41. FRBSF: Economic Letter - Effects Of Welfare Reform On Western States (12/20/96) claims one of the highest public assistance usage rates in general and the statesmost likely to experience nearterm fiscal impacts of federal welfare reform. http://www.frbsf.org/econrsrch/wklyltr/el96-37.html

Home What's New Careers Glossary ... Economic Letter FRBSF Economic Letter 96-37; December 20, 1996 Effects of Welfare Reform on Western States Major provisions of the new law Factors affecting relative impact Potential near-term effects on California state and local government finances Potential near-term impact in other District states ... Conclusions The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 provides a new framework for welfare in the United States. The act ends the 61-year federal entitlement to public assistance for needy individuals and further shifts control over public assistance distribution and benefit levels from the federal to the state governments. The pros and cons of the devolution of federal control to the states are widely debated, and it will be many years before the long-run effects on efficiency and coverage of welfare systems can be known. However, in the near term, states must prepare for their new role. This Economic Letter discusses the potential near-term impact of the reforms on state and local government finances in the western states of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District and suggests that the new law is likely to have a noticeable near-term impact on finances in some California local governments, but a much smaller near-term fiscal impact on governments in other District states.

42. The Labor Market Effects Of Welfare Reform Ewp-lab/9904001 Keywords welfare reform, general Assistance, labor markets; JELH53, I3, J2; EWPAreferences Report-no 5106655796. Abstract The http://econwpa.wustl.edu/eprints/lab/papers/9904/9904001.abs

EconWPA Links to Viewable Files Labor and Demography (J) EconWPA Search Page The Labor Market Effects of Welfare Reform Paper:ewp-lab/9904001 From: lubotsky@econ.berkeley.edu Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 15:19:44 -0500 (CDT) Title: The Labor Market Effects of Welfare Reform Author: Darren H. Lubotsky (University of California, Berkeley) Contact: Obfuscate("econ.berkeley.edu","lubotsky") Comments: Type of Document - ; prepared on UNIX Sparc TeX; to print on PostScript; pages: 45; figures: included Keywords: Welfare reform, General Assistance, labor markets JEL: H53, I3, J2 EWPA-references: Report-no: 5106655796 Abstract: Papers generally have Acrobat pdf and Postscript formats see viewing papers Files may be obtained with or without compression see compressed files Acrobat pdf files: viewing .pdf archive 9904001.pdf is 302540 bytes , 3-21-99, or 9904001.pdf. gz archive 9904001.pdf or 9904001.pdf.gz alternate US 9904001.pdf or 9904001.pdf.gz You may e-mail the postscript or Acrobat file to yourself What is your e-mail address (PLEASE get it right): Select a file 9904001.pdf

43. The Civil Liberties Issues Of Welfare Reform it. This promise has given impetus to a welfare reform debate in Congress, withinthe Clinton administration, in the 50 states and among the general public. http://www.lectlaw.com/files/gvb04.htm

From the 'Lectric Law Library's stacks The Civil Liberties Issues Of Welfare Reform The ACLU will oppose any welfare reform proposal that: > Conditions the receipt of welfare upon the recipients' willingness to waive constitutional rights to privacy and free association. > Removes or reduces benefits arbitrarily or without due process. > Targets groups of individuals for unfair treatment in a manner that offends the equal protection principles of the Constitution. The remainder of this briefing paper will examine some of the myths and realities of welfare and then provide a more detailed review of our civil liberties concerns. The Myths and Realities of Welfare A Civil Liberties Concern: Unconstitutional Conditions On the Receipt of Welfare A Civil Liberties Concern: Due Process Protections A Civil Liberties Concern: Arbitrary and Unfair Targeting of Groups The Library Rotunda Our Central Hub, Directory and Index... plus Lots More The Reference Room The Lay People's Lounge The Business Peoples's Lounge The Legal Professional's Lounge Please see our GoldCard Program Info and/or Ralf's Tour about help with your Sorry, we're unable to assist non-members.

44. Assembly Responds To Welfare Reform Assembly Responds to welfare reform. GA97086 SYRACUSEThe 209th general AssemblyWednesday evening approved a resolution that addresses the changes in the http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/oldnews/1997/ga97086.htm

GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEWS 09th General Assembly * June 14 - June 21, 1997 * Syracuse, New York Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Assembly Responds to Welfare Reform SYRACUSEThe 209th General Assembly Wednesday evening approved a resolution that addresses the changes in the federal and state welfare systems made in 1996. It offers guidelines for the church and government to follow in promoting the general welfare of the poor. The Resolution on Welfare and Poverty sets forth principles for both the church's ministry and its advocacy with governments. The principles call the church to be an effective advocate for persons in need and affirms that the basic necessities of life are essential human rights. The resolution calls for states to maintain at least the 1996 level of welfare funding for as long as needed in the transition to a work-based welfare system, refrain from tightening eligibility requirements, provide adequate funding for job training leading to employment at livable wages, provide options for the least employable, provide adequate funding for child care and transportation, refrain from implementing a "family cap," provide adequately for the disabled and for immigrants who may lose eligibility, and make contingency plans for meeting increased needs. The federal government is called on to invest in job creation programs that result in employment at livable wages, beyond what is provided for in the 1996 legislation, restore $27 billion cut from the food stamp program, and maintain funding of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families block grants to the states beyond 2002.

45. Status Report On Research On The Outcomes Of Welfare Reform: Appendix A: Evaluat problem of generalizability of the evidence from welfare reform evaluations on specificpopulations, areas, and relationships to more general populations, to a http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/welf-ref-outcomes01/appa.htm

Status Report on Research on the Outcomes of Welfare Reform Appendix A: Evaluating Welfare Reform in an Era of Transition Conclusions and Recommendations Main Page of Report Contents of Report Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs Robert A. Moffitt and Michele Ver Ploeg, Editors Committee on National Statistics Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education National Research Council National Academy Press Washington, DC Contents of This Appendix Chapter 3: Research Questions and Populations of Interest Chapter 4: Evaluation Methods and Issues Chapter 5: Data Needs and Issues Chapter 6: Administrative Issues for Maintaining the Data Infrastructure Chapter 3 Research Questions and Populations of Interest Conclusion 3.1 The primary population of interest for measuring the effects of changes in social welfare programs is the low-income population. The primary group of interest to the TANF program is the population of low-income mothers and their children. Conclusion 3.2

46. LSC: 45 CFR 1639 Welfare Reform (Final Rule) An effort to reform a Federal or State welfare system includes all Act or by Statesto replace or modify key components of their general Assistance or http://www.lsc.gov/FOIA/frn/fr1639.htm

April 18, 2002 FOIA Handbook FOIA Electronic Public Reading Room FOIA FAQ LSC Act ... Federal Register Notices Download FOIA Handbook: Word Document PDF ELECTRONIC READING ROOM Final Rule 45 CFR Part 1639 Welfare Reform SUMMARY: This Final Rule amends the Legal Services Corporation’s rule relating to limitations on grantee activities challenging or seeking reform of a welfare system. The main change, to delete the prohibition on the representation of an individual seeking welfare benefits if any such representation involves an effort to amend or otherwise challenge existing law, is necessitated to conform the regulation to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez, et al. A definition of a term only used in the now deleted phrase is also being deleted. DATES : This final rule is effective May 20, 2002. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Mattie C. Condray, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, Legal Services Corporation, 750 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20002-4250; 202-336-8817; mcondray@lsc.gov.

47. Washingtonpost.com: Welfare Special Report Others added new welfare services they did not have before welfare reform,and also augmented the state s general fund with money for other uses. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/welfare/stories/welfare090

WELFARE Overview Key Stories Opinion Resources Talk Special Reports Welfare Reform 'Surplus' Is $4.7 Billion By Judith Havemann Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, September 8, 1998; Page A2 Welfare reform has generated a $4.7 billion windfall for the states, handing governors an unexpected pile of cash that some have begun to divert to new priorities such as education and tax relief, while others have stored it for rainy days, according to a new federal study. The money results from the swift, steep declines in the nation's public assistance rolls since the reforms took effect two years ago. Under the new system, states get a fixed amount of federal money no matter how many people they have on welfare, so those with the sharpest drops are awash in cash. The fate of this "surplus" has been one of the mysteries of welfare reform, a question newly answered, to a degree, by Congress's accounting arm, the General Accounting Office, in a report to be released today. The answer is varied. Many states, half of the 10 surveyed intensively, used their additional funds to beef up their welfare programs. Others added new welfare services they did not have before welfare reform, and also augmented the state's general fund with money for other uses. And some appeared to be saving the money, either purposefully, or because they do not yet know what to do with the bonanza. Twenty-four states have left $1.7 billion of the money due them untouched in the federal treasury, carried over from quarter to quarter, but still available for the states' future welfare needs.

48. GAO Findings Raise Questions For Welfare Reform Reauthorization REPS. STARK AND CARDIN ANNOUNCE general ACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORT SHOWINGWELFARE RECIPIENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE STRUGGLING. July 12, 2002. http://www.house.gov/stark/documents/107th/gaowelfare.html

REPS. STARK AND CARDIN ANNOUNCE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REPORT SHOWING WELFARE RECIPIENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE STRUGGLING July 12, 2002 WASHINGTON - The General Accounting Office (GAO) released a report today illustrating the difficulty many disabled welfare recipients have in finding employment. The GAO analysis, which was requested by Representatives Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and Pete Stark (D-CA), found that welfare recipients with impairments were only half as likely to leave the welfare rolls compared to recipients without impairments. The study also said that those with disabilities who did leave welfare were much less likely to be employed than other former welfare recipients. Of particular concern was the GAO finding that 36 percent of those with impairments have no source of income when they exit the welfare rolls (including earnings, income from another household member, or disability payments from the Supplemental Security Insurance program). Responding to the report, Representative Cardin, Ranking Democrat of the Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee, declared, "This report clearly tells us that Americans with disabilities are struggling in their efforts to leave welfare for work. Unfortunately, under the welfare bill recently passed by the House, states would be forced to focus all of their attention on complying with new unfunded mandates to increase the number of welfare recipients engaged in unpaid, make-work activities, rather than helping those with barriers to employment get the skills and assistance they need to find a real job. Before a bill goes to the President's desk, we need to provide States with the resources and flexibility necessary to move welfare recipients, including those with disabilities, into employment and out of poverty."

49. Welfare Reform work first” focus of our welfare reform has been the hardest work in eliminatingwelfare is now VA 23219 • (804) 7267000 general Information • Privacy http://www.dss.state.va.us/text/benefit/welfarereform.html

Virginia Department of Social Services Graphic Version Children Adults Financial Assistance ... Home Related Links Am I Eligible For Assistance? Disaster Assistance Energy Assistance Financial Assistance Appeals ... Virginia Independence Program (VIEW) Welfare Reform / Welfare to Work Your Responsibilities Welfare Reform Virginia’s welfare reform has been underway since 1995. The “work first” focus of our welfare reform has been effective in moving many individuals receiving TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) into the competitive labor market and off welfare. From the standpoint of caseload reduction, efforts have been largely successful. Virginia’s efforts, coupled with a strong economy, have led to almost a 57 percent reduction of TANF cases, from 70,797 families in June 1995, to 30,171 families in August 2000. Partnerships across the public and private sectors have been instrumental in this success. Nevertheless, the hardest work in eliminating welfare is now underway. Many families still receiving cash assistance are headed by parents with multiple barriers to employment. Some barriers are personal in nature such as physical, mental, or psychological conditions, and others are situational. No single program or agency can adequately address the diverse needs of TANF recipients with multiple employment barriers. Only collaboration among agencies can help ensure an effective effort on behalf of this group. General Information Other Sites of Interest Technical Help Site Feedback General comments or questions? Contact Us:

50. America's Second Harvest - Hunger And Welfare Reform food banks, soup kitchens, and emergency pantries (US general Accounting Office alsoreported that many states believe that welfare reform initiatives designed http://www.secondharvest.org/site_content.asp?s=62

51. The Christian Science Monitor | Csmonitor.com Virginia plans to put $10 million of welfarereform money into its general fund,in part to offset money lost when the state eliminated its car tax. http://search.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/03/19/p2s1.htm

WORLD USA COMMENTARY LEARNING ... Text Edition Search: Archive Packages Collections of articles on specific topics. Most-viewed stories: (for 06/11/04) Remembering Reagan from the Beltway The rise of mourning in America Even as economy recovers, undecideds tilt toward Kerry Already a Sovereign in Iraq ... The newest prison contraband: cellphones USA from the March 19, 2001 edition Editor's note The Christian Science Monitor archive includes stories dating back to 1980. Some early articles lack sufficient formatting, and will appear as one long column without paragraph breaks. We apologize for the aesthetics and hope that the information will still be of value to you. States waver on welfare reform's next step Dante Chinni Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON - Welfare reform is one of those rare ideas that almost everyone in this city can agree on. In the five years since its enactment, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, as the reform law is named, has been praised by Democrats and Republicans alike and has become a poster child for those who wish to devolve federal powers to the states. Outside Washington, however, grumblings persist. In particular, those who run the local programs that hold up America's new safety net claim some states are using their federal welfare money incorrectly. And they cite $8 billion slated for state programs that has not been used at all.

52. 1997-98 State Welfare Reform Legislation And Relevant Committees AB 1408 Pringle Medi-Cal Long-term servicesAliens AB 1501 - Brown Welfarereform (spot bill) AB 1510 - Morrow general assistance eligibility. http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/sen/committee/STANDING/HEALTH/_home/WELFARE/legis.htm

1997-98 State Welfare Reform Legislation and Relevant Committees LEGISLATION COMMITTEES LEGISLATION Senate and Assembly welfare reform-related bills introduced during the 1997-98 legislative session are listed below. For more information about each bill, go the the legislative search engine , enter the bill number of the bill in which you are interested, and you will see the text of the bill, amendments, committee analyses, and how Members voted: SENATE BILLS SB 43 - Solis: Income taxes: credit: earned income (EITC) SB 83 (McPherson) Low income tax credits SB 118 (Haynes) AFDC truancy SB 130 (Thompson) Budget bill SB 152 (Johnston) UI alternate base period SB 158, (Rainey), Child Care/Welfare Reform SB 163 (Solis) TANF, relative caretakers SB 164 (Solis) SDI family care leave SB 166 (Solis) TANF, community college programs SB 167 (Solis), community colleges: child care SB 168 (Solis), community colleges SB 169 (Solis), TANF: work activities SB 173 (Watson), GAIN: training programs SB 202 (Solis) Comprehensive UI reform SB 233 - Solis: Unemployment compensation benefitsgood cause.

53. Successful Welfare Reform Requires State Flexibility On The Minimum Wage such regional differences in costs of living and general wage rates in change wouldaffect economic conditions, job opportunities, and welfare reform for their http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/EM625.cfm

site map help contact us The Heritage Foundation ... Welfare Successful Welfare Reform Requires Flexibility on the Minimum Wage Policy Archive: view by date Policy Archive: view by issue ... Return Home Successful Welfare Reform Requires State Flexibility on the Minimum Wage by D. Mark Wilson Executive Memorandum #625 Welfare reform, which has dramatically reduced the number of people receiving public assistance, has altered the debate over the national entry-level minimum wage. The states already face an enormous challenge in increasing the workforce participation rate of their families on welfare. Their challenges will become even more daunting as federal workforce participation requirements increase and the welfare caseload shrinks to Americans with the least job-related skills. As recent economic research by Kevin Lang of Boston University and David Neumark of Michigan State University demonstrates, higher mandated wages reduce employment opportunities for the least skilled and cause shifts in the profile of those who get hired as employers favor more highly skilled applicants. And as entry-level unskilled job opportunities disappear, welfare recipients have a more difficult time finding work. To move forward with welfare reform, state officials should have the flexibility to determine the appropriate entry-level wage level for their states without a burdensome federal mandate that restricts their ability to help the poor. Should Congress decide to consider another increase in the federally mandated minimum wage, it would do so in a completely different policy environment. The enormous flexibility that federal welfare reform gave the states in finding innovative ways to move recipients off the rolls and into work proved that the states understand what their welfare populations need. Congress should adopt a similar perspective with regard to federal mandates on entry-level wages.

54. Housing Policy And Welfare Reform Applying the lessons from welfare reform, work requirements should be establishedin housing As a general rule, able bodied, nonelderly recipients in public http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/Test050102.cfm

site map help contact us The Heritage Foundation ... Welfare Housing Policy and Welfare Reform Policy Archive: view by date Policy Archive: view by issue ... Return Home Housing Policy and Welfare Reform by Robert Rector Testimony Testimony before The Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Introduction Before I begin, let me first thank the committee for the opportunity to speak before you today. While I serve as Senior Research Fellow on Welfare and Family Issues at The Heritage Foundation, I must stress that the views I express are entirely my own, and should not be construed as representing the position of The Heritage Foundation. The traditional War on Poverty was launched in the mid-1960's. War on Poverty programs (cash, food, and housing) focused on providing material support and largely ignored the behavioral causes behind poverty. The welfare reform of 1996 recognized that this old style welfare system had failed. The reform changed the nature of cash aid: in the future welfare would continue to provide material support but it would also seek to transform behavior in a positive way. To understand the lessons of welfare reform for assisted housing programs, six points are critical:

55. What Low-Income Americans Think Of Welfare Reform to those expressed in surveys of the general public. poor believe that the top goalfor reform should be to help people make the transition from welfare to work http://www.jointcenter.org/selpaper/voices.htm

Back to Index of Selected Reports Neglected Voices: What Low-income Americans Think of Welfare Reform Neglected Voices: What Low-Income Americans Think of Welfare Reform, by Katherine McFate, was published by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in November 1997 ( click here for ordering information). Katherine McFate was formerly associate director of research at the Joint Center, with responsibility for social policy studies. Following is the text of a summary publication highlighting the book's survey findings. (Tables are not included here. Download the complete document in PDF format, readable with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader by Katherine McFate Why this survey? We are in the midst of a debate about the future of social policy in the United States. Conservatives are attacking the need for long-established antipoverty programs, arguing that even the existence of safety-net programs encourages personal irresponsibility and therefore increases poverty. Liberals acknowledge that many programs must be restructured, but have failed to capture the public's imagination with new alternatives. Meanwhile, Congress is moving to dismantle the federal safety net. Through all this, few have bothered to ask the people who will be most affected by the proposed changes what they think about current social programs or what they need the government to do to make a difference in their lives. The experiences and opinions of low-income Americans need to be brought to the policy debate. With this understanding, the Joint Center undertook the survey of low-income Americans summarized here, the most comprehensive and meaningful effort to assess poor Americans' views on welfare reform ever undertaken.

56. Sanctions And Welfare Reform Office of the Inspector general, US Department of Health and Human Services. DonWinstead was the welfare reform administrator at the Florida Department for http://www.brook.edu/es/research/projects/wrb/publications/pb/pb12.htm

Brookings Economic Studies Governance Studies Welfare Reform and Beyond ... Contact Us WRB BRIEF #12 Sanctions and Welfare Reform by Dan Bloom and Don Winstead January 2002 Full document in PDF mailhide2('feedback', 'brookings', 'edu', 'Sanctions and Welfare Reform') ABSTRACT WRB BRIEF #12 Sanctions are financial penalties for failing to comply with work or other requirements of state welfare programs. They have been a central feature of the welfare reforms of the 1990s. Although time limits may receive more attention in the media, many more families have been directly affected by sanctions, and sanctions have arguably played a greater role in reshaping welfare recipients' day-to-day experiences. Sanctions will be an important topic of discussion when Congress considers the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant in 2002. Some participants in the reauthorization debate will argue that Congress should require all states to use "full-family sanctions" in which a family's entire cash welfare grant is terminated rather than the partial sanctions in place in some states today. Others will contend that sanctions disproportionately affect the most vulnerable families and that Congress should restrict the use of full-family sanctions and require states to reach out to families before and after reducing or terminating benefits to try to resolve the problems that lead to noncompliance. The Evolution of Sanction Policies Financial sanctions have long been used to enforce work-related requirements for welfare recipients. What changed in the 1990s was the severity of the penalties and the frequency of their use.

57. Shredding The Safety Net: Welfare Reform As We Know It Opportunity Reconciliation Act, better known as welfare reform, the most Mr. Clintonslid from a welfare plan that ago by the United Nations general Assembly. http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Economics/ShreddingSafetyNet.html

Shredding The Safety Net: Welfare Reform As We Know It Food First Backgrounder, Winter 1998 "At Colonel Sanders they used to put the left-overs in the garbage bin. There used to be 10 to 15 people every night looking for food in the garbage, including myself-just looking for something to eat. I have really seen hunger, especially in the faces of children. I know it's hard on them. It was hard on me." Rufus Herold, former homeless senior, now on the staff at St Mary's Center, Oakland Rufus Herold may not be an expert on welfare reform, but he does know about hunger. Herold could write a book on his experiences while looking for something to eat. Today he helps other seniors find their way out of dehumanizing hunger, poverty, and homelessness. While Herold ladles out soup, our government leaders tell us that the economy is booming, with low employment, rising incomes, and shrinking welfare rolls. But more and more people are sliding through the cracks. Herold wishes that policy makers, who have never known hunger, could get a closer look at the people waiting in food lines. Then maybe they would understand, and maybe they would change things. On August 22, 199G in the Rose Garden of the White House, President Clinton signed into law the Orwellian-sounding Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, better known as Welfare Reform, the most sweeping change in our welfare system in sixty years. With his signature, Clinton's talk of "not punishing or preaching" became indistinguishable from the Republican Party's poor-bashing Contract with America. How Mr. Clinton slid from a welfare plan that would have added about $10 billion more in spending to embracing one that would cut $54 billion is a sad tale of American politics. Furthermore, it raises the specter of systematic violations of basic human rights here in the United States of America, if we are judged by the international standards of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted fifty years ago by the United Nations General Assembly.

58. Jumping To Conclusions: The General Welfare Wednesday, March 24, 2004. The general welfare. To call welfare reform a strikingpublic policy success would overstate its impact significantly. http://www.oobleck.com/tollbooth/archives/001775.html

Thoughts, comments, musings on life, politics, current events and the media. Main Wednesday, March 24, 2004 The General Welfare As the NY Times reports, "Despite the Sluggish Economy, Welfare Rolls Actually Shrank" After Congress overhauled the nation's welfare system in 1996, the number of families receiving benefits dropped much faster than federal and state officials had expected. Even more remarkable, officials say, the rolls did not grow during the recession of 2001 or the sluggish economy since. In fact, in the last three years, the number of families on welfare has declined slightly, to two million, which is less than half the number receiving public assistance when President Bill Clinton signed the welfare law in August 1996. Experts suggest many reasons. People work harder to find jobs before seeking public assistance. Welfare recipients have learned job skills and a work ethic. States provide child care and other noncash help so they can keep jobs after leaving welfare. And, some experts say, new rules and requirements may intimidate poor people from seeking welfare. The article does imply overall that it is a good thing that fewer people are on welfare (imagine that), but of course there are the obligatory quotes from those who don't agree:

59. Mickey S Welfare - Welfare Reform - Poverty Resources Family Incomes Time on welfare and welfare Dependency general Assistance ProgramsThe StateBased Part of the Safety Net State welfare reform Efforts welfare http://mickeys-place-in-the-sun.com/welfare.html

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60. NOW Legal Defense And Education Fund Issues -- Welfare & Poverty general Overview of Current welfare Law A summary of the first welfare reform lawthat was enacted in 1996. welfare reform After Five Years, Is It Working? http://www.nowldef.org/html/issues/wel/tanf_overview.shtml

contact support us search site map Background on the Fight for Progressive Welfare Reform Welfare reform will be before Congress in 2004, as the current welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is set to expire. NOW Legal Defense supports progressive welfare reform that gives people in need the necessary education and job skills so they will have economic security and the means to take care of their families. Unfortunately, the Bush Administration is strongly supporting legislation that will make it harder for people to escape poverty. The Republican plan will steer the poor into dead-end make-work government programs, force women to work extra hours without providing sufficient child care, and waste precious funds on government marriage promotion Where Congress Stands On February 13, 2003, by a party line vote of 230-192, the House passed H.R. 4 reauthorizing TANF through 2008. The bill largely incorporates the President’s proposals, and is virtually identical to a bill the House passed in 2002 but was not taken up by the Senate. ( Read the NOW Legal Defense summary of H.R. 4.

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