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

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-97 ◽  
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.

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

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Bill Clinton ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Welfare Reform Law ◽  
Selection Of

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.

scholarly journals ‘There’s Nothing’: Unemployment, Attitudes to Work and Punitive Welfare Reform in Post-Crash Salford

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Jeffery ◽  
Dawn Devine ◽  
Peter Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Current State ◽  
Barriers To Employment ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

This article explores attitudes and barriers to work, and the impact of punitive welfare reform in the City of Salford (Greater Manchester). Contextualising our discussion in relation to the contemporary landscape of inequality and social class in the UK, we draw attention to the trends towards the expansion of low-paid work, precarity, and stigmatisation, and highlight the need for more qualitative, geographically sensitive studies of how these phenomena are being played out. Describing the economic context of the City of Salford and the current state of its labour market, we then present the findings from qualitative interviews with a sample of low income, mostly working-class participants, who describe their orientations towards employment, perceptions of the labour market, barriers to employment and interactions with punitive welfare reform. Ultimately, we conclude by noting that both strategies of neoliberal statecraft aimed at the reduction of the charitable state described by Wacquant are at play in Salford and that their result is a discouragement from claiming welfare and a recommodification of labour.

scholarly journals Evaluating a novel Integrated Community of Care (ICoC) for patients from an urbanised low-income community in Singapore using the participatory action research (PAR) methodology: a study protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. e017839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Leng Low ◽  
Adlina Maulod ◽  
Kheng Hock Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Action Research ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Acute Hospital ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hospital Use

IntroductionPoorer health outcomes and disproportionate healthcare use in socioeconomically disadvantaged patients is well established. However, there is sparse literature on effective integrated care interventions that specifically target these high-risk individuals. The Integrated Community of Care (ICoC) is a novel care model that integrates hospital-based transitional care with health and social care in the community for high-risk individuals living in socially deprived communities. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the ICoC in reducing acute hospital use and investigate the implementation process and its effects on clinical outcomes using a mixed-methods participatory action research (PAR) approach.Methods and analysisThis is a single-centre prospective, controlled, observational study performed in the SingHealth Regional Health System. A total of 250 eligible patients from an urbanised low-income community in Singapore will be enrolled during their index hospitalisation. Our PAR model combines two research components: quantitative and qualitative, at different phases of the intervention. Outcomes of acute hospital use and health-related quality of life are compared with controls, at 30 days and 1 year. The qualitative study aims at developing a more context-specific social ecological model of health behaviour. This model will identify how influences within one’s social environment: individual, interpersonal, organisational, community and policy factors affect people’s experiences and behaviours during care transitions from hospital to home. Knowledge on the operational aspects of ICoC will enrich our evidence-based strategies to understand the impact of the ICoC. The blending of qualitative and quantitative mixed methods recognises the dynamic implementation processes as well as the complex and evolving needs of community stakeholders in shaping outcomes.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval was granted by the SingHealth Centralised Institutional Review Board (CIRB 2015/2277). The findings from this study will be disseminated by publications in peer-reviewed journals, scientific meetings and presentations to government policy-makers.Trial registration numberNCT02678273

Palestinian mothers in Israel: Can a welfare-to-work program enhance their social capital?

2020 ◽  
pp. 001139212092774
Author(s):  
Anat Herbst-Debby ◽  
Maha Sabbah-Karkabi ◽  
Tal Meler
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Welfare To Work ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Work Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Work First ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Meaningful Role

This study analyzes the experience of Palestinian mothers in Israel participating in a non-mandatory welfare-to-work program. The goal is to explore the perceptions of these women and their trainers about the ways the program helps enhance the mothers’ social capital. The study is based on in-depth interviews of 30 mothers and three trainers who participated in the program. The findings expose a range of mothers’ voices. The three main ones are: encouraging empowerment more than Work First; encouraging ‘maternal’ jobs; and encouraging partnership and group cohesion. The combined voices of participants and trainers deepen the significance of these findings, as the latter play a meaningful role in enhancing the social capital and networking capabilities of the former, who suffer from multiple sources of exclusion, including a vulnerable ethno-national status, poverty, low income and gender.

Counseling Psychology and Welfare Reform

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Edwards ◽  
K. Chris Rachal ◽  
David N. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Mental Hygiene ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Welfare Recipients ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Welfare To Work ◽  
The Past

The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRA) of 1996 marked the beginning of reforms in the welfare system that promise to affect more than 20 million people in the next 5 years. Although many agree that reform was needed, efforts may be based on misconceptions about welfare recipients. The transition from welfare to work may be problematic for many, as they face individual factors (e.g., psychological disorders) and contextual variables (e.g., lack of well-paying jobs). Counseling psychology traditionally has rested on the foundations of the vocational guidance, psychological testing, psychotherapy, and mental hygiene movements. The context of welfare reform offers unique opportunities and obvious responsibilities for the profession. This article discusses the philosophies and values of counseling psychology in the context of realities and misconceptions of the past welfare system and implications of the PRA. Recommendations for points of entry for counseling psychologists are made.

The Impact of Poverty in High-Risk Neonatal Care

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 355-356
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Neonatal Nursing ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Negative Beliefs ◽  
Indian Mothers ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR PROFESSIONALS TO ADDRESS poverty and the needs of the poor, the Council of Science Editors challenged journals to publish a theme issue on poverty in the Fall of 2007. Neonatal Network:® The Journal of Neonatal Nursing was one of the many nursing journals that responded to this important call. (See the article on “Poverty as Context for the Parenting Experience of Low-Income Lumbee Indian Mothers with a Medically Fragile Infant” in the November/December, 2007 issue. Available online October 22, 2007.) This focus on poverty is important since millions of children live in poverty in the U.S.1 Furthermore, it has been suggested that professionals may cognitively distance themselves from the poor through ignoring their unique challenges and needs and by stereotyping them with negative beliefs about their characteristics and their behaviors.2

scholarly journals Impacts of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption on Workplace Presenteeism: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
So Young Lee ◽  
Jinhwa Lee ◽  
Min Kwon
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Alcohol Drinking ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Drinking Alcohol ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Heavy Smoking ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Presenteeism refers to the practice of going to work despite poor health, resulting in subpar performance. The problems caused by smoking and drinking alcohol while on company premises have received limited attention despite their health hazards, which are linked to sick leave, occupational injuries, and reduced productivity. This study aimed to investigate the effects of smoking and alcohol drinking on presenteeism. Methods: The study participants were 60,051 wage workers from the database of the second and third Korean Working Conditions Surveys (KWCS) in 2010 and 2011 , respectively. A total of 41,672 workers aged 19 and over who had worked for at least one hour in the previous week answered the survey questions. Chi-squared tests and multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted using SPSS 18.0 to determine the impacts of smoking and drinking alcohol on presenteeism. Results: Of the 41,672 Korean workers, 8565 (20.6%) had experienced presenteeism in the past 12 months. Presenteeism was higher among women; the elderly; people with low educational status; people with low income; people with 5-11 days absenteeism; people with more working time; people with health problems; heavy smokers; and high-risk alcohol drinkers than other participants. Based on the results of multiple regression analysis, heavy smoking (AOR = 2.10, 95% CI [1.56, 2.82]) and high-risk drinking of alcohol (AOR = 1.20, 95% CI [1.10, 1.31]) were significantly related to presenteeism among workers.Conclusions: Smoking and alcohol drinking are associated with and potentially influence presenteeism; therefore, interventions for employees, and for the general public, may improve workplace productivity and reduce accidents. Companies that encourage employees to receive treatments for reduction of smoking or alcohol consumption may benefit from greater productivity. Hence, we should consider the impact of smoking and alcohol in the workplace and build appropriate strategies and implementation programs to help reduce heavy smoking and high-risk alcohol drinking behaviors.

scholarly journals Efficient Identification of Low-Income Asian American Women at High Risk for Hepatitis B

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 1701-1716
Author(s):  
Galen Joseph ◽  
Kim Nguyen ◽  
Tung Nguyen ◽  
Susan Stewart ◽  
Sharon Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Asian American Women ◽  
American Women
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