Program (PDF): Don Winstead

Preventing Second Births to Teenage Mothers: Demonstration Findings, March 6, 1998

The Role of Psychological Factors: Marilyn Benoit
Opening Remarks (PDF Slides): Douglas J. Besharov
Can Intervention Programs Prevent Subsequent Births to Teenage Mothers?: Lorraine Klerman
Research on Teen Parent Programs (PDF): Rebecca Maynard
Repeat Teen Births (PDF Slides): Kristin Moore
Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation by Nurses: A Program of Research (Slides.): David Olds

Child Care and Welfare Reform, April 3, 1998

Child Care Falling Short for Low-Income and Working Families. (Talking Points): Helen Blank
Child Care and Welfare Reform.: The Hon. Larry E. Craig
Managed Day Care Makes Its Debut
Head Start and Welfare Reform (PDF): Wade F. Horn
Spending on Early Childhood Care Programs and Research: An Analysis of Federal Departments, State Governments, and Foundations (PDF): Pamela Jones, Christine Ross, and Stuart Kerachsky
State Efforts to Expand Child Care Programs (GAO Report - PDF. Slides.): Mark Nadel
Child Care and Welfare Reform: The Wisconsin Experience. (Remarks. PDF Slides: 1-3, 4, 5, 6.): John Weicher

Teenage Sexuality and Contraceptive Use, May 1, 1998

Teenage Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use: An Update. (PDF Version. Slides.): Joyce Abma and Freya Sonenstein
Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior: Are They Real?.: Christine Bachrach
Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior (PDF): Douglas J. Besharov and Karen Gardiner
Teens in Crisis: A Comprehensive Strategy to Protect Adolescent Health (PDF) (Slides): Kate Michelman
Teenage Sexuality and Contraceptive Use: An Update: Tom Smith
Possible Explanations for Changes in Teenage Sexual Behavior (PDF): Pat Funderburk Ware

Pregnancy Prevention and Welfare Reform, June 5, 1998

Opening Remarks: Douglas J. Besharov
Parents and Teens on Love, Sex, and Relationships: Research, Parents Tips, and Polling Data. (PDF Version.): Sarah Brown
Repeat Pregnancy for Those Not Pregnant at Program Entry: Marva Hammons
Is There a Link Between Welfare Reform and Teen Pregnancy?: Richard Nathan
Understanding the Rise in Illegitimacy (Slides. Tables.): Robert Rector

Welfare Reform Two Years Later, July 30, 1998

Welfare Reform: Two Years Later (Notes.): Douglas J. Besharov
Remarks.: Lawrence Mead

Congressional Testimony

Testimony on State Implementation of Work Requirements Under Welfare Reform, House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, March 7, 2002 (PDF): Douglas J. Besharov
Testimony on Federal Child Care Funding, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, February 27, 2002 (PDF): Douglas J. Besharov
Testimony on the Effects of Welfare Reform, House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, May 27, 1999: Douglas J. Besharov
Testimony on Unmarried Mothers and Welfare Reform, Senate Committee on Finance, March 14, 1995: Douglas J. Besharov
Testimony on the Federal Child Care Programs, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Children and Families Subcommittee, February 16, 1995: Douglas J. Besharov
Testimony on the Future of Family Programs, House Committee on Ways and Means, January 17, 1995: Douglas J. Besharov

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