Panel discussion held by Mimi Abramovitz, Professor, Hunter College School of Social Work; Greer Anne Boyd, Welfare Rights Initiative of the Hunter College Center for the Study of Family Policy; and Ruth Sidel, Professor of Sociology, Hunter College during the Morning Panels session of the Scholar and Feminist Conference at Barnard College. Papers presented or name of session: "The Attack on Welfare Families: Causes, Consequences, and Cures".