Rethinking welfare school-attendance policies

Author(s): Campbell, David; Wright, Joan;
Date Issued: 2005
Publisher(s): University of Chicago Press
Description: A profile of the Merced County Attendance Project (MerCAP), which used attendance monitoring, communication with parents, and financial sanction of welfare benefits to encourage the school attendance of children whose families were receiving public assistance
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Journal Title: Social Service Review
Volume Number: 79
Issue Number: 1
Page Range: 2-28
Topics: Parents & Families

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Interventions/Curricula > School Age

Financing & Funding > Funded Areas > Child Care & Early Education
Country: United States
States: CALIFORNIA
ISSN: 1537-5404 Electronic
0037-7961 Paper
Peer Reviewed: yes
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