Repairing the U.S. Social Safety Net | Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. U.S. Social Policy and the Social Safety Net in Historical Perspective

2. Poverty

3. Recent Changes to U.S. Social Safety Net Policies

4. Getting onto the Rolls: Caseloads, Eligibility Processes, Targeting, and Outreach

5. Service Delivery Mechanisms and Innovations

6. Program Administration and Institutions

7. Policy Analysis, Evaluation, and Performance Monitoring

8. Implications for the Future

References

About the Authors

Index

Repairing the U.S. Social Safety Net, by Martha R. Burt and Demetra Smith Nightingale, is available from the Urban Institute Press (ISBN 978-0-87766-761-2, paperback, 290 pages, $29.50)