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Drug Offenders: Various Factors May Limit the Impacts of Federal Laws That Provide for Denial of Selected Benefits

Fed. law allows for certain Fed. benefits to be de

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By Laurie E. Ekstrand (au)
Year: 2005
Pages: 85
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 1422303853

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Fed. law allows for certain Fed. benefits to be denied to those convicted of drug offenses, incl. Temp. Assist. for Needy Fam. (TANF), food stamps, fed. assisted housing, post-sec. ed. assist., & fed. contracts. Given the sizable pop. of drug offend. (DO) in the U.S., the denial of benefit prov. are important if the oper. of these prov. work at cross purposes with fed. initiatives intended to foster prisoner reint. into soc. This report analyzed: (1) the no. & % of DO est. to be denied fed. post-secondary ed. & fed. assisted housing ben. & fed. grants; & (2) factors affecting whether DO would have been eligible to receive TANF & food stamp ben., but for their drug offense convictions, & the % of DO released who would have been eligible to receive these benefits.

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