Tom McLaughlin's research is noted in news stories on the effects of state changes to TANF eligibility

Research by Thomas Chalmers McLaughlin, Ph.D., ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ professor of social work, was noted in a Sept. 22, 2012 Sun Journal (Lewiston) story on the effects of state changes to eligibility for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

The story noted that the 2011 study by McLaughlin and Professor Sandra Butler of the University of Maine for the Maine Women's Lobby, Maine Equal Justice Partners and the Maine Children's Alliance, found a large percentage of families "who were getting TANF for 60 months or longer were managing a disability within the family, either the parent themselves had a work-limiting disability or a child or another family member had a disability."

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