… cities, Scott W. Allard examines which agencies are most accessible to poor populations
and looks at the profound impact of unstable funding on assistance programs. Allard argues …

… In Places in Need, social policy expert Scott W. Allard tracks how the number of poor people
… Allard notes that because the suburban social safety net is less-developed than the urban …

The recent economic recession and a sluggish recovery have made conditions especially
precarious for the most disadvantaged members of the urban poor population—those with …

Currently, welfare programs coordinate a range of services to support work among welfare
recipients and help them overcome barriers to employment. This paper considers the …

Since the passage of federal welfare reform in late 1996, 15 states have passed welfare
residency requirements that restrict cash assistance to new migrants, an indication that welfare‐…

Despite the economic growth of the 1990s and decreasing numbers of high poverty
neighborhoods in urban centers, poverty, unemployment, and welfare receipt remain concentrated …

This article examines the relationship between access to jobs, work activity, and welfare
receipt. We hypothesize that welfare recipients who live in closer proximity to employment …

Cities and suburbs occupy well-defined roles within the discussion of poverty, opportunity,
and social welfare policy in metropolitan America. Research exploring issues of poverty …

Growing interest in the use of administrative data to answer questions around program
implementation and effectiveness has led to greater discussion of how government agencies can …

In regards to “suburb,” many Americans have strong cultural ideas of what constitutes a “suburb.”
The typical image includes post-World War II tract housing built for car-owning families, …