Public welfare law

In: University casebook series

Abstract

A brief introduction to means-tested public benefit - Financial deprivation in the United States -- Issues in designing a means test -- Family members as sources of support -- Legal entitlements and program administration -- Responsive entitlements -- Functional entitlements and service programs -- Federalism in public benefits programs -- Effort to change claimant's behavior -- Public benefits and the politics of work -- Public benefits as an extension of immigration law -- Disability issues and public benefits -- A look to the future of anti-poverty strategies