Responding to Welfare Reform: Competing Perspectives of Social Service Delivery in an Economically Disadvantaged Rural State

This study compares administrative and caseworker perspectives on service delivery processes in rural areas in an Appalachian state with high levels of poverty and unemployment and limited economic resources for investment and development. The focus of this study is on the implementation of West Vir...

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Caseloads
Community structure
Entitlement programs
Federal law
Government services
Health care administration
Human resources
Public assistance programs
Social services
Welfare reform
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