1. Welfare Reform welfare reform Information on the Internet. The following links to notfor-profit organizations, research groups, and government agencies provide users with a variety of positions and opinions on welfare reform legislation. complete text of gov. George Pataki's official welfare reform proposal. Personal Responsibility http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/workforce/welfare/wfnet.html

Welfare Reform Information on the Internet The following links to not-for-profit organizations, research groups, and government agencies provide users with a variety of positions and opinions on welfare reform legislation. The information on these sites is solely the responsibility of the groups that sponsor the web sites. Inclusion of these links on our web site does not imply support or endorsement by the New York State Education Department. Please communicate directly with the cited group to express your own views. Adminstration for Children and Families An agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The web site contains government policy and program information. The Business Council of New York State This orgnization represents the interests of small and large businesses in New York State. The web site contains a variety of news and information, including this link to the president's statements on welfare to work. Children's Defense Fund This Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization has a summary of the federal legislation, information about implementation and monitoring, and selected features of state plans. Child Welfare An extensive site created by the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Contains many articles and policy papers, the online journal

2. NCPA - Welfare - States Leading Welfare Reform welfare reformS THAT WORK. welfare reform is reportedly working in states that have tough work requirements, backed by sanctions and time limits. as a leader in welfare reform since 1987 when Republican gov. Tommy Thompson took office work for a paycheck from private employers, government agencies or sheltered workshops http://www.public-policy.org/~ncpa/pi/welfare/!wel42.html

Welfare WELFARE REFORMS THAT WORK Welfare reform is reportedly working in states that have tough work requirements, backed by sanctions and time limits. Nationwide, caseloads have dropped by more than three million about 27 percent since Congress passed the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. Among the most successful states have been Oregon, where caseloads dropped 44.1 percent from September 1995 to September 1997 for a total drop of 55 percent since 1994. In Florida, under the new welfare reform law, rolls are down 36.1 percent; in Wisconsin 55 percent; and in Mississippi 39.8 percent. But in California and New York which boast about 40 percent of the U.S. welfare population and have some of the most generous benefits caseloads are down only 15.7 percent and 19.2 percent, respectively. Hawaii is the only state which has seen an increase in welfare caseloads up by 6.9 percent. California and New York are also among the 16 states that opted to keep noncitizens on state aid after they were cut from federal aid by the 1996 reforms. A General Accounting Office audit last fall revealed that children of illegal immigrants received more than $1 billion in cash payments and food stamps in fiscal year 1995. Source: Ben Boychuk, "Where Welfare Reforms Work,"

3. Social Service Organizations And Welfare Reform and welfare reform gov ernments increasingly provide services by purchasing them from private social service agencies, expanding the welfare state through these organizations. welfare reform http://www.mdrc.org/Reports2001/UC-SocialService/UCSocialServicesOrg&WelRefo

4. Contextual Variations In Welfare Reform If, for example, one of the characteristics of those local welfare agencies that perform well is close cooperation with local job training, economic http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/hsp/isp/tap45.htm

Welfare to Work: The Need to Take Place Differences into Account Hal Wolman, Ph.D. Dr. Wolman is a Professor in the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs and in the Department of Political Science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is serving as a visiting policy analyst in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. Technical Analysis Paper No. 45 January, 1996 DHHS, quite understandably, tends to think of the world in terms of individuals, families and households to whom it delivers services. However, those whose concern is with economic development and labor market policy tend to see the world more in terms of places and variations among places. What might be the implications for DHHS concerns, particularly the ability to move from welfare to work, if it attempted to think systematically about the problem of service delivery to individuals, families and households within the context of places or areas which differ in important respects? Do differences among areas in their characteristics affect the ability of individuals to move from welfare to work? What are these place-related characteristics? If they do affect the ability to move from welfare to work, what are the implications, particularly as we consider substantial changes in the existing welfare system, in terms of policy and legislation, technical assistance, and research and evaluation?

5. OPM Welfare To Work Home Page We will be happy to assist agencies in developing your an email inquiry to w2w@opm.gov To White House welfare reform Information Page; To National Partnership http://www.opm.gov/wtw/

New User About the Agency What's New Quick Index ... Career Opportunities You are here: Home wtw Welfare-to-Work Background Introduction President's Memorandum to Departments and Agencies Remarks to the National Partnership Council by the National Performance Review Project Director Office of Personnel Management Guidance Worker-Trainee Program Background Worker-Trainee Program Provisions Competitive Service Appointing Authorities Excepted Service Appointing Authorities ... New Regulations on Promotions Under TAPER Appointments Reporting Requirements Instructions (May 1, 1997 Memo to Directors of Personnel) 72K PDF File Reporting Form (OPM Form 1635, Welfare to Work Program) 43K PDF File Sample Vacancy Announcement Welfare to Work Hiring Statistics INTRODUCTION In his March 8, 1997 memorandum , President Clinton reiterated his commitment to providing employment opportunities to welfare recipients and directed the heads of the federal government's executive departments and agencies to lead by example and move people off the welfare rolls into federal jobs using available hiring authorities. The President asked Vice President Gore to oversee this effort. The Office of Personnel Management Welfare to Work web pages provide guidance regarding hiring authorities available for use in the efforts of Executive Departments and Agencies to provide employment opportunities for welfare recipients.

6. Government Employment For Welfare Recipients FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND agencies. SUBJECT Government Employment for welfare Recipients. Since I signed the historic welfare reform law, I http://www.opm.gov/wtw/html/welfarem.htm

U.S. Office of Personnel Management Welfare-to-Work MEMORANDUM FROM THE PRESIDENT March 8, 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Government Employment for Welfare Recipients Since I signed the historic welfare reform law, I have urged businesses, nonprofit organizations, and religious groups across the Nation to help make its promise of opportunity real by offering jobs to welfare recipients. We are making great progress, but there is more to do. And today, I take action to ensure that the Federal Government, as the Nation's largest employer, contributes to the greatest extent possible to this national effort. I therefore direct each of you, as head of an agency or department, to use all available hiring authorities, consistent with statute and prior executive memoranda, to hire people off the welfare rolls into available job positions in the Government. In particular, I direct you to expand the use of the WorkerTrainee Program and other excepted service hiring authorities. The Worker-Trainee Program allows agencies to quickly and easily hire entry-level persons for up to 3 years, with the ability to convert the appointment to career status if the employee has performed satisfactorily. Though recently underutilized, the program allows agencies to bypass complex Federal personnel hiring rules and procedures to bring people into the junior grades of the work force. I further direct you, in recognition of the different characteristics of the various agencies' work forces, to prepare an individualized plan for hiring welfare recipients and to submit that plan to me within 30 days. This plan should have three principal components:

7. U.S. Gov Agencies & Departments | Northwestern University Library U.S. Federal government agencies Directory( LSU and GPO Partnership) Catalogs. FedWorld. gov.Research_Center. Product Home Pages Briefing Room (SSBR) welfare reform. White House for Kids http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/federal/agency.html

U.S. Government Information Comprehensive List: U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory (LSU and GPO Partnership) A-B C D E ... V-Z [ A-B ] Administration on Aging Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (via University of North Texas) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation African Development Foundation Agency for International Development Agriculture, Department of ... What's New? (News and Public Affairs Information) [ C ] [ return to beginning of list ] Census Bureau American FactFinder CenStats ... National Center for Health Statistics National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) National Prevention Information Network National Center for Infectious Diseases Travelers' Health Information National Center for Injury Prevention and Control ... Childstats.gov (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics) Commerce, Department of

8. Welfare Reform Act Of 1996 officer of the State specifying which State agency or agencies will administer and A) have been consulted regarding the plan and design of welfare services in http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/h3734_en.htm

FILE h3734.enr H.R.3734 H.R.3734 One Hundred Fourth Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six An Act To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997. [Italic->] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, [ <-Bold] [Bold->] participation [ <-Bold] [Bold->] `If the fiscal year is: [ <-Bold] [Bold->] rate is: [ <-Bold] 1997 25 1998 30 1999 35 2000 40 2001 45 2002 or thereafter 50. `(2) 2-PARENT FAMILIES- A State to which a grant is made under section 403 for a fiscal year shall achieve the minimum participation rate specified in the following table for the fiscal year with respect to 2-parent families receiving assistance under the State program funded under this part: [Bold->] The minimum [ <-Bold] [Bold->] participation [ <-Bold] [Bold->] `If the fiscal year is: [

9. Welfare Reform Research (WRR) Database: Management & Administration http//www.gao.gov. Are Above Average TopDown Versus Bottom-Up Perspectives of welfare reform. with the Department Directors of Human Service agencies in 29 http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/wrr/mgt-admin.htm

Welfare Reform Research (WRR) Database WRR Subject Index WRR Subject Descriptions DWD Welfare Reform Home Page IRP Home Page Beyond Welfare: New Opportunities to Use TANF to Help Low-Income Working Families http://www.clasp.org/pubs/TANF/markKELLOGG.PDF Greenberg, M.H.; July 1999 Center for Law and Social Policy Analyzes changes in federal regulations and management that allow states to use TANF and state maintenance of effort (MOE) funds for new initiatives to help low income working families. Changing the 'Culture' of the Welfare Office: Report from Front-Line Workers http://www.nawrs.org/ClevelandPDF/marks.pdf Marks, E.L.; Aug 1999 Macro International Presents findings from interviews with 80 front-line welfare office workers in 5 states regarding their jobs in the wake of welfare reform. Federal Budget Rules: How the Basics Apply to Low-Income Programs http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/anf29.html Ruhe, S.L.; Jan 1999 Urban Institute Explains how the 1974 Budget Act's provisions influence the financing of low-income programs; examines the allocation process discretionary caps and pay-go rules. Head Start TANF and Child Care Needs Assessments http://www.dhhs.gov/progorg/oei/reports/a414.pdf OEI-05-98-00540

10. Welfare Reform Is Not Working For Everyone years since our state enacted our welfare reform program, WorkFirst, gov. Gary Locke has pronounced it "one and the governor and state agencies should be commended for their efforts http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/respop.shtml

Jump to Weather Traffic Webtowns Mariners ... Forums NEWS Local Neighborhoods Sports Nation/World ... Special Reports COMMENTARY Opinion Columnists Letters David Horsey ... Forums COFFEE BREAK Mike Mailway TV Listings FIND IT! NWclassifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate ... Obituaries P-I ANYWHERE E-mail Newsletters News Alerts PDA Cell Phones ... RSS Feeds OUR AFFILIATES Welfare reform is not working for everyone Tuesday, August 24, 1999 By TONY LEE SPECIAL TO THE POST-INTELLIGENCER In judging the success of welfare reform, it is important to remember that the goal is not to decrease the numbers of families on welfare, but to help families escape poverty so they can meet the basics of life: housing, food, clothing and medical care. Although it has been only two years since our state enacted our welfare reform program, WorkFirst, Gov. Gary Locke has pronounced it "one of the greatest success stories." Aside from the obvious criticism that it is too early to reach such definitive conclusions, there are plenty of warning signals that should make us skeptical and question some of the policies being implemented. According to the state's own telephone survey of families that have left welfare, the average hourly wage is $8.09, but the median wage is $7.22. That is, half the families leaving welfare due to work make less than $7.22 an hour. It should not be surprising, therefore, that 29 percent of those families had to use a food bank, and 33 percent reported that they had to "cut meal size sometimes or often." Thousands have lost their jobs after a few months and are applying for unemployment.

11. Welfare Reform And Beyond Resources city best practices related to welfare reform and workforce Federal government agencies top Administration for Children HHS) www.acf.dhhs.gov Responsible for http://www.brookings.edu/es/research/projects/wrb/resources/default.htm

Brookings Economic Studies Welfare Reform and Beyond News Releases ... Contact Us Welfare Reform and Beyond Resources Welfare Reform Clearinghouses Multi-State Research Projects Policy and Research Organizations Inter-Governmental Organizations ... Foundations (Project Support) Welfare Reform Clearinghouses Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia School of Public Health. www.researchforum.org A national database of welfare reform research project descriptions and publications. Welfare Information Network www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/ Provides Issue Notes that include comprehensive background information on virtually every topic related to welfare reform, includes a special page of TANF reauthorization information, provides links to nearly every welfare reform-related web site in existence. Multi-State Research Projects Assessing the New Federalism, The Urban Institute newfederalism.urban.org , Urban Institute Includes a state welfare information database, TANF income calculator, National Survey of America's Families results, and numerous publications on all areas of welfare reform. Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation www.mdrc.org

12. 93.595 - Welfare Reform Research, Evaluations And National Studies where applicants are limited to those agencies. in Compassion Capitol Fund, child welfare, welfare reform, evaluation of 3598, EMail KKOERPER@ACF.HHS.gov. http://www.cfda.gov/public/viewprog.asp?progid=1292

13. Census Bureau News 4571037 (TDD) e-mail pio@census.gov Art Jones to assess the impact of the 1996 welfare reform Act Federal agencies, researchers and others are expected to use http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-154.html

EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EDT, SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 (FRIDAY) Public Information Office CB01-154 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Art Jones 301-457-3185 Census Bureau Releases Data Files from Survey Evaluating Welfare Reform The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released data files from the Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD), a survey mandated by federal law to assess the impact of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. Federal agencies, researchers and others are expected to use the data to refine initial assessments. "The data files released today, 1992-1998 Survey of Program Dynamics Longitudinal File Preparing to Measure Welfare Reform using the Longitudinal Survey of Program Dynamics: 2001 [pdf], which provides a first look at the kind of data available from the survey. Because of sample attrition, the SPD data in any one year should not be considered a nationally representative survey of the population and may not be comparable with other data sources. The value of these data are in the picture they give of changes over time. -X- Source: U.S. Census Bureau

14. Internet Resources Guide / Dana Library HandsNet welfare reform Watch http//www.handsnet.org. US Federal government agencies Directory LSU Libraries http//www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html. http://newark.rutgers.edu/~whren/welfare.htm

WELFARE TO WORK Federal Legislation Selected Government Sites Other Sites Federal Agencies ... Selected Sites about New Jersey FEDERAL LEGISLATION GPO Access Government Printing Office [http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html] Guide to Searching GPO Access [http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/web/gpo.html] THOMAS Library of Congress [http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html] Guide to Searching Thomas [http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/web/mythomas.html#billsum] (Tips: Search by popular/short title, key words in the title.) How Our Laws Are Made [http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html] SELECTED GOVERNMENT SITES ON THE TOPIC Welfare Reform The White House [http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welfare] President's Welfare To Work Program Acquisition Reform Network [http://www.arnet.gov/welfare.html] Welfare-to-Work Office of Personnel Management [http://www.opm.gov/wtw/index.htm] Welfare to Work Welfare to Work Small Business Administration [http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/welfare.html] Welfare Reform Administration for Children and Families, DHHS [http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/] OTHER SITES ON THE TOPIC National Governor's Association Welfare Reform Information [http://www.nga.org/CBP/Activities/WelfareReform.asp]

15. Welfare Reform Strategies include the following Human service agencies, cultural institutions (eg supports needed by adults and children affected by welfare reform. http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/workforce/welfare/wfroles.html

Welfare Reform: Roles that Education Can Play F ederal welfare reform legislation enacted on August 22, 1996 (the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 - P.L. 104-93) challenges every State to restructure welfare assistance for impoverished families in ways that quickly prepare and move adult recipients from welfare into retained employment, and to reduce the overall State welfare caseload over the next five years. W elfare reform affects every part of the education/vocational rehabilitation system. Education/vocational rehabilitation must be part of New York's welfare reform strategies to restructure federal assistance for welfare recipients (over 1 million children and adults in nearly 400,000 families) and the over 240,000 single able-bodied adults receiving State home relief assistance. Issue: Welfare recipients generally do not have the education or work readiness skills needed for long-term employment success. Over half of adult welfare recipients do not have a high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED); an estimated 40 percent read at less than an eighth grade level. Ford Foundation and Urban Institute research shows that a high school or GED diploma, job training, and prior work experience significantly increases the likelihood of employment; a high school diploma or GED nearly doubles the probability of working and staying employed.

16. Tribal Issues it provides funding across many agencies, rather than http//www.whitehouse.gov/library/ThisWeek.cgi?type=p date The 1996 welfare reform law, for the first time http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/cwr/issues/Tribal.html

17. Human Resources Administration NYC.gov Banner agencies are paid for successfully placing and retaining participants in jobs as an integral component of the Mayor s welfare reform initiative. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/serv_welfarework.html

Choose a Service Welfare to Work Food Stamps Medicaid Child Care Home Care Office of Child Support Enforcement AIDS Services Adult Protective Services Domestic Violence Business Link BEGIN Office of Revenue Investigation Authorized Service Providers Welfare to Work New York City Welfare Reform Program "NYC WAY" Work Accountability You Beginning in 1995, New York City began a comprehensive plan to fundamentally reshape its welfare policy. NYC WAY is a comprehensive welfare reform model designed to encourage both self-reliance and accountability in the nation's largest welfare system. NYC WAY is designed to engage public assistance applicants and participants in work that assists them in gaining independence. NYC WAY also has data management components that maintain the fundamental integrity of the City's welfare system. NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) is responsible for program operation and compliance. JOB CENTERS In March 1998, HRA began converting welfare offices in New York City into Job Centers. This bold re-organization of NYC's welfare system emphasizes "work first." All eligible applicants who enter a Job Center are assisted in exploring and pursuing alternatives to welfare. Job Centers provide on-site access to job search and placement services, childcare information, vocational, educational and training services, as well as referrals for Medicaid, Food Stamp and other emergency assistance benefits. Information, services and referrals may be offered as substitutes to cash assistance in order to minimize barriers to employment and negate the need for welfare.

18. Fact Sheet: President Announces Welfare Reform Agenda these support programs, which now operate under different agencies, different rules to reach a historic, bipartisan agreement to reform the welfare system. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/02/20020226.html

Issues Education Iraq National Security Economic Security ... More Issues News Current News Press Briefings Proclamations Executive Orders ... Radio News by Date March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 ... January 2001 Appointments Nominations Application Photos Photo Essays Search photos by date Federal Facts Federal Statistics West Wing History Home February 2002 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary February 26, 2002 Fact Sheet: President Announces Welfare Reform Agenda The President's Plan to Strengthen Welfare Reform Policy in Focus: Welfare Reform President Bush announced his welfare reform agenda to strengthen families and help more welfare recipients work toward independence and self-reliance Helps more welfare recipients achieve independence through work. Protects children and strengthens families. Empowers states to seek new and innovative solutions to help welfare recipients achieve independence. Provides compassionate food assistance to legal immigrants in need. Helping Welfare Recipients Achieve Independence Through Work Increasing Minimum Work Requirements.

19. Controversial Issues reform http//www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare welfare reform http//www.nacaa.org/welrecs.htmFrom the National Association of Community Action agencies, this site http://www.twinlakes.k12.in.us/info/library/connection/controW.htm

Abortion Affirmative Action AIDS Alcoholism ... World Population Welfare Welfare Megasites Legislation Welfare Megasites AFS Jobs Program http://www.afs.hr.state.or.us/jobs.htmlOregon welfare jobs program Web site. Provides statistics and what the program's successes have been. Information on Welfare Reform http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welfare/This site presents welfare activities from the White House. Welfare Information Network http://www.welfareinfo.org/"A clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance on welfare reform." Welfare Reform http://www.hud.gov/wlfrefrm.htmlFrom the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the site presents the latest welfare reform laws, welfare-to-work intiatives, and children and family services information. Welfare Reform http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare/From the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Administration of Children and Families, this site statistics, latest reform issues and legislation, a fact sheet on new proposed welfare regulations, and welfare research information. Welfare Reform http://www.nacaa.org/welrecs.htmFrom the National Association of Community Action Agencies, this site provides an overview of welfare, funding opportunities, food stamps, effects of welfare, and includes some state information.

20. Business.gov with state and local agencies to identify Credit (http//www.doleta.gov/employer/wtwweb Social Security Administration (SSA) welfare reform Information Contains http://www.business.gov/busadv/maincat.cfm?catid=118

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