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Child Care, Early Education and Head Start · Child Welfare and Child Abuse · Education · Elderly · Family Policy, Marriage, and Divorce · Food Assistance, Food Stamps, and WIC · Health Care Policy · Income and Poverty · International and Cross-National Studies · Teen Sex and Non-Marital Births · Welfare Reform

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Books, Monographs, and Papers

The Role of Career and Technical Education: Implications for Federal Policy (PDF)

Marie Cohen and Douglas J. Besharov

Toughening TANF

Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis

Rethinking WIC: An Evaluation of the Women, Infants, and Children Program

Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis

Family Well-Being After Welfare Reform

Douglas J. Besharov, Ed.

Four Evaluations of Welfare Reform: What Will Be Learned

Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis, ed., Peter H. Rossi

Data Needs for Measuring Family and Fertility Change After Welfare Reform

Douglas J. Besharov, ed., William D. Mosher and Joyce C. Abma, Stephanie J. Ventura, and Stanley K. Henshaw

Welfare Reform: Four Years Later, Public Interest, Summer 2000

Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis

Preventing Subsequent Births to Welfare Mothers

Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis, ed.

Is WIC as good as they say?, Public Interest, Winter 1999

Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis

Debating WIC, Public Interest, Spring 1999

Leighton Ku, Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis

Evaluating Welfare Reform: A Guide for Scholars and Practitioners (PDF Version).

Douglas J. Besharov, Peter Germanis and Peter H. Rossi

Health Related Welfare Rules (PDF)

Douglas J. Besharov, Kristina Tanasichuk White, and Mark B. Coggeshall

Feeding the Poor (Book Summary)

Peter H. Rossi

Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs, Research, and Evaluation

Douglas J. Besharov et al.

Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide for the Concerned

Douglas J. Besharov

Working Papers

Leaving Welfare Without Work: How do mothers do it? And what are the implications? (PDF)

Douglas J. Besharov

Mandatory Work-Related Activities for Welfare Recipients: The Next Step in Welfare Reform (PDF)

Marie Cohen

Op-Eds

Two Cheers for Welfare Reform, AEI On the Issues, August 2006

Douglas J. Besharov

End Welfare Lite as We Know It, New York Times, August 15, 2006

Douglas J. Besharov

Poor America, Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2006

Douglas J. Besharov

Head Start's Broken Promise, AEI On the Issues, October 2005

Douglas J. Besharov

There's More Welfare to Reform, The New York Times, March 6, 2004

Douglas J. Besharov

We're Feeding the Poor as If They're Starving, The Washington Post, December 8, 2002, p. B1.

Douglas J. Besharov

Welfare Rolls: On the Rise Again, The Washington Post, July 16, 2002

Douglas J. Besharov

The New Retirement: Getting Old Ain't What It Used to Be, The Washington Post, August 1, 1999

Douglas J. Besharov and Keith W. Smith

Asking More From Matrimony, The New York Times, July 14, 1999

Douglas J. Besharov

Hard to Swallow: The Scandal in the School Lunch Program Isn't About Pizza, The Washington Post, March 28, 1999

Douglas J. Besharov

Beware The Real Agenda, The New York Times, August 5, 1997

Douglas J. Besharov

Tightening the Welfare Noose, The New York Times, January 15, 1997

Douglas J. Besharov

Children Deserve Chance to Live; The System Won't Accept the Uncomfortable Truth: Some Parents Are Beyond the Help of Treatment Programs, The Orlando Sentinel, December 22, 1996

Douglas J. Besharov

When Home is Hell: We Are Too Reluctant to Take Children From Bad Parents, The Washington Post, December 1, 1996

Douglas J. Besharov

How to Help Welfare Mothers, The New York Times, November 13, 1996

Douglas J. Besharov

Inner City Blues, The Washington Post, October 13, 1996

Douglas J. Besharov

Child Abuse: Threat or Menace?, Slate, October 3, 1996

Douglas J. Besharov and Jacob W. Dembosky

Shaping the Debate on Welfare Reform, The Washington Post, August 11, 1996

Douglas J. Besharov

Ignoring the Danger Signs of Child Abuse, Newsday, April 21, 1996

Douglas J. Besharov

First Lady Knows Best, The Washington Post, January 28, 1996

Douglas J. Besharov

How To Save Children, The New York Times, January 13, 1996

Douglas J. Besharov

A Monster of His Own Creation, The Washington Post, Novemer 2, 1995

Douglas J. Besharov

Don't Expect Miracles; But a Few Rules Would Go a Long Way Toward Fixing the Welfare Mess, The Washington Post, July 23, 1995

Douglas J. Besharov

The Welfare Balloon: Squeeze Hard on One Side and the Other Side Will Just Expand, The Washington Post, June 11, 1995

Douglas J. Besharov

Do We Have to Give Up?: No. We Know How to Get Smart About IQ, The Washington Post, October 23, 1994

Douglas J. Besharov

Life Is Not Just a Bowl of Condoms, The Washington Post, May 1, 1994

Douglas J. Besharov

Welfare As We Don't Know It, The Washington Post, July 4, 1993

Douglas J. Besharov

Teen Sex: Truth and Consequences, The Orlando Sentinel, February 21, 1993

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner

The Perverse Federal Incentive for Welfare Cuts, Governing, February 1993

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen Baehler

Beyond Murphy Brown: We're Ignorning the Fact that All Single Mothers Aren't Alike, The Washington Post, September 27, 1992

Douglas J. Besharov

Improving child protective services: how to expand and implement the consensus, The Washington Post, Novemer 2, 1995

Douglas J. Besharov

Cautions for the New Paternalism, The Washington Post, January 5, 1992

Douglas J. Besharov

Whose Life Is It Anyway?: Pregnant Crack Users Act as Child Abusers, The National Law Journal, March 4, 1991

Douglas J. Besharov

Lessons from the McMartin Case, The Christian Science Monitor, February 9, 1990

Douglas J. Besharov

The Tragedy of Child Abuse: We all share the blame for the death of Bradley McGee, The St. Petersburg Times, September 3, 1989

Douglas J. Besharov

Let's Give Crack Babies a Way Out Of Addict Families, Newsday, September 3, 1989

Douglas J. Besharov

Crack Babies: The Worst Threat is Mom Herself, The Washington Post, August 6, 1989

Douglas J. Besharov

Child Care Credit is Test of Bush's "Kindness", The Los Angeles Times, November 11, 1988

Douglas J. Besharov and Paul N. Tramontozzi

The Politics of Day-Care: We're About to Spend Billions on a Dubious Middle Class "Crisis", The Washington Post, August 6, 1988

Douglas J. Besharov

Child Care Subsidies: Mostly for the Middle Class, The Washington Post, May 2, 1988

Douglas J. Besharov and Paul N. Tramontozzi

Put Politics Aside and Help the "Head Start" Program, The New York Times, December 28, 1985

Douglas J. Besharov and Terry W. Hartle

Conference Papers

Abstinence Education Grants and Welfare Reform, June 6, 1997

Trends in Sexual Activity and Abstinence Among U.S. Men and Women (PDF Slides)

Christine Bachrach

Abstinence Education Grants Under Welfare Reform

David Bellis

Making Abstinence Work

Elayne Bennett

Using Abstinence Funding (Survey. Appendix.)

Sarah Brown

What Do We Know About Abstinence Programs?

Barbara Devaney

Abstinence Education Under Welfare Reform (Appendix A. Appendix B. Table 1.)

Ron Haskins and Carol Statuto Bevan

Abstinence Education Grants

Jodie Levin-Epstein

Programs and Approaches

Pat Funderburk Ware

Welfare Reform: What Happens After Time Limits, Sanctions, and Diversions?, February 6, 1998

Time Limiting Welfare: Lessons from the States

Judith Gueron

The New Welfare: Diversions, Sanctions, Time Limits

Lawrence M. Mead

Keynote Remarks

The Hon. Donna Shalala

Florida's Work and Gain Economic Self-Sufficiency (WAGES) Program (PDF)

Don Winstead

Preventing Second Births to Teenage Mothers: Demonstration Findings, March 6, 1998

The Role of Psychological Factors

Marilyn Benoit

Opening Remarks (PDF Slides)

Douglas J. Besharov

Can Intervention Programs Prevent Subsequent Births to Teenage Mothers?

Lorraine Klerman

Research on Teen Parent Programs (PDF)

Rebecca Maynard

Repeat Teen Births (PDF Slides)

Kristin Moore

Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation by Nurses: A Program of Research (Slides.)

David Olds

Child Care and Welfare Reform, April 3, 1998

Child Care Falling Short for Low-Income and Working Families. (Talking Points)

Helen Blank

Child Care and Welfare Reform.

The Hon. Larry E. Craig

Managed Day Care Makes Its Debut

Head Start and Welfare Reform (PDF)

Wade F. Horn

Spending on Early Childhood Care Programs and Research: An Analysis of Federal Departments, State Governments, and Foundations (PDF)

Pamela Jones, Christine Ross, and Stuart Kerachsky

State Efforts to Expand Child Care Programs (GAO Report - PDF. Slides.)

Mark Nadel

Child Care and Welfare Reform: The Wisconsin Experience. (Remarks. PDF Slides: 1-3, 4, 5, 6.)

John Weicher

Teenage Sexuality and Contraceptive Use, May 1, 1998

Teenage Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use: An Update. (PDF Version. Slides.)

Joyce Abma and Freya Sonenstein

Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior: Are They Real?.

Christine Bachrach

Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior (PDF)

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen Gardiner

Teens in Crisis: A Comprehensive Strategy to Protect Adolescent Health (PDF) (Slides)

Kate Michelman

Teenage Sexuality and Contraceptive Use: An Update

Tom Smith

Possible Explanations for Changes in Teenage Sexual Behavior (PDF)

Pat Funderburk Ware

Pregnancy Prevention and Welfare Reform, June 5, 1998

Opening Remarks

Douglas J. Besharov

Parents and Teens on Love, Sex, and Relationships: Research, Parents Tips, and Polling Data (pdf)

Sarah Brown

Repeat Pregnancy for Those Not Pregnant at Program Entry

Marva Hammons

Is There a Link Between Welfare Reform and Teen Pregnancy?

Richard Nathan

Understanding the Rise in Illegitimacy (Slides. Tables.)

Robert Rector

Welfare Reform Two Years Later, July 30, 1998

Welfare Reform: Two Years Later (Notes.)

Douglas J. Besharov

Remarks.

Lawrence Mead

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