Extractions: by Jeff Lubell and Barbara Sard For 1999, the President and Congress have created a promising new program to help states achieve their welfare reform objectives. Designed to help families for whom the lack of stable, affordable housing is a barrier to employment, the Welfare-to-Work Voucher Program will provide 50,000 Section 8 housing vouchers to families attempting to make the transition from welfare to work. These vouchers can be used to help families move to areas with better job opportunities or transportation networks or to provide incentives for families on welfare to secure and retain employment. In conjunction with state and local welfare agencies and local entities administering Department of Labor (DOL) welfare-to-work grants, public housing agencies (PHAs) will compete for the vouchers in a competition administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Winners of the competition will receive an allocation of new Section 8 housing vouchers, which will carry the standard administrative fee. Applicants will have substantial flexibility to design programs that meet local needs and support local welfare reform strategies. Applications for the welfare-to-work voucher program are due April 28, 1999. To obtain a copy of the request for proposals (termed a Notice of Funding Availability, or NOFA) and an application kit, contact HUD at 1-800-955-2232. The NOFA also may be obtained from the January 28, 1999 Federal Register or downloaded from the Internet at:
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Extractions: WELFARE REFORM INITIATIVE The Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Utah has launched the Welfare Reform Initiative: The Impact of Welfare Reform on the Charitable Sector in Utah (WRI), a multi-year effort involving both research and community partnership building. The goal of WRI is to help Utah's charitable sector organizations both faith-based and nonfaith-based respond effectively to state and federal welfare reform legislation, and thereby, assist those who are served by these organizations. The Center for Public Policy and Administration's purpose is to help Utah's public and nonprofit organizations accomplish their work by offering services that expand organizational knowledge and effective use of resources. In line with this mission, WRI will assist charitable organizations by providing information and tools that will improve service provision. WRI involves comprehensive research combined with community collaboration among organizations concerned with welfare recipients. An advisory group, assembled by the Center and comprised of key leaders from the University, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, religious organizations, and others, will advise and facilitate the research, be apprised of findings as they develop, make recommendations, and implement steps to disseminate findings. Publications of the Welfare Reform Initiative The following reports are in Adobe Acrobat format. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can get a free copy of this software to be used with your internet browser at
California May Be Forced To Finally Reform Welfare - Jim California May be Forced to Finally reform welfare The Terminator may help the real John Conner shut down the As reported by the Sacramento Bee gov. http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/u-v/untershine/2005/untershine031405.htm
Extractions: March 14, 2005 by Jim Untershine The offensive bankruptcy bill, which the Senate recently passed into law, has been lobbied for by Banks and Credit Card companies who are sick and tired of getting stiffed by parents who were impoverished by Family Law. Breadwinning parents who were cast aside by Family Courts and forced to pay outrageous amounts of money and the dependant parents forced to beg for welfare when the breadwinner becomes unemployed. As reported by USA Today Supporters of the bill, which include credit card companies and banks, say the change would prevent abuses by compulsive shoppers, gamblers, deadbeat parents and others who don't want to be responsible for their debts Banks and credit card companies may soon realize that Child Support Enforcement (CSE) is guaranteed by Federal Law to have the As reported by the Sacramento Bee A fair and just Family Law system would finally grant parents the RIGHT to support their children. It would also stop the
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Government Employment For Welfare Recipients Since I signed the historic welfare reform law, I have urged businesses, The plan should describe in detail how the agency will assist welfare http://www.opm.gov/wtw/html/welfarem.htm
Extractions: 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. 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.
OPM Welfare To Work Home Page Click here to skip navigation New User About the Agency To White House welfare reform Information Page; To National Partnership for Reinventing http://www.opm.gov/wtw/
Extractions: The Federal Government's Human Resources Agency You are here: Home wtw Welfare-to-Work New Regulations on Promotions Under TAPER Appointments Reporting Requirements Sample Vacancy Announcement Welfare to Work Hiring Statistics 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.
Internet Researcher: A Guide To Social Policy Resources http//www.firstgov.gov; government Accounting Office This agency provides reports at the Some reports on welfare reform, families and children, http://libraries.cua.edu/instruct/irsocpol.html
Extractions: This is a consortium of US government agencies responsible for improving the quality and usefulness of data on older Americans. The site includes a link to: Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being , the first in a planned series of reports including data on population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care of older Americans.
June 98 - Welfare Reform Flies In New York In New York state, the airplane metaphor for welfare reform is gaining special agencies, because these agencies are directly involved in welfare reform http://www.govtech.net/magazine/gt/1998/june/welfare/welfare.php
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RAND's CalWORKs Program How did state and county welfare agencies coordinate with each other? Active areas of domestic research include welfare reform, community development, http://www.rand.org/labor/CalWORKs/description.html
Extractions: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 fundamentally changed the American welfare system. This federal legislation replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC) with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. As its name implies, TANF stresses that welfare should be a transitional experiencenot a source of long- term support. PRWORA grants states wide latitude in designing their TANF programs. In California, the Thompson-Maddy-Ducheny-Ashburn Welfare-to-Work Act of 1997 replaced AFDC with the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program, or CalWORKs. CalWORKs is a "work first" program that provides support services to move recipients from welfare to work and self-sufficiency. It also gives the counties increased flexibility in designing their welfare programs. The legislation required an independent, comprehensive statewide evaluation of the CalWORKs program. The evaluation has two parts. The first part will track the process of CalWORKs implementation, and the second will explore the impact of CalWORKs on current welfare recipients and their transition to self-sufficiency, and on possible future recipients.
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Extractions: Gov. Locke Announces $8.7 Million In Welfare Reform Performance Bonuses, Plus Accreditation Of Two More State Children's Services Offices Olympia - Oct. 6, 2003 - Gov. Gary Locke today announced the federal government has awarded Washington state's WorkFirst program more than $8.7 million in performance bonuses. WorkFirst helps residents on welfare find and keep jobs while supporting their families. "WorkFirst is a national leader and exemplifies what a welfare reform program should do," Locke said. "With these latest awards, WorkFirst has earned more than $32 million in performance bonuses for its success and effectiveness in helping families on welfare get and keep jobs and earn a living." The governor said the welfare reform bonus money would be used to continue to help people find productive and satisfying work and support their children as they train and study. Joining the governor to make the announcement was Dennis Braddock, secretary of the state's Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and the agency's two new executives in the welfare reform and child welfare services areas
Cutbacks Likely To Hit Welfare Reform Program Locke Advisers Urge Facing a budget shortfall in Washington s welfare reform program, gov. Gary Locke s key advisers are recommending cutting nearly $60 million in services to http://www.fremontpublic.org/SPAN/pc_7_11_01.htm
Extractions: A panel studying ways to change the welfare system needs your help. Over the next two weeks, the state's Welfare Reform Task Force will seek suggestions from eastern North Carolinians at public hearings. The group met Monday in Raleigh and will hold meetings in Wilmington and Greenville on Jan. 3 and Jan. 5 to hear suggestions on how the state can help welfare recipients get the education, job training and skills needed to move into the work force. Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. established the task force in September to develop recommendations on welfare reform. Hunt said he will use the suggestions as a basis for legislation to present to the General Assembly in late January. The task force is comprised of 32 North Carolinians from businesses, social services, government agencies and welfare recipients. ``We have to find ways to end the cycle of poverty, so that families on welfare can learn to stand on their own two feet,'' Hunt said in a statement announcing the public meetings. ``Many of the families on welfare want to work. They want to buy homes and send their children to college. But the system discourages them from pursuing those dreams. ``It's time to change that,'' Hunt said. Tonight, the welfare task force will continue its work in Durham. The first task force hearing last week attracted dozens of people to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg government center to tell the committee members how to change the system.
Tapping A New Workforce: From Welfare To Work In The Federal Government The agency welfare recipient hiring plans are to be submitted to the President to move forward with their efforts under the welfare reform legislation, http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/dmstree/tein/tein96/tein_23-96.htm
Extractions: for Regional Management SUBJECT Tapping a New Workforce: From Welfare to Work in the Federal Government Purpose. To provide information on the recently announced Federal welfare to work hiring initiative and its potential impact on ETA funded agencies and programs. Background. On March 8, 1997, President Clinton issued an Executive Order to Federal department and agency heads instructing them to use all available authorities to hire people off the welfare rolls into available job positions in the Federal government. In this order, the President directs each Federal agency to prepare an individualized hiring plan detailing how the agency intends to recruit and hire welfare recipients. The agency welfare recipient hiring plans are to be submitted to the President by April 7, 1997. Each agency's plan is to describe, in detail, how the agency intends to recruit and hire qualified welfare recipients. The description is to include a proposed local outreach program that builds upon the Government's existing nationwide employment information systems to bring Federal job opportunities to the attention of welfare offices, State and private employment offices, nonprofit organizations and others who work with welfare recipients on a regular basis. In addition, the plan is to describe, in detail, how the agency will assist welfare recipients in keeping their jobs and performing well after they are hired.
Extractions: print-ready version also available The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization solely committed to eradicating homelessness in the United States. We applaud the administration and Congress for embracing a goal of ending chronic homelessness and for their efforts to make it a reality. This is an important step forward in solving homelessness in our nation. We believe we can make similar progress in ending homelessness among children in families. TANF reauthorization provides an important opportunity to do so. Nationally, it is estimated that 900,000 to 1.3 million children in the United States experience homelessness each year. The U.S. Conference of Mayors reports an increase in demand for shelter for families with children in many communities across the country. They further report that the high cost of housing in many communities is leading to increases in the length of time families remain in shelters before returning to independent, permanent housing. While many of the families experiencing homelessness have one or more wage earners, virtually all are financially eligible for TANF cash assistance and/or support services.
Part V: Welfare Reform Resources Part V welfare reform Resources. It maintains a web site that is dedicated to welfare reform (www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare/). http://www.famlit.org/ProgramsandInitiatives/WorkFocusedInitiatives/Policy/Welfa
Extractions: Search: Home Initiatives Work-focused Initiatives Policy ... Welfare Reform Guide Part V: Welfare Reform Resources The following is by no means an exhaustive list of the organizations or agencies that supply information on welfare reform. They are, however, the organizations and agencies that NCFL has used most often to gather information about welfare reform. CLASP is a national public policy research firm with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic conditions of low-income families with children and secure access for the poor to our civil justice system. CLASP has particular expertise in welfare reform and workforce development, including the areas of adult education, job training, subsidized employment, child care, and teen parents.
PRRAC - Poverty / Welfare At the time of enactment of the federal welfare reform legislation there was Appropriate government agencies should also take racismtargeted actions to http://www.prrac.org/full_text.php?text_id=70&item_id=1782&newsletter_id=55&head
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