Douglas J. Besharov is the Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs, where he directs its Welfare Reform Academy. Among his recent publications are Rethinking WIC: An Evaluation of the Women, Infants, and Children Program (with Peter Germanis) and America's Disconnected Youth.

• List of Figures, List of Tables, List of Boxes, Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction, 2. Welfare Reform and the Caseload Decline, 3. Assessing Welfare Reform’s Impact, 4. Income and Expenditures, 5. Cohabitation and Child Well-Being, 6. Fatherhood, Cohabitation, and Marriage, 7. Teenage Sex, Pregnancy, and Nonmarital Births, 8. Child Maltreatment and Foster Care, 9. Housing Conditions and Homelessness, 10. Child Health, 11. Nutrition, Food Security, and Obesity, 12. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, 13. Drug Use, 14. Mothers’ Work and Child Care, 15. Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 16. Conclusion, Contributors, Index

Douglas J. Besharov is the Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs, where he directs its Welfare Reform Academy. Among his recent publications are Rethinking WIC: An Evaluation of the Women, Infants, and Children Program (with Peter Germanis) and America's Disconnected Youth.

• List of Figures, List of Tables, List of Boxes, Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction, 2. Welfare Reform and the Caseload Decline, 3. Assessing Welfare Reform’s Impact, 4. Income and Expenditures, 5. Cohabitation and Child Well-Being, 6. Fatherhood, Cohabitation, and Marriage, 7. Teenage Sex, Pregnancy, and Nonmarital Births, 8. Child Maltreatment and Foster Care, 9. Housing Conditions and Homelessness, 10. Child Health, 11. Nutrition, Food Security, and Obesity, 12. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, 13. Drug Use, 14. Mothers’ Work and Child Care, 15. Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 16. Conclusion, Contributors, Index

Douglas J. Besharov is the Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs, where he directs its Welfare Reform Academy. Among his recent publications are Rethinking WIC: An Evaluation of the Women, Infants, and Children Program (with Peter Germanis) and America's Disconnected Youth.

• List of Figures, List of Tables, List of Boxes, Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction, 2. Welfare Reform and the Caseload Decline, 3. Assessing Welfare Reform’s Impact, 4. Income and Expenditures, 5. Cohabitation and Child Well-Being, 6. Fatherhood, Cohabitation, and Marriage, 7. Teenage Sex, Pregnancy, and Nonmarital Births, 8. Child Maltreatment and Foster Care, 9. Housing Conditions and Homelessness, 10. Child Health, 11. Nutrition, Food Security, and Obesity, 12. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, 13. Drug Use, 14. Mothers’ Work and Child Care, 15. Activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 16. Conclusion, Contributors, Index