The Fight to Save Welfare for Low-Income Older Asian Immigrants: The Role of National Asian American Organizations

The welfare reform law of August 1996 signed by President Bill Clinton put an end to immigrants’ eligibility of federal means tested entitlements. The rollbacks on welfare are the most drastic for older, low-income Asian immigrants who are on Supplemental Security Income. The article’s focus is in on national Asian American organizations who are involved in this political debate. The central question discuss is how did national Asian American organizations characterize and affect the 1996 federal welfare reform and immigrant debate. The selection of organizations that was studied and the findings of that investigation, along with the assessment of its effectiveness and the resources barriers they face are discussed.

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Welfare Reform and the Delivery of Welfare-to-Work Programs to AAPIs: What Works?

10.36650/nexus5.2_77-97_chun-chungchowetal ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 77-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Julian Chow ◽

Grace Yoo ◽

Catherine Vu

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Welfare Reform ◽

Asian American ◽

Low Income ◽

Personal Responsibility ◽

Welfare To Work ◽

Work Program ◽

What Works ◽

One Stop ◽

The Impact

The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA) of 1996 has major implications for low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the research currently examining the impact of welfare reform on AAPI recipients and the welfare-to-work services available to this population. This article highlights AAPI participation and their timing-out rates in California’s CalWORKs program and their barriers to transitioning to work. Four welfare-to-work program models and recommendations are presented to illustrate strategies that can be used to address the unique needs of AAPI in order to alleviate their high risk for timing-out: one-stop-shops, transitional jobs programs, providing comprehensive and family focused services, and additional research and evaluation of programs specific to assisting the AAPI population on CalWORKs.

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Asian Americans: Practice Interventions

Encyclopedia of Social Work ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.519 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Rowena Fong

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Asian Americans ◽

Asian American ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Ethical Decisions ◽

Immigrant And Refugee ◽

Selection Of

This entry describes the diversity among Asian American populations, setting the context to understand the need for different practice interventions. It explains the role of cultural values in the underpinnings of the selection of theoretical frameworks that guide chosen practice interventions. Indigenous and biculturalizations of interventions (Fong, Boyd, & Browne, 1997) are discussed as they relate to general and specific problems relevant to this population. Challenges and dilemmas are raised as ethical decisions are made among practitioners, who serve the Asian American native born, immigrant, and refugee populations.

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Acculturation and Self-rated Health Among Asian Immigrants: The Role of Gender and Age

Population Research and Policy Review ◽

10.1007/s11113-021-09642-x ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Min Ju Kim ◽

Bridget K. Gorman

Keyword(s):

Asian American ◽

Latent Class ◽

Asian Immigrants ◽

Future Research ◽

Asian Immigrant ◽

Self Rated Health ◽

Gender And Age ◽

The Relationship ◽

Immigrant Men

AbstractUsing the 2002–2003 National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS), we examine the relationship between acculturation and poor-to-fair self-rated health (SRH) among Asian immigrants (N = 1639). Using latent class analysis, we construct a multidimensional measure of acculturation that considers dimensions of involvement in U.S. culture as well as attachment to Asian ethnic cultures and identify three classes of Asian immigrants: the assimilated, who most strongly adhere to U.S. culture; the integrated, who align with both U.S. and Asian ethnic cultures; and the separated, who are almost exclusively attached to Asian ethnic cultures. Logistic regression results revealed that among the pooled sample of Asian immigrant adults, the separated are significantly more likely to report poor-to-fair SRH than the assimilated. We then tested for gender and age differences in the acculturation–SRH relationship, and found that stratifying by gender yields noticeably different patterns. Among Asian immigrant women, the probability of reporting poor-to-fair SRH increases with age for the separated and the integrated, while it declines with age for the assimilated. Conversely, among Asian immigrant men, the probability of reporting poor-to-fair SRH increases most steeply with age for the assimilated, while it is shallower for the separated and the integrated. Future research should continue to develop a dynamic understanding of acculturation and examine its association with other health outcomes, including how these relationships differ across subsets of immigrant groups.

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Transitions to Engagement Among Low-Income Cohabiting African American Couples: A Family Perspective for Policy

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x10390860 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 653-678 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Cassandra Chaney ◽

Pamela Monroe

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Welfare Reform ◽

Low Income ◽

Perceived Barriers ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Family Perspective ◽

Cohabiting Couples ◽

State And Local ◽

Welfare Reform Law ◽

African American Couples

With passage of the Welfare Reform Law of 1996, various national, state, and local programs were created to encourage marriage, particularly among low-income African American cohabiting couples with children. However, policy makers know little about the deterrents to marriage for members of this group. More specifically, there is a lack of data that address the narrative responses of low-income, cohabiting African Americans regarding their desire for and barriers to marriage. To address this paucity, interviews were conducted with 30 low-income African American couples to explore their marital status, their plans for marriage, as well as their perceived barriers regarding marriage. Using qualitative coding and analysis, implications and recommendations regarding how policy makers and programs can best encourage marriage, if it should be encouraged, among low-income African American couples, are also provided.

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Changes from AFDC to TANF in the welfare reform

International Journal of ADVANCED AND APPLIED SCIENCES ◽

10.21833/ijaas.2021.08.015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 118-122

Author(s):

Abdullah Alshrari ◽

Keyword(s):

Child Care ◽

Welfare Reform ◽

Federal Government ◽

Low Income ◽

Care Program ◽

Bill Clinton ◽

Dependent Children ◽

Low Income Families ◽

The Government ◽

Families With Children

This study seeks to present a conceptual framework on the importance of the federal government increase the funds for child care programs. United States Congress passed an act: “Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)” and was signed by President Bill Clinton and in 1997, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Act become the “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act (TANF). In 1996, the grants were no dependent on state spending on welfare and were earmarked to provide time-limited benefits to a border range of low-income families. The AFDC was replaced by TANF. TANF changes the time limit to five years for receiving cash assistant and required most recipients to work. AFDC was a program that entitled. So that any family meets the federal and the state requirement should receive cash assistance. TANF is funded by the federal government and individual states, TANF provides support to low-income families with children. Also, one biological parent must be absent. TANF replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program which began in 1935 in order to support widows and orphans. The purpose of welfare reform is to increase state flexibility, keeping the children in their homes and parents depending on themselves rather than the government. The federal government should increase the funds for the child care program. This study has reached an understanding of the necessity of reconsidering the rules of Welfare care programs.

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