Department Of Human Services Welfare Reform welfare reform Abstract welfare reformwelfare reform in the District of Columbia created positive changes in many of the District s poor families. http://www.dhs.dc.gov/dhs/cwp/view,a,3,q,492453,dhsNav,|30989|.asp
Extractions: var wl_url = ""; // The standard WorldLingo translation link (justappend //the escaped FULL destination url) var wl_burl = ""; // The standard WorldLingo translation link with //baseHref included var wl_ourl = ""; // The original page that has been translated var wl_rurl = ""; // The previous page that the user viewed var wl_srclang = ""; // The source lang (ie EN) for this translation var wl_srclanguage = ""; // The source language (ie English) for this //translation var wl_trglang = ""; // The target lang (ie EN) for this translation var wl_trglanguage = ""; // The target language (ie English) for this //translation REQUESTS Welfare Reform Welfare reform in the District of Columbia created positive changes in many of the District's poor families. Federal and local welfare funds provided through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program support cash benefits and a wide range of services to help in the transition from welfare to work, improve educational levels, and aid in the achievement of self-sufficiency. In May 2001, the District's welfare caseload reached its lowest level since the early 1970's. Despite modest increases in the caseload since then IMA continues to help customers obtain employment and achieve self-sufficiency. Since implementing our welfare reform program in 1997, IMA achieved a 35 percent decline in the number of welfare heads-of-households subject to work requirements. This was accomplished through the Income Maintenance Administration's (IMA's) partnerships with other District agencies, contracts with employment service providers, and grants to non-profit and faith-based organizations that provide neighborhood-based services to low-income families throughout the city.
Extractions: As states begin remaking their welfare programs, several are turning over whole sections of their bureaucracies to private industry, a move that could eliminate tens of thousands of government jobs and leave some states with an unprecedented reliance on big business to carry out social policy. Texas hopes to contract out 13,000 welfare jobs now held by state employees. Wisconsin has handed over the administrative tasks of welfare in part of Milwaukee County to a Virginia-based company called MAXIMUS Corp. The Arizona legislature is considering whether to go further yet: eliminating the state welfare bureaucracy and turning the job of caring for the poor over to the private sector. For years, states have been relying on business to carry out what used to be considered government work; food conglomerates manage school cafeterias and banks in many areas have taken over the collection of taxes. More recently, an entire new industry has emerged to run prisons. What makes welfare stand out is that, rather than simply performing management duties, companies are in position to become decision-makers, helping to determine who gets what help and under what circumstances.
Extractions: FLASH LINE HOME VISITORS WHAT'S NEW ... WELCOME FLASHLINE Web Posted: October 24, 2000 story in a recent edition of the New York Times confirms what many critics have said about plans to involve religious organizations in the operation of social services with taxpayer money violations of the First Amendment persist. What may surprise both supporters and skeptics, though, is the fact that many church groups are reluctant or simply unprepared to submit to what the Times described as "rigorous guidelines" in order to accept government money. Despite efforts to involve religious groups in publicly funded "faith-based partnerships" with federal, state and local governments, not all denominations are heading for the public trough. Even a leading supporter of schemes to forge an alliance between religious groups and government agencies, Stanley W. Carlson-Thies of the Center for Public Justice cautioned, "Politicians or anyone else who thinks that there were thousands of faith-based organizations raring to go, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I don't see that." ORIGINS IN WELFARE REFORM While religious groups have long been the recipients of government money
Welfare-to-Work Initiative For Federal Grant Programs governmentwide Implementation of the President s welfareto-Work the White House welfare reform information page (http//www.whitehouse.gov/WH/welfare), http://clinton3.nara.gov/OMB/fedreg/omb-not.html
Extractions: SUMMARY: This Notice provides information, in the form of nonbinding questions and answers, to assist the Federal grantmaking agencies, grantees, and subrecipients in responding to the President's Welfare-to-Work Initiative. The Office of Management and Budget worked with the major Federal grantmaking agencies in developing this governmentwide non-regulatory guidance. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 8, 1997, the President issued a memorandum to the heads of the executive departments and agencies entitled "Government Employment for Welfare Recipients." This memorandum directed all Federal agencies to "hire people off the welfare rolls into available job positions in the Government" and to submit proposed plans for "on-the-job training and/or mentoring programs." To supplement this initiative, Federal agencies were asked to encourage their grantees and their subrecipients to hire welfare recipients and to provide additional needed training and/or mentoring. This Notice, which the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) developed with the major Federal grantmaking agencies, provides nonbinding questions and answers to assist the Federal grantmaking agencies, grantees, and subrecipients in responding to the President's Welfare-to-Work Initiative. The Federal Government recognizes and appreciates that many grantees and subrecipients have been hiring welfare recipients in meaningful jobs for some time.
Welfare Reform, Health Insurance And Health welfare reform, Health Insurance and Health. Robert Kaestner(*) US Government agencies Other Data Collections Economic Report of the President http://www.nber.org/reporter/winter04/kaestner.html
Extractions: Jump to the Navigation Bar NBER Reporter: Research Summary Winter 2004 Robert Kaestner In 1996, Congress passed and the President signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), or what has become known as welfare reform. To many, welfare reform has been an unqualified success; welfare rolls decreased markedly and single mothers began working in unprecedented numbers. Moreover, poverty rates among single mothers have decreased sharply. Welfare reform may have had some unintended consequences, though, particularly the loss of health insurance. However, contrary to some earlier studies , my research finds that welfare reform was responsible for only a small increase, less than 4 percent, in the proportion of less-educated, unmarried mothers and their children without health insurance. And, consistent with these small effects on insurance, I find that changes in the welfare caseload attributable to welfare reform were associated with few adverse health effects among less-educated, unmarried mothers. Indeed, changes in the welfare caseload were associated with some significant improvements in healthy lifestyles among this group. Decreases in the welfare caseload between January 1996 and June 2000 were associated with a 30 percent decrease in the probability of binge drinking in the past month, and a 27 percent increase in the probability of engaging in regular and sustained physical activity.
Arkansas Has ANSWER To The Welfare Question Several state and local social service agencies have launched Internet portals to to meet the demands of welfare reform without hiring additional staff, http://www.fcw.com/civic/articles/2000/july/civ-comm1-07-00.asp
Extractions: FCW.com Download Check out last week's news roundup, Web-only stories, source documents and other online components of Federal Computer Week's print magazine. ADVERTISEMENT RELATED LINKS "Web city" [civic.com, April 24, 2000] "Reaching the poor via high tech" [civic.com, April 3, 2000] Montana's Virtual Human Services Pavilion Palo Alto's Family Resources Web site BY Heather Harreld
Extractions: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:46:33 -0800 (PST) lubell@cbpp.org housingwelfare@lists.cbpp.org http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/housing.htm http://www.hudclips.org . The NOFA also may be accessed through the home page of HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing: http://www.hud.gov/pih/pih.html In addition to the NOFA, HUD is preparing an application kit. To obtain a copy of the kit, contact the PIH Information and Resource Center at 1-800-955-2232. The kit also will be posted on the web. We will provide the URL when it is available. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) WELFARE TO WORK GRANTS Although 75 percent of DOL welfare-to-work funds are allocated by formula to states, 25 percent of the funding is available in the form of "competitive grants awarded directly to local governments, Private Industry Councils, and private entities (such as community development corporations and community-based organizations, community action agencies, and other private organizations) who apply in conjunction with a Private Industry Council or local government. The Secretary of Labor will give special consideration to cities with large concentrations of poverty as well as to rural areas." This quote comes from DOL's fact sheet on their welfare-to-work grant program: http://wtw.doleta.gov/resources/factshet.html
Welfare Reform In Missouri - Other Sites Agency List. choose one -, Director s Office, Program Divisions welfare reform In Missouri. Beyond welfare In Missouri. welfare reform Logo http://www.dss.mo.gov/wreform/
U.S. Government GOVERNMENT agencies WAR TERRORISM-HATE GROUPS-CIVIL RIGHTS - includes welfare Information Network-welfare reform, welfare to work, TANF, child care http://www.teacheroz.com/government.htm
Extractions: A Summary NPR was the longest-running reform effort in the history of the Federal Government. We started by recommending more than 1,200 specific changes to make government work better, cost less, and get results Americans cared about. We then set out to implement those recommendations. After the first Clinton-Gore term, nearly two-thirds of the changes had been made. In the second Clinton-Gore term, we began to focus on transforming the culture in major agencies with the most public contact to be more results-oriented, performance-based, and customer-focused. We used technology and new approaches in employees roles as key levers. We also created a network of results-oriented partnerships across agency lines with states and local governments, and changed the relations between regulatory agencies and business. Its major accomplishments included: Ending the Era of Big Government Reduced the size of federal civilian workforce by 426,200 positions between January 1993 and September 2000.
Extractions: Welfare reform turns check recipients into job seekers By Michael W. Lynch Derica Lee is being hassled and doesn't like it. "I have to fill out all these papers here for a check of $322," she says, waving a bundle of 10 sheets of paper at me, each with five places for employers to verify that she has looked for work. The 20-year-old mother of one hasn't even been on welfare a year, and she has already been "sanctioned" twice for not conforming to the system's requirements. As a result, her monthly check has been halved to $161. And if she doesn't get the 50 employer signatures in the next 11 days, she'll lose that. But toilets or no toilets, the system expects her to work. And if she wants that $161 each month, she has to get those signatures. To assist her in her journeys, the welfare office has included a complimentary bus pass. "It don't make no sense to do all that," she explains. "If I get all that done, why not just get a job? It ain't worth it." A Few Miles Into Hell Derica, dressed in black jeans and a snakeskin jacket, is venting her frustration on a dreary Saturday in Camden, New Jersey. It's March, and I've traveled to Camden to spend a few days investigating the reality of welfare reform in this, one of the great lost cities of America. We're at Nancy's Rest Home, a boarding house for Camden seniors, and we're not alone. Ella Hilton, the daughter of the boarding house's owner and a longtime community activist, is our host. Her friend Cynthia "Cookie" Pulliam sits in the corner under the front window. Seventeen-year-old Tiffany Washington, her belly full with a baby boy due in April, sits in front of the door. Cynthia Jordan Hannah, known as "Blondie," joins us midway.
Welfare Reform And Beyond Resources and county government agencies involved in implementing welfare reform. The welfare reform Beyond initiative is being funded by a consortium of http://www.brook.edu/es/research/projects/wrb/resources/default.htm
Partnerships With The Faith Community In Welfare Reform Federal welfare reform legislation may affect the extent and nature of A welfare agency and congregation may decide that a government/faith partnership http://www.financeproject.org/Publications/faith.htm
Extractions: /* You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on the next lines. */ var pageName = "Page Name" var server = "Server" var channel = "Channel" /**** DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE! ****/ var code = ' '; document.write(' '); document.write('>') Vol. 2, No. 3 March 1998 Partnerships with the Faith Community in Welfare Reform by Jessica Yates Background Faith-based organizations and religious congregations have traditionally been very active in providing services to low-income individuals. These services include ad hoc crisis intervention, food pantries, day care, assistance for the homeless, refugee resettlement and substance abuse treatment programs. Some congregations seek and accept government funding for service provision, though most do not and instead leave that role to religiously affiliated non-profit organizations, such as Catholic Charities, Jewish Family Services and Lutheran Services in America, or independent religious organizations in their communities. In addition, many government agencies have not pursued contracting with congregations and other faith-based organizations to avoid complications with First Amendment constitutional issues that prohibit government from establishing religion. Nationally, much of the debate around Section 104 has centered around the financial ties between government and religion. While Charitable Choice has not yet resulted in a dramatic increase in contracting with religious organizations, its supporters argue that the statute was not intended to restructure service delivery systems but instead to provide new opportunities to the faith community. The more immediate impact of Charitable Choice has been to highlight the issues of how state and local agencies can involve congregations and faith-based organizations in welfare reform, and how congregations can respond to the changing needs in their communities.
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Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview Representatives of state legislatures and public welfare administrators have on food stamps (see Food Stamps in the CRS welfare reform Briefing Book). http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/crs_welfare.shtml
Extractions: Updated October 8, 2002 SUMMARY Representatives of state legislatures and public welfare administrators have urged the 107th Congress to extend the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for 3 years, through FY2005. The National Governors Association (NGA) also has recommended an extension longer than one year. TANF now is operating under temporary spending authority that expires December 31, 2002 (P. L. 107-229, H. J. Res. 111). Along with NGA, the American Public Human Services Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) say action is needed before the end of this Congress to ensure program continuity. The latter two groups have identified more than 30 provisions that they want in a final bill. The House has passed a 5-year extension bill (H. R. 4737), but the Senate Finance Committee substitute bill (also H. R. 4737) has not reached the Senate floor. On several key issues, including work hours, work activities, and child care funding, the bills are far apart.
Federal Government @ LSNC.net List of Federal Government Databases list of agency documents, includes access to of TANF / AFDC / JOBS programs in wake of federal welfare reform. http://www.lsnc.net/fed_government.html
Extractions: The U.S. Senate The U.S. House of Representatives ... Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government - enough said. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (1774-present) - find a particular official from past or present by first name, last name, position held and/or state! CapitolHearings.org @ C-SPAN - live audio feeds for various Senate hearings. Congress Guide @ C-Span Online Elected Officials @ Congress.Org - locate your Congressional representatives, also info on honchos and addresses for federal government agencies, from the White House on down. Federal Agency Acronyms Federal Consumer Information Center - think of it as Uncle Sam's version of the Yellow Pages.
JCPR Newsletter Articles The directors interviewed are the principal agents of welfare reform. They head the design and implementation of new policies, and they are ultimately http://www.jcpr.org/newsletters/vol4_no5/articles.html
Extractions: In May 2000, the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Joint Center for Poverty Research, and the Rural Policy Research Institute co-sponsored a conference to explore the rural dimensions of welfare reform and food assistance policy Key Findings of the Conference This issue of Poverty Research News draws from that conference some key findings about the impact of welfare reform on employment, earnings, and family well-being in rural and urban areas and looks at some implications of these findings for future welfare policy. Four insights emerge from the conference papers: Work-oriented welfare policy and a strong national economy have reduced the welfare caseload and increased incomes and lowered poverty for both urban and rural single-parent families. When viewed from the national level, rural and urban outcomes related to welfare use, poverty, and employment of single-parent families appear to be quite similar. As one looks at specific states, and regions within those states, however, enormous variation emerges within and across urban and rural areas in the structure of
Office Of Public And Indian Housing (PIH) - HUD Please contact your local public housing agency for help. Public Housing Guidebook, Public Housing Programs, Public Housing reform, QHWRA, Quick Update! http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/
Extractions: Hurricane Katrina resources Guidance for Public Housing Agencies in Assisting Families Displaced by Hurricane Katrina Assistance for Disaster-Affected Families for Public Housing and Voucher Programs Instructions to Public Housing Residents and Voucher Recipients who were Affected by Hurricane Katrina Verification of Family Assistance ... HUD issues letter informing PHAs of the calculations used to arrive for the calendar year 2005 renewal funding for the Housing Choice Voucher program Implementation of the Tenant-Based Voucher Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 Final Notice Appendix A Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
Welfare Reform Research Database (WRR) Provides a subject index to reports on welfare reform that have come to the information on agency organization/reorganization; business process http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/WRR/
Extractions: Skip Header Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Site Map News Search Documents ... Administrative Services Welfare Reform Research Database Welcome to the Welfare Reform Research (WRR) Database This is the third on- line presentation of the WRR database. This database represents a compilation of the research or reports that have come to the attention of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Policy Shop. We make no evaluation or judgment regarding the methodology or content of these reports. We are continually updating the reports in the database, so please check back in the coming months for new additions. We have recently included a list of Welfare Reform Research Links The reports are arranged alphabetically by subject area. We have an INDEX of the WRR subjects and topics that may be found under those subjects. Or you may wish to search the database for any text string(s) of your choosing under SEARCH . The search will direct you to the page(s) which contain your chosen text string, and once on a specific page, you can use the "Find" command from the "Edit" menu to locate the text’s exact location.
