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Issues in Food Assistance-Reforming Welfare: What Does It Mean for Rural Areas?

  • by Leslie Whitener, Bruce Weber and Greg Duncan
  • 6/3/2002
  • FANRR-26-4

Overview

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act dramatically altered the social safety net for poor Americans, including the 7 million people living in poverty in nonmetro areas. This issue brief examines evidence from recent research about rural-urban differences in welfare reform impacts on program participation, employment, earnings, and poverty and assesses how well welfare reform is working in rural areas.

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