Welfare Reform In Michigan The Michigan Family Independence Agency reports that as of April 1994, 48 percent On June 26, 1992 gov. Engler laid out his plan for welfare reform in Michigan http://polisci.msu.edu/~urbanpol/publications/brief_1.htm
Extractions: Welfare reform has swept across the nation. The State of Michigan, however, was well on the way to reforming its own welfare system before Washington was able to develop a unified front. This briefing highlights major welfare reform efforts in Michigan throughout the 1990s. Welfare reform: it seems to be a change whose time has comeonce again. A quick review of the U.S. welfare system reveals major changes in welfare policy have tended to occur in 20- to 30-year cycles. Before the Great Depression of the 1930s, people in need of a social/financial support system turned to their families, neighbors and the church. America was a nation of voluntarism and communitarianism before it became a bastion of governmental systems. However, the growing presence of government, in and of itself, did not lead to the establishment of a social safety net. Rather, it was the devastating economic crisis brought on by the Great Depression that gave way to the first signs of the U.S. welfare system. Proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935, Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) was established to help widows and their children, as well as families that were deserted by the father/husband. By 1965 change was underway in the nation's welfare system. As part of the War on Poverty and President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs, the welfare system was expanded to include low-income individuals and families. The program's name was changed from ADC to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
WV Welfare Reform Coalition - Recommended Links Management (OPM) (http//www.opm.gov/wtw is a non-profit policy research agency established in welfare reform Resources - The welfare reform link on the http://www.wvwelfarereform.org/Recommended Links.html
Extractions: Administration For Children and Families - The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. ( http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare/index.htm Brookings Institute -Welfare and Beyond series.( http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/wb/ Center for Community Change http://www.communitychange.org http://www.cbpp.org http://www.clasp.org Coalition for Tobacco Free West Virginia http://www.ctfwv.com Coalition on Human Needs http://www.chn.org DOJ Immigration and Welfare Reform http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/hqopp/ DOL Welfare-to-Work Page http://wtw.doleta.gov/ DOT Implementation of the President's Welfare-To-Work Initiative http://www.dot.gov/ost/m60/acqwelwork/welwork.htm
APHSA Reauthorization Roundup - Copyright 2002. All Rights practical use; the accuracy of the agency s estimate of poverty and assesses how well welfare reform is working at http//www.ers.usda.gov/publications/fanrr26 http://www.aphsa.org/reauthor/rr021016.asp
Alert To All Alliance Members On Welfare Reform Alert to All Alliance Members on welfare reform. handles children s, families , women s, welfare, housing, transportation up http//www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW http://www.alliance1.org/Research/welfarealert.htm
Extractions: Alert to All Alliance Members on Welfare Reform From: Carmen Delgado Votaw, Senior Vice President, Public Policy 1. CONTACT YOUR GOVERNORS: As the welfare reauthorization debate heats up, its time for everyone to contact their governors. A recent survey http://www.aphsa.org/reauthor/ngaaphsasurvey.asp of the state leaders showed that many of them believe that the current proposals being offered by the Administration and the House Ways and Means Committee are too inflexible, too stringent and lacking in sufficient resources. Many governors and state leaders have been speaking out, but we need to ask them to continue to be vocal, courageous and insistent that the new welfare law reflects the realities of the needs of poor families. Even more so, the reauthorization must address your agencys, citys and states ability to meet if not solve those needs with compassion and honorable results. The House has pretty much finished its hearings on welfare and its version of a reauthorization bill will most likely resemble the Administration proposal and could be passed by the whole body as early as June or July. The Senate bill is still in the formative stages with competing factions and may not be finalized until just before the September 30 reauthorization deadline. You, your governor and your state have the potential for influencing your Senators and the future of the welfare reauthorization, but ONLY IF YOU SPEAK LOUDLY AND OFTEN. To find the address for your governor, go to
HHS REPORTS CONTINUED DECLINE IN WELFARE REFORM CASELOAD level as we move into the next phase of reform. . Report to Congress on Indicators of welfare Dependence is available at http//aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/indicators01 http://www.medicalnewsservice.com/ARCHIVE/MNS488.cfm
Extractions: - MedicalNewsService.com Today's Headlines All Headlines Resources About us Search Keywords: Saturday, June 12, 2004 North America cnn.com latimes.com washingtonpost cbc.ca ... usatoday.com Europe belgiumpost.com english.pravda.ru bbcnews Middle East arabicnews.com Jpost.com Africa allafrica.com africaonline.com South America southamericadaily Asia japantimes.com timesofindia.com abc.com HHS REPORTS CONTINUED DECLINE IN WELFARE REFORM CASELOAD HHS REPORTS CONTINUED DECLINE IN WELFARE REFORM CASELOAD HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today released new caseload statistics that show a continued decline in the number of families receiving temporary assistance nationally under welfare reform during the most recent six-month period for which data are available. Between September 2000 and March 2001, the number of families nationally receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program declined 3 percent from about 2.2 million to about 2.1 million. During the same period, the number of individual TANF recipients declined 4.4 percent from more than 5.7 million to fewer than 5.4 million. Overall there has been a 57 percent decline in the number of people enrolled in TANF since Congress enacted welfare reform in August 1996 - an unprecedented decline in dependency representing nearly 7 million fewer recipients.
JS Online: State Welfare Reform Agency Head Quits The state agency that oversees welfare reform and services to assistant and a former campaign manager for gov. who is transferring within the agency to deputy http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug00/linda18081700a.asp
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Welfare Reform: The Failed Anti-Poverty Prescription welfare reform has been to keep caseloads down, instead of helping families break the cycle of poverty. Practices by state and county welfare agencies, private http://www.foodfirst.org/progs/humanrts/welfarefactsheet2002.html
Extractions: What is Welfare Reform? In 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, commonly known as welfare reform. This law slashed the 60-year-old vital safety net for millions of poor and working families. The new system has altered the administration of welfare in many ways: It ended the human right to a base minimum needed for survival. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Cash assistance to poor people with poverty-level income is no longer an entitlement; they are now benefits with a work requirement and a five-year time limit. The federal government devolved the responsibility to administer welfare, such as determining welfare benefits or job training, to state and local governments, charities, and private companies (i.e. Lockheed Martin). The federal government gives states money for welfare through fixed block grants, which binds states from obtaining more federal funding if caseloads increase. It limited legal immigrants access to TANF, food stamps
NEVADA AGAIN REWARDED FOR WELFARE REFORM achieving Top 10 status in welfare reform performance for collaborative efforts of the welfare Division, other for lowincome families with children, gov. http://gov.state.nv.us/pr/2003/10-09WELFARE.htm
Extractions: NEVADA AGAIN REWARDED FOR WELFARE REFORM CARSON CITY Gov. Kenny Guinn announced today that Nevada has been awarded a total of $2 million from the Department of Health and Human Services after achieving Top 10 status in welfare reform performance for the fifth straight year. I am pleased with the high rate of success achieved through the collaborative efforts of the Welfare Division, other state agencies and the county and community-based entities dedicated to improving the quality of life for low-income families with children, Gov. Guinn said. I encourage more employees to hire welfare recipients and mentor their success in the workforce. Nevada received a bonus for federal fiscal year 2001 in the amount of $303,634 for family formation and stability improvement. The bonus received for federal fiscal year 2002 was in two categories: increased participation in the Food Stamp Program and success in the workforce rate.
Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview An overview of the 1996 welfare law and issues affecting its reathorization by Congress. http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/crs_welfare.shtml
Extractions: Updated October 8, 2002 SUMMARY Representatives of state legislatures and public welfare administrators have urged the 107th Congress to extend the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for 3 years, through FY2005. The National Governors Association (NGA) also has recommended an extension longer than one year. TANF now is operating under temporary spending authority that expires December 31, 2002 (P. L. 107-229, H. J. Res. 111). Along with NGA, the American Public Human Services Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) say action is needed before the end of this Congress to ensure program continuity. The latter two groups have identified more than 30 provisions that they want in a final bill. The House has passed a 5-year extension bill (H. R. 4737), but the Senate Finance Committee substitute bill (also H. R. 4737) has not reached the Senate floor. On several key issues, including work hours, work activities, and child care funding, the bills are far apart. The House bill embodies concepts pro-posed by President Bush in February, including a 40 hour work week for adults. The Senate Committee version maintains the current 30 hour week, but enlarges the list of countable activities. President Bush has charged that the Senate bill is a "retreat from success," with many work loopholes. The House passed its bill on May 17 by a largely partisan vote, 229-197 (14 Democrats voted yes and four Republicans voted no). It raises work participation rates to 70% by FY2007 and increases work hours. In response to arguments that stiffer work rules would raise child care needs, the leadership increased child care funding by $1 billion each over 5 years for mandatory funding and discretionary funding. The bill extends abstinence-only education and transitional Medicaid and creates marriage promotion grants.
NCPA - Welfare Issues - States Leading Welfare Reform welfare. States Leading welfare reform. With little or no help from Washington, the states are transforming their welfare systems in response to the demands of exasperated voters and taxpayers. http://www.ncpa.org/pi/welfare/!wel42b.html
Extractions: With little or no help from Washington, the states are transforming their welfare systems in response to the demands of exasperated voters and taxpayers. In just three years, 1.28 million people nationwide have been removed from welfare rolls, which totaled 14.1 million at the start of 1993. President Clinton claims that three-quarters of those who now collect benefits must comply with new requirements to work, look for a job, stay in school, avoid additional illegitimate births or meet other demands but critics say the requirements are so full of holes as to be meaningless and that state efforts to institute real work requirements are too constrained by federal welfare law. Washington's positive role, according to many of the nation's governors, has been limited to granting "waivers"or exceptions from federal regulations which allow states to experiment with reforms that would otherwise be prohibited. Since the beginning of 1993, 38 states have been granted a total of 61 waivers with 42 states now involved in some kind of welfare experiment. At least 29 states now limit how long a recipient can collect welfare benefits.
Federal Register Contents, Monday, April 12, 1999 reform Council, 17713 FR Doc. 999045, Treasury Department. See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau. See Customs Service. Victims of Crime Office. NOTICES. Agency http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a990412c.html
Extractions: Agriculture Department See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Food Safety and Inspection Service See Forest Service See Natural Resources Conservation Service See Rural Business-Cooperative Service RULES Import quotas and fees: Dairy tariff-rate quota licensing, 17501-17505 [FR Doc. 99-8761]
