Women's Immersion in a Workfare Program: Emerging Challenges for Occupational Therapists

Single women receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) often find themselves tangled in difficulties because of current changes in welfare reform, including workfare. Women's Immersion in a Workfare Program: Emerging Challenges for Occupational Therapists describes the journey of six single mothers in workfare--a proactive alternative to conventional welfare--and their emergence with unique talents and perseverance to balance motherhood and work in the face of adversity. This compassionate and informative text uses the participants' own authentic voices--in poems, plays, and narratives--to tell their stories of survival and success in this unique governmental program.