Rural Issues Briefs were developed to provide timely overviews of welfare reform rural Kentucky.

They were produced by the Department of Community and Leadership Development, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky.

Archive

These materials are archived and were created before April 24, 2026. They are provided for reference, research, or recordkeeping purposes and may not meet current accessibility standards.

• No. 1, Policies and People: Welfare Reform in Kentucky, Julie N. Zimmerman
• No. 2, Counting Cases Across Kentucky: Declines in Cash Assistance 1993-1997, Julie N. Zimmerman
• No. 3, After Welfare Reform: K-TAP Cases Across Kentucky, Julie N. Zimmerman and Matthew Renfro-Sargent
• No. 4, The Changing Face of Cash Assistance Across Kentucky, Julie N. Zimmerman and Matthew Renfro-Sargent
• No. 5, Cash Assistance Across Western Kentucky, Julie N. Zimmerman and Matthew Renfro-Sargent
• No. 6, Cash Assistance Across Central Kentucky, Julie N. Zimmerman and Matthew Renfro-Sargent
• No. 7, Cash Assistance Across Eastern Kentucky, Julie N. Zimmerman and Matthew Renfro-Sargent
• No. 8, What do We Know? Welfare Reform in Rural America, Julie N. Zimmerman and Thomas Hirschl
• No. 9, Why don’t We Know More? Research and Welfare Reform in Rural America, Julie N. Zimmerman and Thomas Hirschl

The last two Rural Issues Briefs are drawn from the Chapter “Welfare Reform in Rural Areas: A Voyage Through Uncharted Waters” written for the book Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century published by Penn State Press. Learn more about the book.