Poverty, Public Assistance and Single Mothers

This article presents some of the perceptions and experiences of mothers on public assistance and their social workers in three countries—Norway, Russia and the US. Based on in-depth interviews in each country with social workers and the women, five themes emerged that will be presented here. The mo...

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Main Author:	Pamela A. Brown
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Stavanger 2008-04-01
Series:	Journal of Comparative Social Work
Subjects:	Social Work Single Mothers Lone Parents Public Assistance Norway Russia United States Comparative Research
Online Access:	https://journals.uis.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/34

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spelling	doaj-fbc2aabef1984c57bf783c7167363dee2020-11-25T01:30:36ZengUniversity of StavangerJournal of Comparative Social Work0809-99362008-04-013132610.31265/jcsw.v3i1.3434Poverty, Public Assistance and Single MothersPamela A. BrownThis article presents some of the perceptions and experiences of mothers on public assistance and their social workers in three countries—Norway, Russia and the US. Based on in-depth interviews in each country with social workers and the women, five themes emerged that will be presented here. The mothers spoke of the inadequacy of economic support to meet their needs, a life of poverty that sometimes involved discrimination of them as mothers, and a loss of hope that their lives could be different. Two themes that stood out in the interviews with social workers was the lack of resources needed to help their clients and the dilemma faced as an agent of social welfare institutions balanced with being an advocate for the mothers’ needs.https://journals.uis.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/34Social WorkSingle MothersLone ParentsPublic AssistanceNorwayRussiaUnited StatesComparative Research
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description	This article presents some of the perceptions and experiences of mothers on public assistance and their social workers in three countries—Norway, Russia and the US. Based on in-depth interviews in each country with social workers and the women, five themes emerged that will be presented here. The mothers spoke of the inadequacy of economic support to meet their needs, a life of poverty that sometimes involved discrimination of them as mothers, and a loss of hope that their lives could be different. Two themes that stood out in the interviews with social workers was the lack of resources needed to help their clients and the dilemma faced as an agent of social welfare institutions balanced with being an advocate for the mothers’ needs.
topic	Social Work Single Mothers Lone Parents Public Assistance Norway Russia United States Comparative Research
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Poverty, Public Assistance and Single Mothers

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