Abstract
The living standards of single mothers is often low, and these women's welfare are not well perceived. For most of them, it is hard to take care of children and pursue a working career. They have no voice in society and are said to be not stable. This is a good example of how development can be questioned in so called 'developed countries'. The purpose of this paper is to examine different policies that are proposed to deal with single mothers poverty, to set their problems and propose alternatives, especially according to The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, a set of laws signed under President Clinton.
