Date of Award
6-2015
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Master of Social Work
Department
School of Social Work
First Reader/Committee Chair
Dennis, Cory
Abstract
The Pilot Work Requirement (PWR) for the Housing Authority of San Bernardino is a mandated welfare to work program that was implemented with the goal of promoting self-sufficiency of its residents. Self-sufficiency is both economic and psychological. Participants in welfare-to-work programs view self-sufficiency as a process which includes empowerment, autonomy and confidence and not attainable without motivation. This study measured participant motivation in relation to the PWR program and how it correlates psychological self-sufficiency. The findings of this study suggest that PWR participants have accepted the mandate and have integrated the values of work, education and volunteerism, as their own. And that the PWR participants have psychological self-sufficiency. This study provides more insight about the psychological process of self-sufficiency as residents work towards achieving the goal of economic self-sufficiency.
Recommended Citation
Youngblood, Erica R., "JOURNEY TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY: AN ANALYSIS OF MOTIVATION LEVEL AND EMPLOYMENT HOPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESIDENTS" (2015). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 147.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/147