The Family Independence Project: An Alternative Welfare Reform Approach, PRP 28, Vol. IV
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Date
1978
Authors
Rhodes, Lodis
Villanueva, Augusta M.
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LBJ School of Public Affairs
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The four-volume Welfare Reform Project Report results from policy
research conducted by the LBJ School of Public Affairs during the 1977-78
academic year. The specific task was to aid DHR in developing and
testing an independence-fostering approach to the delivery of public
assistance and employment services. The Family Independence Plan (FIP), as
conceived by DHR officials, was the approach developed and refined during
the course of the research activities reported on herein. FIP is a comprehensive
service delivery mechanism for overcoming barriers that reduce services
under existing entitlement programs. A key objective of the welfare reform
project was to develop a fundable proposal for field testing, administering,
and evaluating a demonstration FIP program. Volume IV describes in detail the FIP concept.