41. Detail For Rural Housing And Welfare Reform: HAC's 1997 Report On The State Of T Rural housing and welfare reform HAC s 1997 report on the state of the nation srural housing Abstract published on the Enterprise Resource Database in http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/resources/ERD/resource.asp?id=1007&c=56&a=in

42. Rural Housing And Welfare Reform; Footnotes Washington, DC. 7 Sandra J. Newman, ed., The Home Front Implicationsof welfare reform for housing Policy, Urban Institute, 1999, p. 2. 8 http://www.ruralhome.org/pubs/welfarereform/welfarehsg/footnotes.htm

Back to Table of Contents Case Studies on Rural Housing and Welfare Reform Permission is granted ONLY to nonprofit community-based organizations to reproduce and/or adapt this document, and only for their own use. FOOTNOTES Interviews were initially conducted onsite in these counties. Staff turnover necessitated the participation of different HAC research staff, who clarified the information from onsite interview notes by conducting follow-up telephone interviews. In addition, because of the sensitive nature of the politics associated with welfare reform issues, respondent anonymity has been maintained in this report. Only those opinions expressed by local housing and social service experts are presented in the report, with HAC recommendations noted separately. Department of Justice, Notice: "Specification of Community Programs Necessary for Protection of Life or Safety Under Welfare Reform Legislation," effective date August 23, 1996, Federal Register , August 30, 1996, pp. 45985-86. U.S. General Accounting Office

43. Lack Of Affordable Housing Hurts Welfare Reform Lack of Affordable housing Hurts welfare reform. Corzine says welfare reauthorizationmust include affordable housing assistance. Wednesday, May 1, 2002. http://corzine.senate.gov/press_office/record.cfm?id=186694

44. Welfare Reform: Why The Left Failed had that had their own bathrooms and had the number of rooms per occupant requiredby federal standards, in a housing project where welfare reform Proposals. http://www.preservenet.com/studies/WelfareReform.html

Welfare Reform Why the Left Failed by Charles Siegel Contents: Money Is Not Enough Welfare Rights Welfare Reform Proposals ... To Order this Booklet A Preservation Institute Policy Study Money Is Not Enough The failure of the 1960s War Against Poverty became the conservatives' strongest argument against the left, but it is also the strongest argument that we are reaching the limits of economic growth. Even among the poor, among those who have the least, we have reached the point where behavior is more important than money. Things seemed very simple during the 1960s, when the War Against Poverty began. By definition, the poor were people who did not have enough money. It followed that we could eliminate poverty by giving them more money, and by spending more money on Head Start and schooling for the poor, spending more money on medical care for the poor, spending more money to replace the slums with public housing for the poor, and so on. At the time, the left believed that poverty was the "root cause" of many other social evils, so reducing poverty would also strengthen the family, improve education, and reduce crime in poor communities. Experience quickly proved that money is not enough.

45. Affordable Housing May Join Welfare Reform Affordable housing may join welfare reform As the consequences of 1996 s welfarereform continue to be evaluated, many analysts have found that while onetime http://salt.claretianpubs.org/washweek/2002/04/is0204a.html

Welcome to Claretian Publications! Search: Web Has Salt of the Earth been useful to you? Please support our continuing web presence with your tax-deductible contribution. Your generous contribution now of $10 or $20 helps keep our internet ministry going. Thank you. In session April 2002 Affordable housing may join welfare reform Campaign finance reform finally becomes law, faces new challenge Farm bill hits new roadblocks, finds new scandal On the slippery slope to "Fast Track" FTAA ... U.S. could be doing more for world's poor, say bishops Affordable housing may join welfare reform As the consequences of 1996's welfare reform continue to be evaluated, many analysts have found that while one-time welfare families may have been able to increase their incomes, they often remain unable to afford basic necessities. Finding affordable housing, for example, remains a major hurdle. As a result, a broad coalition of not-for-profit groups, including Catholic Charities USA, is lobbying Congress for a national housing trust fund. Over 150 state and municipal governments already employ such a fund, aimed at preserving or rehabilitating existing affordable housing or developing new sites for low-income housing. Currently the trust fund legislation, H.R. 2349, is under consideration in the House of Representatives with 147 cosponsors from both sides of the aisle. A similar bill in the Senate, S. 1248, has 19 cosponsors. The legislation would provide permanent, dedicated funding for the trust fund, drawing from surplus budget allocations to the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and

46. Housing Assistance And The Effects Of Welfare Reform: Evidence From Connecticut To answer these and other questions, the study uses data from two random assignmentwelfare reform experiments for which reasonably complete housing data are http://www.mdrc.org/publications/379/overview.html

School-Based Reform Systemwide Reform Adult Learning Strengthening Families ... Full Report Housing Assistance and the Effects of Welfare Reform Evidence from Connecticut and Minnesota Prepared by Nandita Verma and James A. Riccio With Gilda L. Azurdia Posted with permission of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD USER P.O. Box 23268, Washington, DC 20026-3268 Toll Free: 1-800-245-2691 TDD: 1-800-927-7589 Local: 1-202-708-3178 Fax: 1-202-708-9981 This study, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), adds to a small but growing body of literature on this topic. It focuses on the following key questions: Are the welfare recipients who receive housing assistance a harder-to employ group than the recipients who do not receive housing subsidies? Are the welfare reform initiatives any more effective or less effective for welfare recipients who receive housing assistance than for those who do not?

47. MDRC - Publications: Welfare Reform In Urban Communities welfare reform in Urban Communities, housing Assistance and the Effectsof welfare reform Evidence from Connecticut and Minnesota. http://www.mdrc.org/subarea_publications_25.html

School-Based Reform Systemwide Reform Adult Learning Strengthening Families ... Working Papers on Research Methodology Welfare Reform in Urban Communities Welfare Reform in Miami Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and Neighborhoods 2004. Thomas Brock, Isaac Kwakye, Judy C. Polyné, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, David Seith, Alex Stepick, Carol Dutton Stepick with Tara Cullen and Sarah Rich. Welfare caseloads fell, employment increased, and social conditions generally improved in Miami-Dade County after the 1996 federal welfare reform law was passed, but the county’s welfare-to-work work program was poorly implemented and unusually harsh. Housing Assistance and the Effects of Welfare Reform Evidence from Connecticut and Minnesota U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2004. Nandita Verma, James A. Riccio, with Gilda L. Azurdia.

48. Rental Housing, Homeless, Welfare Reform Links to housing authorities nationwide through the housing Authority Insurance Group forInformation, Policy Analysis Technical Assistance on welfare reform. http://www.ahfc.state.ak.us/Hotlinks/rental-housing.htm

Affordable Housing Resource Center Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness A statewide organization working to develop strategies to alleviate homelessness and to increase the availability of affordable housing in Alaska. Alaska Legal Services A private, nonprofit law firm that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income Alaskans. Alaska Pro Bono Program An allied effort of the Alaska Bar Association and the Alaska Legal Services Corporation, designed to provide volunteer legal help for low-income Alaskans. They teach the Alaska Legal Services Landlord Tenant Clinics. Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services A nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing Anchorage neighborhoods through the design and implementation of community development initiative Association of Alaska Housing Authorities A private, non-profit 501©(3) corporation whose board of directors include the executive directors of Alaska's fourteen regional housing authorities and the executive director of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the state's housing finance agency. Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST A new initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) designed to promote compliance with the Fair Housing Act design and construction requirements. The program consists of a comprehensive training curriculum, as well as a toll-free information line and website designed to provide technical guidance to the public.

49. Welfare Reform Home Family welfare reform. housing AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS.Extension housing and related environmental programs help http://msucares.com/home_family/familylife/welfare/housing.html

Current Situation Frequently Asked Questions Publications Other Information ... Home Page Welfare Reform HOUSING AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS Extension housing and related environmental programs help individuals and families develop skills and gain information in securing adequate affordable housing. The programs teach individuals and families what to look for in selecting safe housing, how to secure such housing, and how to maintain housing. For families to continue down the path to self-sufficiency, they need to develop a secure environment in which to maintain their family structure. Extension housing programs which focus on securing an adequate environment in which to live provide a base from which families will move from dependency on existing resources to their own self-sufficiency. The programming which the Cooperative Extension System has based its premise on is to start with individuals and families at whatever their present point in the life cycle and help them understand the choices which are available to them and their dependents. The Cooperative Extension System has taught families how to select and manage their living environments for more than eighty years. Traditionally, this outreach has been directly with families where they live and work. Today, however, Extension educational outreach includes training volunteers, paraprofessionals, and agency personnel to work with families in learning to more effectively manage their resources. This train-the trainer approach, along with quality educational materials, is a valuable asset in reaching families with the housing information they need.

50. SPD Working Paper SPD2000-2: Measuring Welfare Reform: Questions From Four Censu housing and Energy Assistance Questions Food Assistance Questions Cash cash BenefitsQuestions Work Training Questions Measuring welfare reform Questions from http://www.sipp.census.gov/spd/workpaper/welpan.htm

DRAFT 2/22/2000 Measuring Welfare Reform: Questions from Four Census Bureau Surveys Present at the Midwest Welfare Peer Assistance Network (WELPAN) Meeting, Washington, DC, February 24-25, 2000 Jennifer Hess Pat Doyle Ed Welniak Table of Contents Page Housing and Energy Assistance Questions Food Assistance Questions Cash Assistance Questions Non-cash Benefits Questions Work Training Questions Measuring Welfare Reform: Questions from Four Census Bureau Surveys WELPAN Meeting (February 24-25, 2000 The Census Bureau conducts three major surveys to collect income and government program participation data. These include the Survey of Income Program Participation (SIPP), the Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Demographic Survey (also known as the CPS March Supplement), and the Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD). Each of these surveys collects data on earnings, a full range of income sources, and government program participation. In addition to these surveys, the Census Bureau is conducting an experimental survey, referred to as the SIPP Methods Panel, to test new questions for the core SIPP interview. The attached table compares question wording across these four surveys for welfare-related cash and non-cash assistance including the following: housing and energy assistance, food assistance, cash assistance, non-cash benefits, and welfare to work activities.

51. NIFL-HOMELESS 1998: Interaction Of Welfare Reform And Housing Interaction of welfare reform and housing grant competition. From Homes forthe Homeless (hn4061@handsnet.org) Date Fri Jan 02 1998 130615 EST http://www.nifl.gov/nifl-homeless/1998/0003.html

Interaction of Welfare Reform and Housing grant competition. From: Homes for the Homeless ( Date: Fri Jan 02 1998 - 13:06:15 EST Next message: Homes for the Homeless: "XPOST: new international literacy findings" Previous message: Homes for the Homeless: "XPOST: DOL preliminary welfare to work regulations" Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Subject: Interaction of Welfare Reform and Housing grant competition. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 2260 Lines: 50 Following is a notice from HUD USER calling for proposals for research on the interaction between welfare reform, housing programs, and "HUD initiatives that support economic self-sufficiency" (might this encompass some literacy programs?). It appears that "housing programs" means public housing/Section 8 rather than shelters. However I thought there might be some NIFL-Homeless subscribers involved in public housing, and that most of us have some contacts within our local public housing system with whom we would want to share at least the news that such research was taking place. Kate Collignon NIFL-Homeless List Co-Moderator http://www.huduser.org/publications/smallgrants/index.html

52. Information On Welfare Reform job. The Department of housing and Urban Development also has severalongoing efforts linking housing and welfare reform. For more http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/Welfare/

T H E W H I T E H O U S E Information on Welfare Reform Help Site Map Text Only As the President said on August 22, 1996, the signing of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 should "be remembered not for what it ended but for what it began: a new day that offers hope, honors responsibility, rewards work, and changes the terms of the debate." The implementation of this bill is critical to ensuring the President's vision is fulfilled. This page has been designed to assist the public in understanding the law and provide access to available federal information. Accomplishments Information by Topic Information by Department Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant The new welfare reform law, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act, block grants AFDC, Emergency Assistance (EA), and JOBS into a single capped entitlement to states Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). More information on TANF can be found on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Welfare Reform Page Transitions to Work The welfare reform law contains strong work requirements for individuals, along with strong incentives and penalties for states to move welfare recipients into work. For more information, see the

53. What Extension Can Offer To Welfare Reform Think about transportation and child care. Consider housing needs and landlords. Returnto the welfare reform Research and Education Network http://www.cyfernet.org/welfare/extwelfare.html

What Extension Can Offer to Welfare Reform Karen DeBord, Ph.D. State Specialist, Child Development North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Welfare and reform are two key words used by state and federal policy makers today. In 1996, President Clinton signed into law a bill to "end welfare as we know it." Welfare reform simply stated has to do with assisting people who are in poverty to gain the work and personal skills, services (like transportation, health care, and child care) and self-confidence to become self-sufficient. Much of this takes rethinking of policy and procedure as well as educational approaches and community organization. Cooperative Extension has a responsibility and a role to play in Welfare Reform. Each state has one or two land grant universities that provide access to research-based information and local resources to extend educational resources to people in communities. Extension has a local presence in communities and access through electronic connections to a wealth of resources shared by Extension systems across the nation. There are primary functions that seem to build upon the strength of the Extension system and interface with the needs in the welfare reform efforts to find ways to empower families and communities struggling with poverty. Extension is a part of the effort to move people from welfare to well-being! In order to be truly effective in meeting the challenge of reforming the welfare system and meeting the needs of families in poverty, community collaboration is necessary now more than ever before. Communities are called upon to work together without regard to professional turf in order to achieve reform goals. Single agency approaches often lack creative collaboration and a community foundation of support to meet broad based need.

54. Online NewsHour Forum: Welfare Reform, October 22, 1996 In addition to the landmark changes in the welfare law, fundamental reform ofour housing laws are an integral part of creating these new opportunities. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/october96/welfare_reform_10-22.html

WELFARE REFORM October 22, 1996 Forum Read Senator Santorum's answers. NewsHour Coverage of Welfare Reform July 24, 1996: Senator Santorum discusses his views on welfare and the bill he co-sponsored. Fall, 1996: A NewsHour Backgrounder on welfare reform gives some insight into recent developments. October 1, 1996: Several States already have welfare plans in place, most notably Wisconsin (with its W-2 system), California and New York. A team of NewsHour correspondents analyze these systems for effectiveness and preparedness. Outside Links Analysis of the media's coverage of welfare reform from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting , a public interest group. HandsNet ... gathers and updates links on welfare reform, including its effect on immigrants. Good-bye AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). After months of wrangling, and three attempts, the 104th Congress finally sent a Welfare Reform package that survived the President's veto. The reason for the three rounds: Republican bills sent to President Clinton were frowned upon as "extremist" by the White House. A version acceptable to the President was finally signed in August, and went into effect October 1. A new era in federal entitlement assistance arrived, and Aid to Families with Dependent Children as we knew it was gone.

55. CML: Project Profile responds to welfare reform, and the impact of changes on PHA tenant and waitinglist policy and practices. External Funders The US Department of housing and http://apollo.gsfa.upenn.edu/project_areas/impact_of_welfare.htm

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Public Shelter Admissions, PHA Waiting Lists, and PHA Tenant Outcomes Summary The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of welfare reform (Act 35 and PRWORA) on shelter admissions, shelter stay lengths, PHA waiting list composition, PHA waiting list lengths of stay and tenant self-sufficiency outcomes. The study also assessed how PHA responds to welfare reform, and the impact of changes on PHA tenant and waiting list policy and practices. External Funders The US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Collaborating Investigators Dennis Culhane (SSW/CML) and Lorlene Hoyt (formerly GSFA doctoral student and PHA Planning Director, and now Asst. Prof at MIT). Partnering Agencies Philadelphia Housing Authority and the Office of Emergency Shelter and Services. Staff and Contact Info CML Alumni CML History Publications ... Tierra Sajama Project Website None currently. Project Presentation None currently.

56. Welfare Reform This is a submission about housing and welfare reform. About us. At the very least,the welfare reform Group must consider housing from that perspective. http://www.communityhousing.org.au/training & resourcing/Publications/Reports_Fe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1 August 2000 Submission on the Interim Report of the Reference Group on Welfare Reform This is a submission about housing and welfare reform. About us The NSW Federation of Housing Associations is the peak body for community managed housing associations in NSW. We are the largest community housing peak in Australia. Community housing providers are notional ‘competitors’ for public housing. In NSW, we house around 8,000 households at any one time. Community housing is currently in a growth phase in NSW and has recently accepted a number of transfers of former public housing stock. We use the term ‘social housing’ in this submission as short hand for "public and community housing." Community housing applicants must fit strict eligibility requirements before they can be accepted for housing. Tenants are most likely to be social security benefits or pension recipients. Our tenant profile is very similar to public housing and the two systems face much the same issues. The NSW Community Housing Conference in Coffs Harbour 10-12 th May 2000 discussed Interim Report of the Reference Group and this submission has drawn on those discussions.

57. Welfare Reform Fund - 2000 Grants affordable, accessible transportation; affordable housing; and affordable, qualityhealth insurance. North Carolina welfare reform Collaborative Raleigh, NC, http://www.publicwelfare.org/grants/welfare_reform_fund/2000_grants.asp

Community Development Criminal Justice Disadvantaged Elderly Environment ... Evaluations Welfare Reform Fund - 2000 Grants Californians for Justice Education Fund Los Angeles, CA General support for a statewide network of grassroots organizations focusing on the impact of welfare reform in California. CAUSA Salem, OR General support to help shape and respond to welfare reform measures in Oregon, particularly as they affect the immigrant community. Center for Third World Organizing Oakland, CA Support for GROWL, Grass Roots Organizing for Welfare Leadership, to provide training to grassroots groups to strengthen organizational capacity; convene grassroots and support organizations to build strong networks; and conduct research to educate policy makers. Community Voices Heard New York, NY General support to expand access for poor people in the areas of education, training, jobs, housing, and economic development. Engine Committee Missoula, MT General support for the Engine Committee, a collaborative effort to involve and link grassroots community-based groups throughout the country to influence public debate during the federal TANF reauthorization process. Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger Atlanta, GA

58. NAHRO - Programs - Welfare Reform (including TANF) welfare reform and TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). Sen. JohnKerry (DMA) has introduced the welfare reform and housing Act, S. 2116. http://www.nahro.org/programs/other/welfare/index.cfm

Programs Other / Special Programs Welfare Reform and TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) has introduced the Welfare Reform and Housing Act, S. 2116 . It is designed to help improve access to adequate, affordable housing for families eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The goal is to promote family progress towards self-sufficiency. The bill includes a number of recommendations that NAHRO helped craft with other housing groups, including the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and the Council of State Community Development Agencies, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the Enterprise Foundation, the Center for Law and Social Policy and the McCauley Institute. Recommendations include: Make it simpler for states to use TANF funds to provide supplemental rental assistance by considering these housing subsidies "non-assistance." Provide funds to the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a joint HUD/HHA demonstration on housing with services for families with multiple barriers to work.

59. NCPA - BA #161 - Principles For Welfare Reform: Block Grants all forms of relief, taking account of interrelationships among food, housing, healthcare has a national reputation as a proponent of welfare reform and has http://www.ncpa.org/ba/ba161.html

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS HOME DONATE ONE LEVEL UP ABOUT NCPA ... CONTACT Principles for Welfare Reform: Block Grants National Center for Policy Analysis BRIEF ANALYSIS No. 161 For immediate release: Monday, April 24, 1995 Principles for Welfare Reform: Block Grants The House of Representatives has voted to take funds currently spent on Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC), child nutrition and a few other programs and return the money to the states in the form of "block grants." House Republicans are also considering a block grant for Medicaid. Senate Republicans indicate they may call that idea and raise, with a super block grant that includes food stamps, job training and most of the remaining federal welfare programs. All told, there are 338 means-tested federal programs spending about $240 billion a year. State governments put up about $1 of matching money for every $2 from the federal government. So in principle the federal government is considering handing over to state and local governments as much as $350 billion a year - an amount roughly equal to $3,500 for every household in America. The goals of these reforms are laudable: transferring power back to the people and allowing local communities to find workable solutions to a welfare system that is a dismal failure. Yet serious questions remain. How much should go to each state? Should restrictions be attached? What promises should be made for future years? Let's take a look.

60. Welfare 'Reform' Will Mean More Evictions (Tenant Solidarity - Winter 1997) housing to the poorest of the poor and focus instead on low to moderate income tenants.But there are statewide organizing efforts to pass real welfare reform http://www.tenantsunion.org/newsletter/1997winter/welfarereform.html

Top Stories Back Issue: Winter 1997 Welfare "Reform" Will Mean More Evictions Statewide Coalition is Fighting Back by Siobhan Ring, King County Organizer By now everyone has heard a lot about the new welfare "reform" bill signed into law by President Clinton. Because of this new law many legal immigrants will be unable to get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or food stamps. Able-bodied unemployed people without children will be unable to get more than 3 months worth of food stamps, and food stamps for families will be cut about 20%. The law also reduces money for child care assistance. These changes will also impact housing. Low-income people who live on the edge of homelessness will face tough decisions when their assistance is cut: "Do I feed my kids or pay my rent?" And when hunger wins over rent payments, more tenants will face eviction. Public Housing Authorities who rely on rent payments from elderly and disabled folks who are cut off SSI will face sudden, and huge, reductions in income. Combined with Housing and Urban Development deregulation, this may lead Housing Authorities to stop providing housing to the poorest of the poor and focus instead on low to moderate income tenants. But there are statewide organizing efforts to pass real welfare reform in Washington State that will protect children and strengthen communities. The Washington Welfare Reform Coalition is sponsoring a rally for real welfare reform on February 14 in Sylvester Park in Olympia, starting at 11 am. At noon participants will march to the Capitol building.

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