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- Title
Welfare Reform and the Delivery of Welfare-to-Work Programs to AAPIs What Works?
- Authors
Chun-Chung Chow, Julian; Yoo, Grace J.; Vu, Catherine
- Abstract
The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA) of 1996 has major implications for low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the research currently examining the impact of welfare reform on AAPI recipients and the welfare-to-work services available to this population. This article highlights AAPI participation and their timing-out rates in California's CalWORKs program and their barriers to transitioning to work. Four welfare-to-work program models and recommendations are presented to illustrate strategies that can be used to address the unique needs of AAPIs in order to alleviate their high risk for timing-out: one-stop-shops, transitional jobs programs, providing comprehensive and family focused services, and additional research and evaluation of programs specific to assisting the AAPI population on CalWORKs.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; ASIAN Americans; PACIFIC Islanders; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC welfare; SERVICES for the poor; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
AAPI Nexus, 2007, Vol 5, Issue 2, p77
- ISSN
1545-0317
- Publication type
Article