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Assistant Professor of Social Work
Expertise: welfare, welfare police, domestic violence, child welfare, asset-building policy
Bio: Yunju Nam is available to comment on social and economic equality, poverty, welfare policy, domestic violence, child welfare, and asset-building policy for the poor. She is particularly interested in the effect of welfare reform on poor children and women.
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Education:
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B.A. in Literature at Seoul National University
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M.A. in Political Science at University of Michigan
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M.S.W. at University of Pennsylvania
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Ph.D. in Social Work and Political Science at University of Michigan

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Impact of welfare reform legislation
 Welfare to work leaves some recipients without the proper means to live, says expert

Sept. 8,
2005 --
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| Welfare to work leaves some out in the cold |
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 dramatically changed the nation's welfare rules. The act ended low-income families' entitlement to cash assistance and changed the welfare program from a system of income support to one based on work. "Unfortunately, one of the consequences of this legislation is that a segment of welfare recipients, probably the most disadvantaged group, left or were forced to leave welfare without having the proper means to live," says Yunju Nam, Ph.D., assistant professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.

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