Episode Details

Host, David R. Jones, President of the Community Service Society of New York, discusses New York City's welfare reform with Ellen Amstutz, Senior Policy Analyst for the Community Service Society of New York, and Timothy Casey, Director of the Department of Policy, Advocacy and Research of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. Amstutz and Casey describe New York City's welfare reform program and the benefits offered to participants. They explain how the reform impacts those in the welfare program, and how the possible long-term effects could affect the city's poor population.