The effects of welfare reform policies on children: Lessons from MFIP (Minnesota Family Investment Program)

Description:

An overview of the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), which offered financial work incentives for single parents on welfare, with a summary of the program's effects on single mothers and their children

Resource Type:

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Author(s):

Gennetian Lisa A.; Miller Cynthia

Publisher(s):

MDRC

Funder(s):

Ford Foundation; United States. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Department of Agriculture; Charles Stewart Mott Foundation; Annie E. Casey Foundation; McKnight Foundation; Northwest Area Foundation (U.S.)

Country:

United States

Date Issued:

2000

Source:

New York: MDRC. Retrieved March 28, 2002, from http://www.mdrc.org/NextGeneration/Publications/MFIP/HLChild-MFIP.pdf (no longer accessible since April 1, 2005)

Note:

This resource is part of the Next Generation Project and the Minnesota Family Investment Program

Topics:

7. Policies > 7.3. Economic & Social Policies

1. Children & Child Development

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