Jasper, Margaret C.

Welfare : your rights and the law by Margaret C. Jasper. - Dobbs Ferry, NY : Oceana Publications, 2002. - x, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Oceana's legal almanac series. Law for the layperson .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171).

Historical development of social welfare programs in America -- A profile of poverty in America -- The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) -- Supplemental security income -- The food stamp program -- Medicaid -- Promoting child welfare -- The Department of Health and Human Services.

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Public welfare--Law and legislation--United States--Popular works.