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Welfare to Work Liane Hansen talks with Sharon Lynn Kagan, co-director of a new three-state study on the results of 1996 welfare reform. While most mothers found jobs, their working income did not result in better conditions for their children, the study found. Family incomes did rise after the reforms went into effect, but they were still below the poverty line.

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Welfare to Work

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Welfare to Work

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Liane Hansen talks with Sharon Lynn Kagan, co-director of a new three-state study on the results of 1996 welfare reform. While most mothers found jobs, their working income did not result in better conditions for their children, the study found. Family incomes did rise after the reforms went into effect, but they were still below the poverty line.