21. Welfare Reform welfare reform was largely the result of political pressure for cultural change, in relation to welfare reform, evaluation methodologies and the general http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/Gallery/colosi/colosi1.htm

Understanding Welfare Reform "When an individual is no longer a true participant, when he no longer feels a sense of responsibility to his society, the content of democracy is emptied. When culture is degraded and vulgarity enthroned, when the social system does not build security but induces peril, inexorably the individual is impelled to pull away from a soulless society. This process produces alienation perhaps the most pervasive and insidious development in contemporary society." Martin Luther King, Jr. INTRODUCTION: The recent passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193), an extensive and historical reform of the nation's welfare system is one illustration of a general shift towards devolution of our government's functions. This legislation restructures the delivery of many important social programs with effects that are still unimagined, hence creating a critical role for evaluation and other forms of applied research (Corbett 1996). Translating this federal legislation into action, monitoring its progress, assessing its human and financial consequences and exploring its assumptions offer varied opportunities to make use of many different types of evaluation research in policy and program settings. Welfare reform was largely the result of political pressure for cultural change, the devolution shift, and fiscal pressures on federal spending produced by demands for tax cuts, the rising cost of senior citizen entitlements, and the budget deficits that accumulated during the 1980s (Peterson 1995). State governments too, however, face similar pressures and reducing costs has become a common public policy goal. Indeed, some would suggest that the state's motive for requesting greater authority is solely to reduce the costs of delivering such services (Chisman 1995). There are many different issues and questions that result from the general devolution shift and the specific legislative changes now enacted under the welfare reform political movement. This web page is intended to be a beginning guide to the basics of welfare reform.

22. Welfare Reform Fund - 2003 Grants general support to help shape and respond to welfare reform measures in Oregon, particularly as they affect the immigrant community. Community Voices Heard http://www.publicwelfare.org/grants/welfare_reform_fund/2003_grants.asp

Civic Participation Fund Community Development Criminal Justice Disadvantaged Elderly ... Evaluations Welfare Reform Fund - 2003 Grants Appalachian Women's Alliance Floyd, VA Support for the Alliance's coordination of the Southeast Welfare Activist Connection, a network of groups working to secure justice for families living in poverty in seven southeastern states. CAUSA, a project of Mano a Mano Family Center Salem, OR General support to help shape and respond to welfare reform measures in Oregon, particularly as they affect the immigrant community. 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, with a focus on implementation of the TANF reauthorization process. Direct Action Welfare Group Charleston, WV General support for efforts to empower current and former welfare recipients in West Virginia to advocate on behalf of themselves and others living in poverty on economic and poverty issues. Families United for Racial and Economic Equality, a project of the Fifth Avenue Committee Brooklyn, NY

23. American Civil Liberties Union : Rights Of The Poor : Welfare Reform Rights of the Poor welfare reform general Items, View All Urge the Senate to Support Equitable welfare reform http://www.aclu.org/PoorRights/PoorRightsList.cfm?ContentStyle=13&c=154

24. American Civil Liberties Union : Drug Policy : Welfare Reform Drug Policy welfare reform general Items, View All welfare Must Work at Eliminating Poverty and Protecting Civil Rights; Current reform Scheme Not http://www.aclu.org/DrugPolicy/DrugPolicyList.cfm?ContentStyle=13&c=154

25. 1973 General Board Resolution, Welfare Reform Resolution, 1973 general Board. welfare reform. The following Resolution on welfare reform was adopted by the Church of the Brethren general Board meeting http://www.brethren.org/genbd/GBResolutions/73WelfareReform.htm

Resolution, 1973 General Board Welfare Reform The following Resolution on Welfare Reform was adopted by the Church of the Brethren General Board meeting in Fresno, CA, June 1973. Our Reasons for Concern Millions of U.S. residents are still deprived of the basic necessities of life and trapped in poverty within our affluent society. Continued widespread poverty in the midst of affluence reflects the negligence of all levels of government to meet the needs of all people, as well as the distorted value systems of our society. Many community leaders and groups are committed to making the struggle to overcome poverty an urgent national priority. Believing that persons are God 's most cherished creation, and that it is our stewardship responsibility to encourage the centers of power in our nation to establish and maintain a health and welfare system that is sensitive to both the need and potential of every person, it becomes incumbent upon the church to share in this commitment and responsibility. Historically, the Judeo-Christian faith has provided motivation and impetus for the church's concern for social welfare; a concern for the welfare of the poor, the widow, and the orphan is a vital part of the New Testament message.

26. Welcome To Colorado Counties Online - General Information On Welfare Reform general INFORMATION ON welfare reform and HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Contains links to general information on welfare reform and Health and Human Services. http://www.ccionline.org/oldsite/welfare.htm

GENERAL INFORMATION ON WELFARE REFORM and HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: C ontains links to general information on Welfare Reform and Health and Human Services. In-State Links Colorado Department of Human Services C lick Here University of Colorado at Denver, Graduate School of Public Affairs Colorado Welfare Reform Link Click Here National Links W elfare Information Network National Conference of State Legislatures National Governor's Association Welfare Reform Info ... American Public Welfare Association Contact Michelle Stermer for any information about CCI's Welfare Reform area. Home CCI's Board CCI's Staff CCI's Legislative Services ... Intellinet Web Design - All rights reserved No reproduction without written permission.

27. SAID Summary Document welfare reform and Substance Abuse Treatment Confidentiality general Guidance for Reconciling Need to Know and Privacy http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/drugs/said/BrowseItem.asp?ID=895

28. Labor Protection And Welfare Reform Labor Protections and welfare reform. Accessibility Information This guide contains general questions and answers on how workplace laws enforced by the http://www.dol.gov/asp/w2w/welfare.htm

U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Secretary www.dol.gov Search / A-Z Index Find It!: By Topic By Audience By Top 20 Requested Items By Form ... By Location May 3, 2005 DOL Home OASP Labor Protections and Welfare Reform Accessibility Information May 1997 (Rev. 2/99) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 increased emphasis on the need to move welfare recipients from welfare to work. The new law gives state and tribal governments broad latitude to meet specified work requirements. However, requirements of other laws affecting workers and the workplace also must be met. In an effort to help you better understand the requirements of these other laws, the United States Department of Labor has prepared a guide entitled "How Workplace Laws Apply to Welfare Recipients" that is attached. In addition, the United States Department of Agriculture has developed additional guidance to clarify the use of food stamps as a means to meet the requirements of the minimum wage law that is also attached. If you have questions concerning the application of workplace laws to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, please direct inquiries to the

29. Job Market In W.Va. Defies Efforts To Reform Welfare Since the 1996 welfare reform law, or Personal Responsibility and Work In general, the law which sets a fiveyear limit for receiving welfare and http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/23/AR2005072300749.

var SA_Message="SACategory=" + 'business/government'; Hello Edit Profile Sign Out Sign In Register Now ... Subscribe to SEARCH: News Web var ie = document.getElementById?true:false; ie ? formSize=27 : formSize=24 ; document.write(''); Top 20 E-mailed Articles washingtonpost.com Business Business Policy ... E-Mail This Article Quick Quotes Tables Portfolio Index RSS News Feeds Top News Business What is RSS? All RSS Feeds E-mail Newsletters View a Sample and Sign Up TechNews Daily Report Personal Finance Personal Tech Manage Your Newsletters Job Market in W.Va. Defies Efforts to Reform Welfare By Evelyn Nieves Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, July 24, 2005; Page A03 DELBARTON, W.Va. Sophia Diamond was born poor and does not doubt that she will die the same way. She has just turned 30, but her left ankle, crushed when her Dodge compact slammed into a cliff four years ago, keeps her limping, in pain and out of work. Just getting around is a job. She lives in a hollow where the roads twist like whirligigs and it takes half an hour to get to the grocery store 45 minutes if you end up behind a coal truck. But she no longer has a car, so she has to grab rides from relatives when she can. Pedestrians and cars filled McDowell Street in downtown Welch, W.Va., in the 1970s, left. Since the coal boom ended, however, cities such as Welch have struggled with poverty and high rates of unemployment.

30. Job Market In W.Va. Defies Efforts To Reform Welfare In general, the law which sets a fiveyear limit for receiving welfare and Even in Wisconsin, considered the model of federal welfare reform, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/23/AR2005072300749_

var SA_Message="SACategory=" + 'business/government'; var adTemplate = templateConfigs[PRINTER_FRIENDLY_FLEX]; washingtonpost.com Job Market in W.Va. Defies Efforts to Reform Welfare By Evelyn Nieves Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, July 24, 2005; A03 DELBARTON, W.Va. Sophia Diamond was born poor and does not doubt that she will die the same way. She has just turned 30, but her left ankle, crushed when her Dodge compact slammed into a cliff four years ago, keeps her limping, in pain and out of work. Just getting around is a job. She lives in a hollow where the roads twist like whirligigs and it takes half an hour to get to the grocery store 45 minutes if you end up behind a coal truck. But she no longer has a car, so she has to grab rides from relatives when she can. Diamond received welfare, or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), until the 60-month limit ran out. Nearly two years later, she began receiving disability checks, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). She gets $479 a month and $160 in food stamps. Still, she says, she can barely afford the electric bills for her trailer or food for her 8-year-old daughter. She believes this is how it will always be. "I can't work at all," she said, "and there ain't no jobs here no how, except in the coal mines. There's nowhere else for me to go, neither. Without my family, I would not survive."

31. Cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Opinion Canada welfare reform, as Lawrence Mead of New York University observed, For Adrienne Clarkson, Canada’s next governor general, there is one little dark cloud http://www.cric.ca/en_html/opinion/opv1n24.html

What's your opinion ? Write to us. Vol. 1, No. 24 - September 16, 1999 ON FILE U.S. welfare reform A few years ago, President Clinton took a political gamble and endorsed a Republican-inspired reform of the U.S. welfare system. In so doing, he abandoned one of the Democratic Party’s cherished notions: that the federal government must ensure that the State protects everyone from abject destitution, for life if necessary. His support for the change fulfilled an election promise to "end welfare as we know it." Canadian immigration - Historical perspectives (1860-1998) FOOD FOR THOUGHT The powers of the Governor General ON FILE U.S. welfare reform A few years ago, President Clinton took a political gamble and endorsed a Republican-inspired reform of the U.S. welfare system. In so doing, he abandoned one of the Democratic Party’s cherished notions: that the federal government must ensure that the State protects everyone from abject destitution, for life if necessary. His support for the change fulfilled an election promise to "end welfare as we know it." Under the new law, each state receives a block grant from the federal government. The grant is a fixed sum, guaranteed for the years 1996 to 2002, and based on the amount states received for welfare assistance in 1994 when welfare rolls peaked. In exchange for this generous grant and greater flexibility in designing programs, states must find a way to remove a quarter of single-parent families from welfare in the first year, and 50% by 2002.

32. Labor Studies Resource Page The Department of Economics has a web page with links to general economics DHHS Administration for Children and Families welfare reform information http://www2.gwu.edu/~labor/resources.html

To facilitate faculty and student research, assist students exploring possible paper and thesis topics, and supplement the assigned text material in its classes, the Program in Labor Studies has set up the following page with annotated links to sites that address (a) general labor economics issues and (b) selected policy issues. Quick Index General Economics and Labor Economics Resources Affirmative Action Resources Child Care Resources Living Wages and Minimum Wages ... Labor Link of the Weak General Economics and Labor Economics Resources: Department and University links: The Department of Economics has a web page with links to general economics resources including government pages on-line journals and publications professional associations , and on-line data sets Gelman library also has web page with links to general economics resources. Federal Government links: Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis On-line edition of its Survey of Current Business Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies , "a research unit of the Office of the Chief Economist, U.S. Bureau of the Census, established to encourage and support the analytic needs of researchers and policy makers throughout government, academia, and business." The Bureau's on-line publications Statistical Abstract of the United States State and Metropolitan Area Data Book County and City Data Book ... FEDSTATS , "More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use"

33. Patchwork Policies: State Assistance For Immigrants Under Welfare Reform Appendix A general Assistance Benefit Levels and Time Limits For immigrants, the passage of federal welfare reform meant much more than ending the http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/occa24.html

Patchwork Policies: State Assistance for Immigrants under Welfare Reform Author(s): Wendy Zimmermann Karen C. Tumlin Other Availability: PDF Order Online Printer-Friendly Version Published: April 01, 1999 Citation URL: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=309007 Assessing the New Federalism is a multiyear Urban Institute project designed to analyze the devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states, focusing primarily on health care, income security, employment and training programs, and social services. Researchers monitor program changes and fiscal developments. In collaboration with Child trends, the project studies changes in family well-being. The project aims to provide timely, nonpartisan information to inform public debate and to help state and local decisionmakers carry out their new responsibilities more effectively. Key components of the project include a household survey, studies of policies in 13 states, and a database with information on all states and the District of Columbia, available at the Urban Institute's web site. This paper is one in a series of occasional papers analyzing information from these and other sources. The nonpartisan Urban Institute publishes studies, reports, and books on timely topics worthy of public consideration. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.

34. One Year After Federal Welfare Reform His research interests include welfare reform, general assistance, and poverty. For the Assessing the New Federalism project, he has conducted case studies http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/occas6.htm

One Year after Federal Welfare Reform A Description of State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Decisions as of October 1997 Author(s): L. Jerome Gallagher Megan Gallagher Kevin Perese Susan Schreiber ... Keith Watson Other Availability: PDF Order Online Printer-Friendly Version Published: May 01, 1998 Citation URL: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=307472 Assessing the New Federalism is a multi-year Urban Institute project designed to analyze the devolution of responsibility for social programs from the federal government to the states, focusing primarily on health care, income security, job training, and social services. Researchers monitor program changes and fiscal developments. In collaboration with Child Trends, Inc., the project studies changes in family well-being. The project aims to provide timely, nonpartisan information to inform public debate and to help state and local decisionmakers carry out their new responsibilities more effectively. Key components of the project include a household survey, studies of policies in 13 states, and a database with information on all states and the District of Columbia, available at the Urban Institute's Web site. This paper is one in a series of occasional papers analyzing information from these and other sources. The nonpartisan Urban Institute publishes studies, reports, and books on timely topics worthy of public consideration. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to The Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.

35. The Labor Market Effects Of Welfare Reform Keywords welfare reform, general Assistance, labor markets. Note Type of Document ; prepared on UNIX Sparc TeX; to print on PostScript; pages 45; http://ideas.repec.org/p/wpa/wuwpla/9904001.html

This file is part of IDEAS , which uses RePEc data Papers Articles Software Books ... Help! The Labor Market Effects of Welfare Reform Author info Abstract Publisher info Download info ... Statistics Author Info Darren H. Lubotsky (University of California, Berkeley) Additional information is available for the following registered author(s): Darren Lubotsky Abstract Download Info To download: If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. Information about this may be contained in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help file . Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large. File URL: http://econwpa.wustl.edu:80/eps/lab/papers/9904/9904001.pdf File Format: application/pdf File Function: Download Restriction: no Publisher Info Paper provided by Economics Working Paper Archive at WUSTL in its series Labor and Demography with number 9904001. Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML plain text BibTeX RIS ... ReDIF Length: 45 pages Date of creation: 21 Apr 1999 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpla:9904001 Keywords: Welfare reform, General Assistance, labor markets

36. Articles: Welfare Reform And Spatial Matchingbetween Clients And Jobs 1999 Abstract The recent welfare reform Act requires several categories of public R12 Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - general Regional http://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/presci/v78y1999i2p195-211.html

This file is part of IDEAS , which uses RePEc data Papers Articles Software Books ... Help! articles: Welfare reform and spatial matchingbetween clients and jobs Author info Abstract Publisher info Download info ... Statistics Author Info Ashish Sen liame2('edu','uic','m7i7','siim') ) (Urban Transportation Center , University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 340 South, Chicago, IL 60607, USA) Paul Metaxatos liame2('edu','uic','m7i7','siim') ) (Urban Transportation Center , University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 340 South, Chicago, IL 60607, USA) Siim S¶¶t liame2('edu','uic','m7i7','siim') ) (Urban Transportation Center , University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 340 South, Chicago, IL 60607, USA) Vonu Thakuriah liame2('edu','uic','m7i7','siim') ) (Urban Transportation Center , University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 340 South, Chicago, IL 60607, USA) Abstract The recent Welfare Reform Act requires several categories of public assistance recipients to transition to the work force. In most metropolitan areas public assistance clients reside great distances from areas of entry-level jobs. Any program designed to provide access to these jobs, for those previously on public aid, needs relevant transportation services when the job search process begins. Therefore it is essential that the latent demand for commuting among public aid clients be assessed in developing public transportation services. The location of entry-level jobs must also be known or, as in this article, estimated using numerous data sources. This article reports on such a demand estimation effort, focusing primarily on the use of Regional Science methods.

37. Shredding The Safety Net: Welfare Reform As We Know It In this report we tally the impact of welfare reform, expose seldom reported This is actually a more general phenomenon when wages at the lower end of http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Economics/ShreddingSafetyNet.html

Shredding The Safety Net: Welfare Reform As We Know It Food First Backgrounder, Winter 1998 "At Colonel Sanders they used to put the left-overs in the garbage bin. There used to be 10 to 15 people every night looking for food in the garbage, including myself-just looking for something to eat. I have really seen hunger, especially in the faces of children. I know it's hard on them. It was hard on me." Rufus Herold, former homeless senior, now on the staff at St Mary's Center, Oakland Rufus Herold may not be an expert on welfare reform, but he does know about hunger. Herold could write a book on his experiences while looking for something to eat. Today he helps other seniors find their way out of dehumanizing hunger, poverty, and homelessness. While Herold ladles out soup, our government leaders tell us that the economy is booming, with low employment, rising incomes, and shrinking welfare rolls. But more and more people are sliding through the cracks. Herold wishes that policy makers, who have never known hunger, could get a closer look at the people waiting in food lines. Then maybe they would understand, and maybe they would change things. On August 22, 199G in the Rose Garden of the White House, President Clinton signed into law the Orwellian-sounding Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, better known as Welfare Reform, the most sweeping change in our welfare system in sixty years. With his signature, Clinton's talk of "not punishing or preaching" became indistinguishable from the Republican Party's poor-bashing Contract with America. How Mr. Clinton slid from a welfare plan that would have added about $10 billion more in spending to embracing one that would cut $54 billion is a sad tale of American politics. Furthermore, it raises the specter of systematic violations of basic human rights here in the United States of America, if we are judged by the international standards of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted fifty years ago by the United Nations General Assembly.

38. 5040: UU Legislative Advocates And Reauthorization Of Welfare Reform - UUA Gener general Assembly 2001 Cleveland, OH ~ June 2125 The federal welfare reform bill limiting life time welfare benefits to 5 years will be reauthorized in http://www.uua.org/ga/ga01/5040.html

from Cleveland... to the World General Assembly 2001 UU Legislative Advocates and Reauthorization of Welfare Reform Mass Bay District The federal welfare reform bill limiting life time welfare benefits to 5 years will be reauthorized in 2002. How should we advocate for families, children and individuals facing homelessness, poor health and malnutrition because they earn a minimum wage without benefits that is less that 50% of a living wage? Speaker(s): Rev. Dr. Doris Hunter, Rebekah Richardson General Assembly 2001 Program Grid General Assembly Home UUA Main Page ... Contact Us Unitarian Universalist Association Information Feedback This page was last updated April 5, 2001. There have been 931 accesses to this page since April 5, 2001. Address of this page: http://www.uua.org/ga/ga01/5040.html

39. Welfare Reform Research Database (WRR) Provides a subject index to reports on welfare reform that have come to the attention of the information on general effects of waivers, JOBS, New Hope; http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/WRR/

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.

40. Online NewsHour: Imperial Valley Welfare -- August 25 1997 A look at how welfare reform is affecting people in California s Imperial Valley. DEAN SHORES, Imperial County Supervisor In the past our general http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/welfare/july-dec97/imperial_8-25.html

WELFARE REFORM: IMPERIAL VALLEY AUGUST 25, 1997 TRANSCRIPT A look at how welfare reform is affecting people in California's Imperial Valley. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Now, how welfare reform is affecting people in California’s Imperial Valley. Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles first reported this story in February. Here is a second look. JEFFREY KAYE: Like state officials around the country, California Governor Pete Wilson has pledged 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: Federal law puts a five-year cap on welfare, but moving welfare recipients to work will be no easy task in areas with high unemployment. In California’s rural Imperial County the unemployment rate is 26 percent. And Social Services Director Jim Semmes calls welfare reform the challenge of the century. JIM SEMMES, Imperial County Welfare Department: We estimate in Imperial County one in three people gets some sort of assistance from our department, but we’re looking at welfare reform measures that are going to be implemented now, and we are going to have to start performing immediately, so you have to have jobs. And Imperial County has not historically had those jobs. We have the lowest per capita income in the state of California. We have a history of high unemployment.

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