Republicans and Democrats alike decry the lack of oversight for America’s famous antipoverty experiment. ‘Fraud by design.’ ...

The United States can save money on welfare and even increase its benefits by making simple changes to welfare programs. We looked at federal spending data from the past few years to see how much the ...

Stacey Barker is a Professor, Department Chair and Program Director for the BSW program at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA. Her research interests center around the integration of spirituality ...

With the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, the United States embarked on a major policy change to its social welfare and safety net ...

As a PhD candidate in the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Ogechi Kalu is studying how intimate partner violence affects children in her native Nigeria, with the goal of developing ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Four friends from different upbringings and age groups have embarked on a march from Jacksonville to Washington, D.C., advocating for expanded social welfare programs and raising ...

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences relaunched its successful Child Welfare Fellows Program in fall 2022. Through the fellowship, a cohort of Ohio’s employees in child ...

Child welfare professionals work in a stressful environment. Seeing families at risk of having children removed from the home frequently results in occupational trauma, burnout and negative health ...

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 fundamentally changed the nation's social welfare system, replacing a federal entitlement program for low-income ...