21. State/Tribal TANF Plans And Welfare Reform Initiatives State Tribal/TANF Plans and welfare Initiatives. State/Tribal TANF Plans and welfarereform Initiatives Resources. State and Local Programs. general Publications. http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/WIN/tanf.asp

Welfare Information Network Home Search About IFDM Site Map ... Go To TFP State/Tribal TANF Plans and Welfare Reform Initiatives Issue Pages Back to Federal/State Legislation and Guidance, Welfare to Work Related Legislation, State Plans, and Welfare Reform Issues Opportunities for Comment on Federal Regulations Overall Summaries and Analyses of TANF Summaries and Analysis of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 ... State Tribal/TANF Plans and Welfare Initiatives State/Tribal TANF Plans and Welfare Reform Initiatives Resources State and Local Programs General Publications If you have any questions about the content of this page, please email Iyauta Moore at imoore@financeproject.org General Resources Hot Topics Event Calendar Publications by The Finance Project ... www.financeproject.org. 1401 New York Avenue, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 Tel. 202-587-1000 Fax. 202-628-4205 State/Tribal TANF Plans and Welfare Reform Initiatives State and Local Programs AL AK AZ AR ... Tribal TANF Plans To View State Plans, Click on the Underscored State Names Below: Alabama DHR Fast Facts 2000 (posted 8/11/2000) DHR Monthly Statistics (October 2000).

22. Welfare Reform And Housing welfare reform Issues and Possible Implications for HUD's Programs and Tenants,(GAO/RCED97-148R welfare reform and Housing), US general Accounting Office http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/WIN/housing.asp

Welfare Information Network Home Search About IFDM Site Map ... Go To TFP Welfare Reform and Housing Resources TFP Publications Organizational Links Federal and Multi-State Programs ... General Publications Welfare Reform and Housing Issue Pages Housing Research and Surveys HUD Related Programs Litigation Related to Housing State and Local Housing Issues ... Work Related Issues to Housing If you have any questions about the content of this page, please email Julie Jakopic at jjakopic@financeproject.org General Resources Hot Topics Event Calendar Publications by The Finance Project ... www.financeproject.org. 1401 New York Avenue, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 Tel. 202-587-1000 Fax. 202-628-4205 Welfare Reform and Housing The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds three primary types of federal housing assistance to low-income families: public housing, tenant-based housing and project-based programs Public Housing: Rental units owned and operated by public housing authorities (PHA). Public housing tenants pay rents directly to the PHA's. The PHA sets the amount of rent required based on income levels. The rest of the operating and maintenance costs are paid through available PHA funds. Tenant-based Vouchers and Certificates : Families can use these subsidies to rent housing in the private market. The PHA's pay to the landlords, the difference of the tenant's required rental payments and the approved rental charge.

23. Welfare Reform: A Pollak Library Research Guide Search welfare reform ; ISSUE OF NOTE welfare reform, August 3, 2001 Also LexisNexisFULL TEXT, Full text; Newspapers and magazines, general and scholarly http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/welfrefo/

Pollak Library Library Research Guides Special Topics - WELFARE REFORM Welfare Reform A Guide to Resources in CSUF's Pollak Library Books Web Sites California Articles: ... Title List Web Site of Special Note: Welfare Reform [state info, research, statistics] Citation Guide PDF-2 pages NAVIGATION TIP: When viewing PDF files, use Adobe's FIND feature [ BINOCULARS ICON ] to quickly locate a keyword BOOKS Top of Page To learn how to find more books, click here A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Child Well-Being (2002) [RAND] PDF-2 pages A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Welfare Usage and Economic Outcomes (2002) [RAND] PDF-2 pages Impact of Welfare Reform on Immigrant Welfare Use (2002) PDF-36 pages Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Annual Report to Congress (scroll down to 2002 annual report) Number of Mothers on Welfare Declines [Census Bureau] (2002) Pros and Cons: Social Policy Debates of Our Time ( CATALOG RECORD REFERENCE HN59.2 .K56 2001

24. 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.

25. USDA ERS Topics: Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs > Welfare Reform ERS research addresses issues related to the effects of welfare reform on US food andeconomic wellbeing of low-income families and the general economy. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Topics/view.asp?T=102624

26. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE - REFORM - GENERAL welfare reform on the Web December 2002. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE -reform - general. BLAIR SECURES NHS reform DEAL. N. Timmins. Financial http://www.epicentre.co.uk/services/information/welfare/nhsrefrmg.html

27. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE - REFORM - GENERAL The Social Policy Information Service welfare reform on the Web. NATIONALHEALTH SERVICE - reform - general. ARE PATIENTS REALLY CONSUMERS? M. Keaney. http://www.epicentre.co.uk/services/information/welfare/issue3/nhsref.html

28. CHILDREN NOW: Welfare Reform Resources Experts Food Research and Action Center 202986-2200 Susan Drake, National ImmigrationLaw Center 213-938-6452 general welfare reform California Experts http://www.childrennow.org/economics/WelfRef98/welfareresources.html

Our Programs CALIFORNIA FOCUS TALKING WITH KIDS WORKING FAMILIES HEALTH News Archives PRESS RELEASES RELATED ARTICLES E-NEWSLETTERS VEDIO ARCHIVE WELFARE REFORM RESOURCES for CALIFORNIA and the NATION This web page is designed as a resource for reporters covering the welfare reform, individuals interested in getting involved in state or county welfare decisions, and county and state decision makers . Key issues and story ideas are listed below, followed by contacts for all California counties including local officials, community groups and children's organizations. KEY ISSUES IN WELFARE REFORM Information is provided on child support health care housing nutrition ... california county contacts CHILD CARE The new federal welfare law requires that most adult recipients of public assistance work or be engaged in work-related activities within a certain time period of receiving aid. These work requirements will augment considerably the demand for child care. In many areas around the country, families already face shortages of quality, affordable child care. Issues to explore include:

29. CHILDREN NOW: Children And Welfare Reform welfare reform's Impact On Children's WellBeing. Two-thirds of welfare recipientsare children. Children's Well-Being is Most Often Discussed in general Terms http://www.childrennow.org/economics/WelfRef98/WelfareReformShortDoc.html

Our Programs CALIFORNIA FOCUS TALKING WITH KIDS WORKING FAMILIES HEALTH News Archives PRESS RELEASES RELATED ARTICLES E-NEWSLETTERS VEDIO ARCHIVE Content Analysis on Welfare Reform Reporting A Report by Children Now January 1998 Children Now is a nonprofit, independent voice for children, working to translate the nation's commitment to children and families into action. Children Now combines policy expertise and up-to-date communications strategies that reach parents, lawmakers, citizens, business, media and community leaders to generate positive change on behalf of children. With particular concern for those who are poor or at risk, Children Now is committed to improving conditions for all children. Founded in 1988, Children Now is a national organization with special depth in California. Welfare reform dominated the news across the nation in 1996 and 1997. In 1996, Congress ended Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and restructured assistance to America's poorest families with a new program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). In 1997, states began to take on the challenge of reshaping their own benefit programs for poor families. Of the 12.6 million Americans directly affected by these actions, two-thirds (8.7 million) are children.

30. Colorado Welfare Reform 2001 CWR Legislative Index Colorado general Assembly 2001 Pinkbook (Directory)Denver Post Coverage of 2001 Session. welfare reform in Colorado Contacts and http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/cwr/

Colorado Welfare Reform Viewed best with a browser capable of displaying frames. Colorado Welfare Reform This is an independent, non-partisan information clearing house for welfare reform in Colorado. The Center for Human Investment Policy, CHIP manages this site. [ more about Colorado Welfare Reform MCH (Maternal and Child Health) Web Ring Local Calendar March ongoing: Tax Commission Regional hearings Talking Tax and Budget Policy National Calendar CLASP Audio Conference: Near-Full Employment: Does it Signal Universal Pre-K? Colorado Parent Information Resource Center (CPIRC) This week: Advocacy, Adolescents, Reading, Emerging Literacy, Multicultural Resources, Parent Provider Communication, Parent Involvement in Education CWR Wants to Know What You Think! Colorado News Child Welfare Grant $$ (Housing, NonProfits), Performance Monitoring/Evaluation, Safety Net Transportation Week's Postings Health, Immigrants NonProfits Tweaking TANF ... Transportation Colorado Legislative News Legislative Calendar 2001 CWR Legislative Index Colorado General Assembly 2001 "Pinkbook" (Directory)

31. U.S. General Accounting Office."Welfare Reform: Moving Hard-to-Employ Recipients US general Accounting Office. welfare reform Moving Hardto-Employ Recipients Intothe Workforce. Paper prepared for delivery at the 2001 Annual Meeting of http://pro.harvard.edu/abstracts/024/024009McCallumHe.htm

PROceedings Paper Abstract U.S. General Accounting Office. "Welfare Reform: Moving Hard-to-Employ Recipients Into the Workforce." Paper prepared for delivery at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2, 2001. Paper (requires Acrobat Reader) Keywords: TANF, welfare, hard-to-employ, workforce Abstract: In response to a request from Congress, GAO has recently completed a study of (1) the characteristics of adults currently receiving TANF, (2) state strategies for helping hard-to-employ recipients find jobs, and (3) the challenges states face in designing programs to help their hardest-to-employ recipients join the workforce and the ways federal agency activities can facilitate this process. In conducting the study, GAO reviewed national data and numerous research studies and visited six states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, and Washington. In addition, we collected and analyzed data from these states and from Oregon, New York, and Wisconsin. As they try to develop and implement strategies that help hard-to-employ TANF recipients enter the workforce, state decisions on collecting and analyzing data on caseload characteristics, imposing time limits shorter than 60 months, and determining which work and work- preparation activities can be used to satisfy state eligibility rules have created challenges. The states we visited had not collected and analyzed caseload data on the incidence of characteristics that impede employment, such as substance abuse or mental and psychological conditions, making it difficult for them to make informed programmatic decisions to meet the needs of hard-to-employ recipients and to plan for recipients who are likely to reach their time limit on federal benefits. States that have imposed time limits shorter than 60 months face an even greater challenge in moving recipients into employment before they reach their time limits.

32. Virginia Department Of Social Services work first” focus of our welfare reform has been the hardest work in eliminatingwelfare is now general Information • Privacy Policy • Other Sites of http://www.dss.state.va.us/benefit/welfarereform.html

Site Map Search Help Text Version ... Local Offices 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 Email Page Printer Friendly 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 General comments or questions? Contact Us:

33. Virginia Department Of Social Services for decisionmakers determining the future of TANF and welfare reform. general Information• Privacy Policy • Other Sites of Interest • Technical Help http://www.dss.state.va.us/news/study.html

Site Map Search Help Text Version ... Local Offices Related Links News Welfare reform study points to successes, concerns Email Page Printer Friendly For Immediate Release Oct. 3, 2002 Virginia Department of Social Services Acting Commissioner Ray C. Goodwin announced today that the latest study of Virginia’s welfare reform effort shows successes, but also areas of concern that provide opportunities to improve services to recipients. “While many Virginians leaving welfare are finding employment and seeing increases in their earnings, health insurance coverage for adults and periods of unemployment continue to be issues for those who have passed time limits and are no longer eligible for assistance,” Goodwin said. Goodwin said the report provides sound data that can be used to help rewrite Virginia’s welfare program, bringing the state in line with changes expected as Congress re-authorizes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. TANF is one of the main components of welfare assistance. “This study shows that there have been many successes in welfare reform in Virginia, but some moving off welfare still struggle for self-sufficiency,” he said. “Our goal is to ensure those leaving welfare continue to be employed and receive necessary services to remain independent.”

34. 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.

35. Assessing Welfare Reform welfare reform A Guide for the Reauthorization of Temporary Assistance for NeedyFamilies. This document is available in sections in pdf format 1) general http://www.loga.org/WelfareReform/AssessingWelfareReform.htm

Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA) 122 C Street N.W., Suite 125 Washington, D.C. 20001 Tel: 202-783-7507 loga@ecunet.org ASSESSING WELFARE REFORM: A Guide for the Re-authorization of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families The following memo, offering suggestions to the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) for TANF re-authorization, was sent to the HHS Office of Family Assistance on November 28, 2001. Included with the memo was a document resulting from a survey taken of state public policy directors, Lutheran service agency directors, pastors, and congregational leaders, "Assessing Welfare Reform: A Guide for the Re-authorization of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families." This document is available in sections in pdf format: 1) General Introduction and Survey Findings Alabama - Connecticut Delaware - Maryland Michigan - New Jersey ... Summary of Survey Results and Appendices [Some of the links above require acrobat reader. If you need a reader download a free copy.

36. Health And Wellness: Redressing The Effects Of 1996 Welfare Legislation Presente and the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, in responding to the challengesof the 21st general Synod's resolution on welfare reform, have produced a http://www.ucc.org/justice/health/welfare_resolution.htm

Home Justice and Peace Health and Wellness : Resolution Resolution: Redressing the Effects of 1996 Welfare Legislation presented to the 22nd General Synod of the United Church of Christ WHEREAS Jesus taught that the two most important commandments were, first, to love the Lord, our God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. And, second that "You love your neighbors as you love yourself!' (Matthew 22:37-39) and; WHEREAS Christ still comes to us in the "least of these who are hungry, thirsty, strangers, naked, sick and in prison" (Matthew 25:31-46) and; WHEREAS the profound suffering of our brothers and sisters and the degradation of Creation are too often treated as irrelevant by a seemingly indifferent Church; and WHEREAS the National Urban League has estimated that implementation of the Personal and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PWORA) threatens millions of children and their families with the prospect of homelessness, including mentally and developmentally challenged children and victims of domestic violence; and WHEREAS the loss of benefits caused by the implementation PWORA will increase poverty, hungry and homelessness throughout our communities; and

37. Online NewsHour: Welfare Reform In California -- February 11, 1997 has been thirty to fifty thousand dollars a year budgeted for general assistance,and go to some of the seminars that they’ve held on welfare reform and they http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/welfare/february97/welfare_2-11.html

TIGHTENING THE WELFARE TRAMPOLINE February 11, 1997 TRANSCRIPT According to California Governor Pete Wilson "Any legal job is better than subsidized idleness." Jeffrey Kaye looks at Wilson's committment to reform welfare. JEFFREY KAYE: Like governors around the country when California’s Pete Wilson delivered his annual state of the state speech this year, he renewed his commitment to carry out the federal welfare reform law. That law requires able-bodied welfare recipients to find work. GOV. PETE WILSON, (R) California: Any legal job is better than subsidized idleness. Any legal job is an acceptable means for entering the work force. There’s a lot more dignity in any minimum wage job than in sitting on a couch collecting welfare. JEFFREY KAYE: The governor proposed a welfare-to-work plan stiffer than federal requirements. While the federal law puts a five-year cap on welfare, California officials want a two-year limit. Wilson’s top welfare officials, Sandra Smoley and Eloise Anderson, have been on a campaign to sell the plan. To take effect, the program must be adopted by the legislature. JEFFREY KAYE: The California officials are holding meetings with local representatives and opinion leaders around the state.

38. Online NewsHour: Welfare Reform -- February 4, 1997 steps of reform have encouraged more people to lead the welfare rolls, and, infact, in San Diego County the welfare rolls for the general relief program http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/welfare/february97/welfare_2-4.html

WORKING ON WELFARE February 4, 1997 TRANSCRIPT As a part of our series of reports on the new welfare reform law, a look at the new law’s impact on state governments. President Clinton is expected to address the issue in the State of the Union speech later this evening. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: As a result of legislation signed into law last year the 61-year-old federal guarantee of indefinite aid for the nation’s poor is drawing to a close. We’ll hear from our regional commentators about how their states are adjusting to the welfare changes, but first this backgrounder by Kwame Holman. REP. NEWT GINGRICH, Speaker of the House: (July 24, 1996) They yeas are 256; the nays are 170; and the bill passes. KWAME HOLMAN: Last summer, after a lengthy and sometimes rancorous debate, Congress passed and President Clinton signed landmark welfare reform legislation ending six decades of federal entitlements. The new law limits participants in the main welfare program, formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children, to no more than five years of benefits and requires able-bodied recipients to find a job within two years. But the law also made a fundamental change in who administers welfare, shifting power and responsibility from the federal government to the individual states. President Clinton embraced the new welfare plan, but even as he did, he made it clear it wasn’t exactly what he wanted. PRESIDENT CLINTON: Today we have an historic opportunity to make welfare what it was meant to be, a second chance, not a way of life. And even though the bill has serious flaws that are unrelated to welfare reform, I believe we have a duty to see the opportunity it gives us to end welfare as we know it.

39. Welfare Reform Program Information WtW funds are targeted at three general populations Currenthardto-serve TANF recipients; Return to welfare reform Information...... http://www.twc.state.tx.us/welref/welrefinfo.html

home site index about us contact information Search Choices Program Choices is the employment and training program serving applicants, recipients, and former recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance. Local Workforce Development Boards (Boards) administer the Choices program, developing service strategies that enable individuals to find and retain employment and upgrade skills in order to move up the economic ladder. Choices is operated under a Work First service model. From the point of application for cash assistance (at the Texas Department of Human Services), throughout delivery of benefits and employment services (through the Boards and their contractors), a consistent message is delivered and enforced: Government assistance is intended to be temporary. Texans are responsible for the support of themselves and their families. Work is the goal! Both state and federal welfare reform legislation emphasize personal responsibility, time-limited cash assistance benefits, and the goal of work instead of welfare. To support these philosophies the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and the Boards have developed a service delivery model with primary emphasis on the goal of employment at the earliest opportunity for applicants and recipients of cash assistance. Choices provides services to two populations: Single-parent families Two-parent families

40. HB1587eng 90th General Assembly Task Force is created 10 within the Department to provide advice to the Department,11 the Governor, and the general Assembly regarding welfare 12 reform. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB1587LV.html

State of Illinois th General Assembly Legislation Search Legislation Bill Summary Home ... House Amendment 002 20 ILCS 1305/1-30 new Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Creates within the Department a Welfare Reform Oversight Committee to monitor implementation of federal welfare reform guidelines. Effective immediately. LRB9005132DJcd HB1587 Engrossed LRB9005132DJcd 1 AN ACT to amend the Department of Human Services Act by 2 adding Section 1-30. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is 6 amended by adding Section 1-30 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 1305/1-30 new) 8 Sec. 1-30. Welfare Reform Oversight Task Force. (a) The Welfare Reform Oversight Task Force is created within the Department to provide advice to the Department, the Governor, and the General Assembly regarding welfare

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