Publisher: University of Delaware Center for Community Research and Service, Newark, DE
Date Issued: 2010
Description: Research conducted by the National Center for Children in Poverty has found that the programs created to assist people in poverty can also trap them as they try to become self-sufficient. Called the “cliff effect,” the phenomenon occurs when individuals in poverty find their work support benefits reduced if their income increases. In this issue brief, we use the Family Resource Simulator to examine what these cliffs look like in
Delaware and give recommendations for how to tweak the system so that work does pay.
Quarantelli, E. L.(Disaster Research Center, 1998)
We discuss four general topics. First, there are various referents for the term "recovery." We note that what seems a simple enough term or word, namely "recovery" covers a variety of very complex activities that need to ...
This handbook is an excellent resource for Delaware
local governments that are seeking assistance in the form of grants, loans, technical help, and
advisory services.