Extractions: Press Release 12th December 2002 Budget will Boost Housing and Welfare Reform Des Browne MP, the Minister with responsibility for Social Development, today announced details of how the £559.4 million Budget allocation to the Department will be spent. Most of the expenditure around £506 million - will be used for Housing and delivery of Social Security and Child Support services. Further support of £51.9m will be targeted at improving the physical and social needs of deprived communities. The Minister commented: This substantial allocation to the Department for Social Development will be used to support many of the most vulnerable members of society and to tackle disadvantage and poverty wherever it exists. Together, the full range of programmes managed by my Department is designed to achieve the Departments overall objective of tackling disadvantage and building communities throughout Northern Ireland. The money will be used to deliver a comprehensive range of benefits to people who need them and to continue to invest in a massive programme of reforming the way those benefits are delivered, making services more relevant and accessible. It also represents a continuing investment in the quality of social housing in Northern Ireland, with new money being allocated to deal with the problem of fuel poverty.
Warts And All, Welfare Reform Worked While state officials and W2 agencies applaud the 93 percent gov. flexibility to develop creative educational plans under the welfare reform act, including http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen04/news/articles/art2000-79.htm
Extractions: Reprinted from the Milwaukee Business Journal, September 3, 2000. Warts and all, welfare reform worked Pete Millard William Martin knows the ins and outs of the welfare system. Martin understands how good it feels to get out from under welfare because his family was once in the welfare system. For the past five years, he has devoted his career to helping other people avoid welfare's grasp. While Martin may not be an impartial judge of W-2's overall success, he sings its praises by reciting numbers that nobody would have believed when the welfare-reform program was unveiled in 1997. Over the past three years, 93 percent of the Wisconsin families that once received welfare payments are now off the rolls. Martin's agency alone has worked with 2,000 Milwaukee-area companies to find jobs for 6,000 former welfare recipients. Martin says his agency has saved the state $11 million in welfare payments. More than 92 percent of the people in some of Milwaukee's most economically depressed central city regions have walked through Employment Solutions' doors and found jobs. On average, those people are earning $7.75 an hour and are still eligible for food stamp, health care and child care assistance.
The False Promises Of Welfare Reform serious administrative problems with many of the welfare agencies contracted to Former gov. Instead of calling it welfare reform which raises all kinds of http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen04/news/articles/art2001-78.htm
Extractions: Reprinted from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 18, 2001. by Eugene Kane The problem with welfare reform wasn't the product; it was the advertising. Touted as a radical but positive change in the way government serves the poor, W-2 has turned out to be something much less than that. And that's not just my opinion; a recently released bipartisan report from the Legislative Audit Bureau says the same thing. Here are some of the sad facts, according to the state report: After $710 million was spent to implement welfare reform, relatively few former recipients have landed jobs paying more than poverty wages. Many are worse off today than they were before. There are serious administrative problems with many of the welfare agencies contracted to handle caseloads, everything from financial irregularities to over-sanctioning of clients. Perhaps the most ominous sign: large numbers of poor families who left the system have started to return. The problem with W-2 was that it sparked a lot of great expectations but never delivered. Now it's time to face up to the bad grades.
Lack Of Affordable Housing Hurts Welfare Reform rules enacted in the 1996 welfare reform law that with Senator Wellstone would require welfare agencies to work site please email webmaster@corzine.senate.gov. http://corzine.senate.gov/press_office/record.cfm?id=186694
June 98 - Welfare Reform Flies In New York In 1997, gov. The welfare reform flight simulator is not just a tool for local communities. almost all of the New York human services agencies, because these http://www.govtech.net/magazine/gt/1998/june/welfare/welfare.phtml
Extractions: Welfare Reform Flies in New York W elfare reform, of course, is not just an idea, project or policy but an extremely complex and interrelated set of systems being developed by federal, state and local governments. If welfare reform were an airplane, it would make the design of a B-2 stealth bomber look simple. More importantly, taking off, flying and landing welfare reform successfully, especially at the local government level, is no easy task. In New York state, the airplane metaphor for welfare reform is gaining special meaning through an application of innovative simulation technology. A State Initiative In 1997, Gov. George Pataki proposed a package of state-level reforms that would provide for the implementation of federal reforms within the constitutional obligations of New York state. As the governor's reform bill was scheduled for debate in the legislature, administrators within the New York Department of Social Services now the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) approached faculty in the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs, University at Albany (SUNY), to develop a system dynamics model of state welfare reform. The modeling work was pushed as a collaborative effort with university and state and local government members. For example, the Cortland County modeling process took place over five months and involved four full days of meetings between local officials, state administrators and Rockefeller faculty. "We were hoping that, with the development of the model, communities could identify the high-leverage points in their system and shift their strategies accordingly," said David Avenius, OTDA deputy commissioner for program support and quality improvement.
Labor Protection And Welfare Reform www.dol.gov. Search / AZ Index. Labor Protections and welfare reform. 9. Does that mean that welfare recipients in work activities deemed to be public employees http://www.dol.gov/asp/w2w/welfare.htm
Extractions: Accessibility Information May 1997 (Rev. 2/99) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 increased emphasis on the need to move welfare recipients from welfare to work. The new law gives state and tribal governments broad latitude to meet specified work requirements. However, requirements of other laws affecting workers and the workplace also must be met. In an effort to help you better understand the requirements of these other laws, the United States Department of Labor has prepared a guide entitled "How Workplace Laws Apply to Welfare Recipients" that is attached. In addition, the United States Department of Agriculture has developed additional guidance to clarify the use of food stamps as a means to meet the requirements of the minimum wage law that is also attached. If you have questions concerning the application of workplace laws to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, please direct inquiries to the
Extractions: Comparison of PRIOR LAW and the PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996 (P.L. 104-193) PROVISION PRIOR LAW P.L. 104 -193 Title I: Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families AFDC, EA, and JOBS AFDC provided income support to families with children deprived of parental support. JOBS was an employment and training program for AFDC recipients. Emergency Assistance (EA) provided short term emergency services and benefits to needy families. The federal government established eligibility criteria for AFDC and EA benefits and guidelines for the JOBS program. States determined benefit levels which were required to be applied uniformly to all families in similar circumstances. The law block grants AFDC, Emergency Assistance (EA), and JOBS into a single capped entitlement to states Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). States are required to implement their block grants programs by 7/1/97. States have the option to submit plans immediately subsequent to the President's signing of the bill (8/22/96). The Department of Health and Human Services reviews the plan for completeness. Funding Open-ended funding was on a matching basis for AFDC benefits and administration and EA. JOBS was an entitlement requiring state match and was capped at $1 billion in FY 1996.
Gov. Locke Announces $8.7 Million In Welfare Reform Performance Bonuses, Plus Ac Olympia, WA Oct. 6, 2003 gov. Gary Locke today announced the federal government has awarded Washington state's WorkFirst program more than $8.7 million in performance bonuses. WorkFirst helps http://www.dshs.wa.gov/mediareleases/2003/pr03340.shtml
Extractions: Gov. Locke Announces $8.7 Million In Welfare Reform Performance Bonuses, Plus Accreditation Of Two More State Children's Services Offices Olympia - Oct. 6, 2003 - Gov. Gary Locke today announced the federal government has awarded Washington state's WorkFirst program more than $8.7 million in performance bonuses. WorkFirst helps residents on welfare find and keep jobs while supporting their families. "WorkFirst is a national leader and exemplifies what a welfare reform program should do," Locke said. "With these latest awards, WorkFirst has earned more than $32 million in performance bonuses for its success and effectiveness in helping families on welfare get and keep jobs and earn a living." The governor said the welfare reform bonus money would be used to continue to help people find productive and satisfying work and support their children as they train and study. Joining the governor to make the announcement was Dennis Braddock, secretary of the state's Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and the agency's two new executives in the welfare reform and child welfare services areas
Child-Welfare Reform And The Role Of Privatization Policy Study No. 271. October 2000. Childwelfare reform and the Role of Privatization. By Lisa Snell. Executive Summary their child-welfare reform by privatizing the adoption process. Child-welfare agencies are often Private and nonprofit agencies can focus all of http://www.rppi.org/ps271.html
Extractions: Policy Study No. 271 October 2000 Child-Welfare Reform and the Role of Privatization By Lisa Snell Executive Summary Despite passage of the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, which was designed to give states incentives to expedite adoptions, more flexibility to conduct child-welfare demonstration projects, and ensure safety for children, the child-welfare statistical picture looks worse than it did before 1997. More children continue to languish in foster care despite an overall decrease in child-abuse victims. In 1998, based on data reported by the states, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimated that child protective service agencies received about 2,806,000 referrals of possible child abuse or neglect. Of the 66 percent of those referrals investigated, states found that an estimated 903,000 children were victims of abuse and/or neglect. In a trend that began five years ago, the number of children abused and neglected has decreased approximately 11 percent from a record 1,018,692 in 1993. The incidence of children victimized by maltreatment also declined to 12.9 per 1,000 children, the lowest record in more than 10 years.
Welfare Reform Research (WRR) Database: Child Support state. welfare reform Child SupportAn Uncertain Income Supplement for Families Leaving welfare. http//www.gao.gov. Aug http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/wrr/child-support.htm
Extractions: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Argues that states should embark upon a new approach to fix the problem of non- payment and inadequate payments of child support. The approach includes addition of economic incentives for child support payments. Building Opportunities, Enforcing Obligations: Implementation and Interim Impacts of Parents' Fair Share http://www.mdrc.org/Reports/PFS-BOEO/PFS-ExecSum.html Doolittle, F.; Knox, V.; Miller, C.; Rowser, S.; Sept 1998
United States Government Information Image Databases; Immigration; Income and Poverty; Indexes and Catalogs of Federal Information by Agency or Topic; Web Archives; welfare and welfare reform; Wetlands. http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/ps/gov/us/federal.htm
Extractions: GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS United States Government Information U.S. Resources State Resources Foreign Resources International Resources ... What's New Featured resources: Bibliographic Databases Census Congressional FirstGov ... Wetlands This page last modified on April 1 2004. Send comments to govpubs@colorado.edu Maintained by Susan Xue Top of page.
Washington State WorkFirst WorkFirst is Washington State's welfare reform program that helps financially struggling families find jobs, keep their jobs, get better jobs and build a better life for their children. This At http://www.workfirst.wa.gov/
Extractions: Gov. Locke Announces $8.7 Million In Welfare Reform Performance Bonuses, Plus Accreditation Of Two More State Children's Services Offices Olympia - Oct. 6, 2003 - Gov. Gary Locke today announced the federal government has awarded Washington state's WorkFirst program more than $8.7 million in performance bonuses. WorkFirst helps residents on welfare find and keep jobs while supporting their families. "WorkFirst is a national leader and exemplifies what a welfare reform program should do," Locke said. "With these latest awards, WorkFirst has earned more than $32 million in performance bonuses for its success and effectiveness in helping families on welfare get and keep jobs and earn a living." The governor said the welfare reform bonus money would be used to continue to help people find productive and satisfying work and support their children as they train and study. Joining the governor to make the announcement was Dennis Braddock, secretary of the state's Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and the agency's two new executives in the welfare reform and child welfare services areas
CSAP The Parenting Adolescents welfare reform program is currently in also will document changes in the welfare system that 8956 or email us at info@samhsa.gov. http://prevention.samhsa.gov/Progs/funded/ParentingAdolescents.asp
Extractions: Skip Navigation Search About CSAP CSAP Program Findings CSAP Web Site Tour Order ... Skip Navigation See Program Findings Section The passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act has led to significant changes in the way that States manage their welfare programs. Several provisions of this law specifically address parenting adolescents, and this population has special needs because of their lack of resources and poverty, relative immaturity, lack of parenting and life skills, and lack of experience in decision making. Teen parents and their children are at risk for economic, psychological, and physical problems, including substance abuse. Ten grants have been awarded to sites throughout the United States that have had at least 2 years of experience in working with teen parents. These sites, in collaboration with local welfare administrators and other service providers, will offer comprehensive service programs to teen parents to reduce their incidence of substance abuse, prevent subsequent pregnancies, improve academic performance, and improve parenting and life skills. A data coordinating center works with each of the sites to identify core measures, develop uniform data collection processes, transfer site postdata to a central repository, and perform cross-site evaluations. Successful interventions will be documented in the form of a manual for replication in other communities or for similar populations. This study is important because it addresses a broad range of issues and services for this population with an experimental design.
Best Practices In Welfare Reform welfare reform (General) The Administration for Children and of local partnerships among welfare and workforce See http//wtw.doleta.gov/wwpartnerships/. http://www.welfareinfo.org/bestpracticeswelfarereformresource.htm
Extractions: /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName = "Page Name" var server = "Server" var channel = "Channel" /**** DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE! ****/ var code = ' '; Best Practices in Welfare Reform Many federal and local agencies, corporations, and non-profit organizations have begun to collect information on initiatives they have deemed to be best practices. These profiles allow practitioners working on similar issues to discover what works and what lessons can be learned from colleagues wrestling with similar challenges in program implementation. While there is no single definition of a best practice, they are usually examples of cutting-edge or innovative programs, identified as having a significant positive impact on those they are intended to serve. A sampling of best practice sites of interest to policy staff and practitioners working on welfare reform issues follows.
Employer Involvement/Job Development States Employment Service welfare reform Initiatives 1. Involving Employers. welfare to Work webpage, http//wtw.doleta.gov/ includes http://www.welfareinfo.org/fdresouce.htm
Extractions: /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName = "Page Name" var server = "Server" var channel = "Channel" /**** DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE! ****/ var code = ' '; document.write(' '); document.write('>') Vol 1 No. 4 November 1997 Publications and Electronic Resources American Public Welfare Association. Welfare to Work: State Outreach Efforts to the Private Sector. June 1997. Descriptions of state approaches to public/private partnerships and other initiatives to engage the private sector. 202-682-0100. American Public Welfare Association. Welfare to Work: State Human Service Mentoring Programs, Initial Results of State-by-State Survey. September 3, 1997. 202-682-0100. Employer-Directed Welfare-to-Work Initiatives. October 1997. A profile of a Baltimore, MD, firm that trains welfare recipients and then hires successful graduates using grant diversion and Empowerment Zone funds. Contact WIN or Brandon Roberts, 301-657-1480. . September 1997. Contact WIN or Brandon Roberts, 301-657-1480.
Welfare Reform Legislation On Legal Immigrants With Disabilities which they were eligible prior to the enactment of the 1996 welfare reform law. the legislation passed in October 1994 does not give the agency the discretion http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/welfare.html
Extractions: NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY Impact of the Welfare Reform Legislation on Legal Immigrants with Disabilities June 23, 1997 It is the statutory mandate of the National Council on Disability to advise the Congress and the President when the laws and policies of the United States adversely affect the well-being and progress of individuals with disabilities. The National Council on Disability therefore must convey its serious concern, and that of the members of this community, at the economic, physical and emotional injury that the 1996 welfare reform legislation will inflict, in fact has already inflicted, on certain members of the community, legal immigrants with disabilities. The welfare law's toll on the community of persons with disabilities has already been enormous. Letters mailed earlier this year by the Social Security Administration ("SSA"), warning legal immigrants of the U.S. Government's plans to terminate their benefits this summer, created such dismay and panic in the community that disability advocates fear a rash of suicides as the deadline for termination of benefits approaches. The bipartisan budget accord reached last May purported to restore certain benefits to legal immigrants who arrived in the country before August 23, 1996. However, the budget accord did not go far enough in restoring benefits desperately needed by individuals with disabilities. Moreover, recent Congressional proposals to implement the budget accord have stripped certain of the benefits that were restored to individuals with disabilities by the budget accord, despite new official estimates that sufficient funding could be made available within the budgetary limits established by the accord to restore all such benefits to persons with disabilities and to restore benefits to aging legal immigrants as well.
Colo WELFARE REFORM News verifying resident compliance with the requirements of the Public Housing reform Act, and 2 and on the internet at www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare/im002.htm http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/cwr/news/Colonews.html
Welfare Reform In Michigan A Success! the new Family Independence Agency web site at www.michigan.gov/fia on Michigan.gov. governor Calls for Congressional Reauthorization of welfare reform Law. http://www.michigan.gov/emi/0,1303,7-102--23604--,00.html
Extractions: Welfare Reform in Michigan a Success! April 2, 2002 Visit the new Family Independence Agency web site at www.michigan.gov/fia on Michigan.gov. Governor Calls for Congressional Reauthorization of Welfare Reform Law Governor John Engler today testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means on the reauthorization of what is commonly called the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 at a congressional field hearing in Saginaw. Michigan Congressman Dave Camp (R - Midland) chaired the hearing. "Federal legislation has succeeded because Washington has focused on overarching goals - such as work and making assistance temporary - and left the strategies and methods to the states," Governor Engler said. "The key word is 'flexibility.' Michigan and other states have proven that given flexibility, they can design a better program, deliver better services and get better outcomes for families and taxpayers. Michigan's reforms alone have resulted in over 308,000 Michigan families leaving welfare with earned income."
Howard Will Speak In Washington About Welfare Reform Michigan.gov Home, Contact Maureen Sorbet (517) 3737394. Agency Family Independence Agency. Howard will speak in Washington about welfare reform. March 12, 2002 http://www.michigan.gov/fia/0,1607,7-124-5458_7691_7752-22473--M_2002_3,00.html
Extractions: Contact: Maureen Sorbet (517) 373-7394 Agency: Family Independence Agency Howard will speak in Washington about welfare reform March 12, 2002 Howard, who is also president of the American Public Human Services Association, has been a key player in Washington during congressional deliberations over reauthorization of the 1996 federal welfare reform act.
