November 4, 2003
Download the Full Report (pdf)
Download the Executive Summary (pdf)
Featured Speakers
Martha Zaslow, Vice President for Research, Child Trends
Welfare Reform’s Impact on Adolescents: Early Warning Signs
Jerrold Brandell, Professor at the School of Social Work, Wayne State University
Adolescent Outcomes and Welfare Reform: Psychological Dynamics and Empirical Results
Jane Zehnder-Merrell, Director of Kids Count in Michigan, Senior Planning/Research Associate at the Michigan League for Human Services
Adolescents and Welfare Reform in Michigan
Additional Chapters/Materials
Overview, by Deborah Smith
Adolescents in Detroit: Their Own Perceptions of How Welfare and Poverty Affects Their Lives, by Eileen Trzcinski