FERNANDO F. PADRÓ is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Counseling Program at Monmouth University.

• Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 What Does the Term Social Safety Net Mean?Chapter 2 The Budgetary and Economic Contexts of Social Safety NetsChapter 3 The Government's Definition of PovertyChapter 4 Old-Age Insurance: Social SecurityChapter 5 Unemployment and Disability Insurance and Other Worker BenefitsChapter 6 Health Services: Medicare and Medicaid—Services for Old Age, the Mainstream, and for Low-Income IndividualsChapter 7 Welfare Programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—From Welfare to WorkfareChapter 8 Public Assistance, Tax Deferment, and Exclusion Programs in the Social Safety Net Available to Lowand Moderate-Income Able and Disabled Families and IndividualsChapter 9 Women and the Social Safety NetChapter 10 Children and Youth ServicesGlossaryIndex

FERNANDO F. PADRÓ is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Counseling Program at Monmouth University.

• Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 What Does the Term Social Safety Net Mean?Chapter 2 The Budgetary and Economic Contexts of Social Safety NetsChapter 3 The Government's Definition of PovertyChapter 4 Old-Age Insurance: Social SecurityChapter 5 Unemployment and Disability Insurance and Other Worker BenefitsChapter 6 Health Services: Medicare and Medicaid—Services for Old Age, the Mainstream, and for Low-Income IndividualsChapter 7 Welfare Programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—From Welfare to WorkfareChapter 8 Public Assistance, Tax Deferment, and Exclusion Programs in the Social Safety Net Available to Lowand Moderate-Income Able and Disabled Families and IndividualsChapter 9 Women and the Social Safety NetChapter 10 Children and Youth ServicesGlossaryIndex

FERNANDO F. PADRÓ is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Counseling Program at Monmouth University.

• Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 What Does the Term Social Safety Net Mean?Chapter 2 The Budgetary and Economic Contexts of Social Safety NetsChapter 3 The Government's Definition of PovertyChapter 4 Old-Age Insurance: Social SecurityChapter 5 Unemployment and Disability Insurance and Other Worker BenefitsChapter 6 Health Services: Medicare and Medicaid—Services for Old Age, the Mainstream, and for Low-Income IndividualsChapter 7 Welfare Programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)—From Welfare to WorkfareChapter 8 Public Assistance, Tax Deferment, and Exclusion Programs in the Social Safety Net Available to Lowand Moderate-Income Able and Disabled Families and IndividualsChapter 9 Women and the Social Safety NetChapter 10 Children and Youth ServicesGlossaryIndex