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The “Deserving” Client Betty Reid Mandell, “Shredding the Safety Net” Betty Reid Mandell, “Downsizing the Welfare State” Betty Reid Mandell, “Welfare Reform After 9/11” www.wpunj.edu/newpol These articles discuss the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 and its consequences. The treatment of welfare clients illustrates the concept of the “undeserving” client. Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002

The “Deserving” Client NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund http://www.nowldef.org/ NOW Legal Defense Fund pursues equality for women and girls in the workplace, the schools, the family and the courts, through litigation, education, and public information programs. Their “Women and Poverty” project works to remove the stigma from welfare recipients and to educate their membership about welfare. Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002