Jasper, Margaret C. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 171). 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0379113694 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public welfare--Law and legislation--United States--Popular works.