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21 Clearinghouse Rev. 1 (1987-1988)

handle is hein.journals/clear21 and id is 1 raw text is: VOLUME 21, NO. 1, MAY 1987 Toward Reform of the Welfare System: Is Consensus Emerging?, by Paula Roberts and Rhoda Schulzinger ..................................................................................................... 3 In the last year, politicians, policymakers, and academics representing different disciplines and political viewpoints, alarmed at the increase in poverty, have begun to suggest ways to reform the social welfare system; this article provides a beginning framework for analysis of welfare reform and reviews the major proposals now being circulated. Medicaid Transplant Litigation Proliferates, National Health Law Program .............................................. 20 In the past six months, there has been a substantial increase in Medicaid organ transplant litigation, and advocates have been increasingly successful in their courtroom efforts. Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Some Issues for State Long-Term Care Policy, National Senior Citizens Law Center .......................................................................................................... 22 The development of continuing care retirement communities-facilities that promise housing, meals, and some form of health service in return for an entrance fee and payment of monthly charges-raises consumer protection and residents' rights issues, as well as Medicaid-related issues, in several states. Cost Containment in the Legal Services Environment, by Nina Coil .......................................................... 26 This month's Management Column discusses various cost-containment mechanisms legal services programs may choose when forced to make cutbacks, and their likely effects on staff and the program budget. Computer and Research News .......................................................................................................................... 30 The usual search results are this month's topic. Federal R egister H ighlights ................................................................................................................................ 31 E Case Developments .............................................................................................................................................. 37 Attorneys/Legal Services ...................................... 37 Landlord/Tenant ........................................... 51 Civil Procedure/Administrative Law .................... 37 Mental Health .............................................. 52 C ivil R ights .......................................................... 39 M igrants ........................................................ 52 Consumer .............................................................. 40 Native Americans .......................................... 53 D om estic Relations ................................................ 40 Prisons ............................................................ 53 Education .............................................................. 41 Public Utilities/Energy ................................ 54 Food Programs ...................................................... 42 Senior Citizens ............................................. 54 H ealth .................................................................... 45 Social Security/SSI ....................................... 55 Housing .................................................................. 48 Unemployment Compensation ..................... 56 Juveniles ................................................................ 5 1 W elfare .................................................................. 57 A dvance Sheet H ighlights .................................................................................................................................. 62 Sweeping Changes in Immigration Laws Affect Aliens' Rights to Work and Legalize Their Status, by Susan Drake, Beth Zacovic, Charles Wheeler, and Tina Poplawski ............................ 74 Beginning in May 1987, an estimated 2.2 million aliens who have lived in the United States since before 1982 will be eligible for the first time to legalize their status; this article provides an overview of the major provisions on legalization and employer sanctions in the new immigration reform bill. J o b M ark et ............................................................................................................................................................ 90 C ase T a b le .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 0 This Child is Missing ...John Owen Cain ................................................................................ inside back cover MAY 1987

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