21. Recent Welfare Reform Research Findings, 1/30/04 Research using data from the initial years of welfare reform (1996 and 1998) suggests Participation in food stamps and health care programs, however, http://www.cbpp.org/1-30-04wel.htm

January 30, 2004 RECENT WELFARE REFORM RESEARCH FINDINGS Implications for TANF Reauthorization and State TANF Policies By Shawn Fremstad PDF of analysis View Related Reports More Topics... Back to Home Page - Publications by Subject - Press Room -Special Report Series About the Center - Board of Directors - Internship Programs - Job Opportunities - Staff Bios Join E-Mail List Donate to the Center If you cannot access the files through the links, right-click on the underlined text, click "Save Link As," download to your directory, and open the document in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This paper summarizes some of the key research findings from recent welfare reform research — primarily research released in the last year — and discusses the policy implications of these findings. Key findings from this new set of research include: Recent families that have left welfare are less likely to have jobs than prior TANF “leavers. Poverty rates among families that leave TANF are very high and remain high over time. Families that lose TANF cash assistance because of sanctions or time limits are more likely to experience hardship than families that leave for other reasons (such as getting a job). Many families receiving TANF include members who are disabled or have other serious health problems that have a negative impact on their employment and earnings ... Provisions in the 1996 welfare law that made many legal immigrants ineligible for various public benefits have led to increased hardship among immigrant families Current TANF proposals that are pending in Congress would do little to address most of these challenges. When the Senate takes up TANF reauthorization, it should take these recent research findings into account and ensure that states have the resources and flexibility to address these issues.

22. MPR: Welfare Reform And Health Care welfare reform and health care By Cara Hetland October 16, 1998 Then camewelfare reform. Vilma says she needs two jobs to make ends meet. http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/199810/16_hetlandc_healthcare/

Skip over navigation MPR Home News Radio Listening ... Help Today: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Twin Cities: Regional NEWS CATEGORIES NEWS HOME AGRICULTURE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT ... SOCIAL ISSUES SEARCH Enter relevant words or phrases. Visit the search help page to learn more. In the Spotlight Tools Print this page Sign up to receive e-mail newsletters Your Voice Join the conversation with other MPR listeners in the News Forum Submit your issue-related commentary to MPR, and read others we've selected in Commentaries Welfare Reform and Health Care By Cara Hetland October 16, 1998 RealAudio 2.0 14.4 Part of the MPR Welfare to Work Series VILMA MARTINEZ THOUGHT SHE HAD A FULL-TIME JOB raising five boys. For 10 years she was out of the workforce. Then came welfare reform. Vilma says she needs two jobs to make ends meet. It's 5:00 pm in downtown Sioux Falls - people are heading home after work. But tucked between two buildings on Main Street about a hundred people line up for a meal at the local soup kitchen called "The Banquet." Some are homeless, many are on welfare but are working under the new welfare reform program. However, they say they're still finding it hard to make ends meet. That's why they're here for a meal. They can also get a free flu shot. It's a preventative measure city and county officials believe is important particularly for low income people. The Centers for Disease Control does not list low income as an at risk factor for the shot. But the city does. When asked, people in line all have health care problems and more over problems with paying bills. Roxanne has four children and with recent changes to the state Medicaid program, her children now qualify. She says that and county services help. But when it comes to the hospitals, she's not so favorable.

23. MPR: The Politics Behind "welfare Health Care" Tim Pawlenty has been using the term welfare health care to refer to statesubsidizedhealth An expert on welfare reform agrees with that assessment. http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/01/26_scheckt_welfarehealth/

Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Search MPR: Home Agriculture Northwest Airlines ... Help Visit Our Sponsors Become a sponsor In the Spotlight Tools Sign up to receive e-mail newsletters Audio help Text: Sm Md Lg Gov. Pawlenty's 2005 state budget ... Session 2005 home Audio Prof. Sanford Schram on the politics of the term "welfare" Photos Gov. Pawlenty Welfare term disparages workers Respond to this story Talk about this story in the MPR News Forum Submit a commentary Help us cover this story E-mail this page ... Print this page The politics behind "welfare health care" by Tom Scheck , Minnesota Public Radio January 26, 2005 Gov. Pawlenty has begun using the term "welfare health care" when referring to state-subsidized health insurance programs. Some say he's doing it to sway public opinion away from those programs. (MPR Photo/Mark Zdechlik) In the weeks leading up to his budget announcement, Gov. Pawlenty spoke often of his desire to rein in spending on health care programs. And in doing so, he started referring to the state's subsidized health insurance programs as "welfare health care." In the plan released Tuesday, Pawlenty recommended limiting eligibility for MinnesotaCare, a state subsidized health insurance program for the working poor. Those who are on the program and advocate on behalf of people with low incomes call Pawlenty's "welfare" characterization unfortunate and wrong. "It is not fair to the rest of the obligations and responsibilities we have to stand by and say, 'It's OK to grow welfare health care at 27 percent, when we're also trying to fund K-12 education and transportation, and so many other priorities that I know Minnesotans want funded as well," Pawlenty said.

24. Family Independence Program And Welfare Reform welfare reform. Over the last several years, Rhode Island, like many other statesacross the Provisions extending health insurance and child care http://www.dhs.state.ri.us/dhs/dfipref.htm

Home DHS Home Page Site Map Search Welfare Reform Passage of the FIA was the culmination of nearly a year and a half of public debate including an extensive community input process which involved local community, advocates, businesses, and media groups as well as welfare beneficiaries. More than 900 individuals participated in the public meetings and more than 175 came forward to state their concerns. The Family Independence Act is based on the principle that children who receive assistance should never be worse off than they were before reform. The Family Independence Program (FIP), implemented according to law under the new FIA on May 1, 1997, has several components which help to differentiate it from the old program including: A five-year time limit on cash assistance for adults. Children may continue to receive benefits. Work requirements with work supports as follows: - Preparation for workforce - Child care assistance without time limits - Health care coverage without time limits - Earned income disregards, which allow

25. Welfare Reform: An Analysis Of The Issues The Clinton plan was eclipsed, first by the focus on health care reform, Chapter 6 Child care Block Grants and welfare reform by Sandra Clark and http://www.urban.org/welfare/overview.htm

Welfare Reform: An Analysis of the Issues Author(s): Isabel V. Sawhill Other Availability: Order Online Printer-Friendly Version Published: May 01, 1995 Citation URL: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=306620 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. INTRODUCTION No one likes the current welfare system. Governors complain that federal law is overly prescriptive and are willing to take less federal money in return for more flexibility. The public believes that welfare is anti-work and anti-family although polls show that the public wants welfare reformed in ways that do not penalize children. Welfare recipients find dealing with the system degrading and demoralizing; most would prefer to work . Experts note that welfare has done little to stem the growth of poverty among children. In all but two states, welfare benefits (including food stamps) are insufficient to move a family above the poverty line In short, the current indictment against the welfare system has four particulars:

26. Welfare Reform Mostly Worked senior fellow Olivia Golden was on the frontlines of welfare reform. that welfare leavers who had subsidized child care, health insurance and other http://www.urban.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&NavMenuID=3&Template=/TaggedConte

27. Welfare Reform On The Web (August 2005): Healthcare - Overseas welfare reform on the Web (July 2005) healthcare overseas. CITIZEN DELIBERATIONIN SETTING health-care PRIORITIES. NJ Murphy. health Expectations, vol.8, http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/welfare/hcareov.html

Home Collections Social sciences print ... site map Welfare Reform on the Web (August 2005): Healthcare - overseas BORDER-LINE CASE L. Whitfield Health Service Journal, vol.115, July 14th 2005, p.14-15 Discusses the development of a pan-European public health policy, which is being actively encouraged by the UK government. EU health ministers adopted a public health programme in 2002, which aims to improve public health information and knowledge, to enhance Europe's capacity to respond to health threats, and to address how other policies and activities affect people's health. The EU Commission in 2004 proposed a new health and consumer protection programme to run to 2008. Practically, this should relate to action plans for mental health, alcohol, diet and nutrition. CONTINUITY THROUGH CHANGE: THE RHETORIC AND REALITY OF HEALTH REFORM IN NEW ZEALAND T. Ashton, T. Mays and N. Devlin Social Science and Medicine, vol.61, 2005, p.253-162

28. Welfare Reform On The Web: Issue 73 (August 2005) welfare reform Digest aims to help social policy practitioners and researchersto keep up to date National health Service primary and community care http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/sswelfare.html

Home Collections Social sciences print ... site map Welfare Reform on the Web: Issue 73 (August 2005) The future of the Welfare State is being hotly debated both within the UK and abroad. Social research institutions, think tanks, pressure groups, charities and professional associations have contributed to the debate alongside government opposition politicians and the media. Comment and analysis is found in a wide range of research reports, government consultation and policy papers, academic and trade journals and quality newspapers. Welfare Reform Digest aims to help social policy practitioners and researchers to keep up to date with this flood of literature. We systematically scan the quality press, the British Library's intake of social science books and government publications, and a wide range of trade and academic journals to identify relevant material. We then produce full bibliographic references with detailed abstracts to give both the flavour of the cut and thrust of the debate and an overview of the research literature. The first, pilot, issue covered material scanned from mid June to mid July 1998. The second issue comprised material scanned in March 1999, and new data is now added on a monthly basis.

29. Welfare Reform And Urban Children. ERIC Digest. The most commonly stated goals of welfare reform, as implemented through the family income than welfare payments and offering none of the health care or http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-4/welfare-reform.html

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog Welfare Reform and Urban Children. ERIC Digest. by Schwartz, Wendy WELFARE REFORM AND FAMILY INCOME Statistics from a Federal government report (Federal Interagency Forum, 2002) indicate a positive trend in poverty reduction. The child poverty rate in 1999 and 2000 was 16 percent, down from a high of 22 percent in 1993, with the decline steepest for African American children in female-householder families. Slightly less than one percent of children resided in households reporting child hunger, although 18 percent lived with "food insecurity," percentages also lower than in previous years. PUBLIC AND FAMILY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CHILD DEVELOPMENT School Readiness OUT-OF-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Participation in after-school and summer programs enhances student academic achievement, supports the development of a wide range of competencies, and limits opportunities for delinquent behavior. However, even before their parents were required to work, poor children and adolescents were likely to spend less time engaged in structured activities than other children because their parents lacked the funds for private enrichment programs and poor communities lacked sufficient affordable public programs. Traditionally, they spent more time on their own, frequently watching television, a situation related to lower academic performance. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Information on the school performance of students whose families are transitioning to work results primarily from studies using data collected from parent surveys. Thus, while comprehensive statistics on important indicators are not now known, some potentially useful information is available.

30. Announcing Welfare Reform Achievements And Budget Wins For America’s Families Since the welfare reform law was signed in August 1996, caseloads have declined by BIPARTISAN BUDGET AGREEMENT EXTENDS health care COVERAGE FOR THOSE http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/new/html/Tue_Dec_19_115023_2000.html

T H E W H I T E H O U S E Announcing Welfare Reform Achievements and Budget Wins for America’s Families Help Site Map Text Only Announcing Welfare Reform Achievements and Budget Wins for America’s Families Saturday, December 16, 2000 WELFARE CASELOADS CUT NEARLY 60 PERCENT SINCE 1993. The President will release new data showing that welfare caseloads have dropped by 8.3 million – nearly 60 percent – since 1993 from 14.1 million to 5.8 million recipients as of June 2000. Since the welfare reform law was signed in August 1996, caseloads have declined by more than 50 percent. These dramatic caseload reductions bring welfare caseloads to the lowest level since 1968 and the proportion of the total U.S. population on welfare is down to 2.1 percent, the lowest in 37 years. BONUSES AWARDED TO STATES FOR WELFARE TO WORK SUCCESS. NEW DATA SHOW MILLIONS GOING TO WORK. BIPARTISAN BUDGET AGREEMENT EXTENDS HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR THOSE LEAVING WELFARE FOR WORK. Health insurance is a critical support necessary to make a successful transition from welfare to work. The budget agreement extends the current policy of providing a year of Medicaid coverage for people leaving welfare for work, which was scheduled to expire this year, for an additional 12 months. BUDGET AGREEMENT IS A VICTORY FOR AMERICA’S PRIORITIES.

31. Welfare Reform Research Database (WRR) Provides a subject index to reports on welfare reform that have come to theattention of the information on health care; descriptions of health care 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.

32. Welfare Reform Research Links bullet2.gif (56 bytes) Child welfare bullet2.gif (56 bytes) health care reform Department of health and Human Services —welfare reform, www.acf.dhhs. http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/WRR/wrrlinks.htm

Skip Header Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Site Map News Search Documents ... WRR Database Welfare Reform Research Links Organization Link Type of Organization Welfare Issues Site Contents American Public Human Services Association APHSA www.aphsa.org Nonprofit Bipartisan Welfare Reform Child Welfare Health Care Reform Social Supports Publications Current News Policy Positions Brookings Institution www.brook.edu Nonpartisan Policy Research Policy Families Entitlement Programs Health Care Publications Research Press Releases Center for Law and Social Policy CLASP www.clasp.org Nonprofit Law and Policy Research TANF Child Care Education Family Support Publications Conference News Welfare Reform Links Center for Policy Research www-cpr. maxwell.syr. edu Policy Research Based at Syracuse University Social Welfare Children Income Security Policy Publications Recent Research Upcoming Events Center on Budget and Policy Priorities CBPP www.cbpp.org

33. Welfare And Health Care Financing welfare reform and health care Financing welfare reform has had a particulareffect on the health status of ethnic minorities by limiting eligibility http://academic.udayton.edu/health/08civilrights/01-03-04Welfare.htm

Institute on Race, Health Care and the Law Speaking Truth to Power! Welfare and Health Care Financing Please Sign My Guestbook Read My Guestbook V ernellia R. Randall Professor of Law and Founder Search this site powered by FreeFind What's New! Units Health Status Organization Access Quality ... Human Rights Course Syllabi American Health Care AIDS Tobacco Violence Surveys Favorite Poetry Other Web Sites Chapter 3: Gender, Race and Ethnicity: Experiences with Three Health Care Related Issues; Volume I, The Role of Governmental and Private Health Care Programs and Initiatives, The Health Care Challenge: Acknowledging Disparity, Confronting Discrimination, and Ensuring Equality, A Report of the United States, Commission on Civil Rights (September 1999). Welfare Reform and Health Care Financing "Cutting off Medicaid and other funds may be politically expedient, but it will be a failure economically and a tragedy medically." The welfare reform effort of 1996, signed into law as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)

34. U Of M News Service Women’s health suffers under welfare reform, study saysn. ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Womenwho are current and A lack of health care affects everyone, he said. http://www.umich.edu/news/?Releases/2005/Jun05/r062805a

35. CURRENT RESEARCH FINDINGS REGARDING WELFARE REFORM AND RURAL POVERTY Expanding coverage and takeup of health insurance and child care assistance Executive Summary welfare reform and Food Assistance in Rural America by http://www.jcpr.org/conferences/ruralbriefing.html

Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform Conference , May 4-5, 2000 Congressional Research Briefing, June 21, 2000 Executive Summary Select Findings Slide Presentations and Resources Press Release ... Papers Presented Although America's antipoverty efforts were rooted in concerns about conditions in rural areas, virtually all current policy debates center on the urban poor. Yet, poverty rates are higher in rural areas, unemployment is greater, and there is less earnings growth than in urban labor markets. Two recent conferences hosted by JCPR highlight the effects of welfare reform in rural areas. Although urban and rural areas have seen similar declines in cash assistance caseloads, rural residents face different hurdles in making the transition from welfare to work. The rural economy offers fewer job opportunities and jobs are often less rewarding. The need to tailor the current "make work pay" policies becomes critical. "Many low-income people in rural areas live in small towns and work at low-skill, low-wage jobs in manufacturing and service industries," said Greg Duncan, JCPR deputy director. "Opportunities for work are more limited and less financially rewarding than in urban areas." Select findings and emerging policy issues follow below. An

36. The Effects Of Welfare Reform On Access To Health Care The George Washington University Center for health Services Research and Policystudied the effects of the healthrelated provisions of the welfare reform http://www.rwjf.org/portfolios/resources/grantsreport.jsp?filename=034315.htm&ia

37. Welfare Reform, Substance Use And Mental Health reform has transformed traditional entitlement to cash welfare under Aid to Quality health care Tobacco Use Exposure Vulnerable Populations http://www.rwjf.org/research/researchdetail.jsp?id=1004&ia=144

38. Welfare Reform And Health between welfare reform and health insurance, health care utilization, We find that welfare reform is associated with reductions in health insurance http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/10549.html

This file is part of IDEAS , which uses RePEc data Papers Articles Software Books ... Help! Welfare Reform and Health Author info Abstract Publisher info Download info ... Statistics Author Info Marianne Bitler Jonah Gelbach Hilary Hoynes Additional information is available for the following registered author(s): Marianne P. Bitler Abstract We investigate the relationship between welfare reform and health insurance, health care utilization, and self-reported measures of health status for women aged 20-45, using nationally representative data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We present estimates from both difference-in-difference models (applied to single women and single women with children) and difference-in-difference-in-difference models (using married women and single women without children as comparison groups). We find that welfare reform is associated with reductions in health insurance coverage and specific measures of health care utilization, as well as an increase in the likelihood of needing care but finding it unaffordable. We find no statistically significant effects of reform on health status. Overall, effects are somewhat larger for Hispanics compared to blacks and low educated women. Download Info To download: If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper

39. The Effect Of Welfare Reform On Prenatal Care And Birth Weight welfare reform also may affect healthcare utilization and health of pregnantwomen and infants because of welfareinduced changes in family disposable http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/9769.html

This file is part of IDEAS , which uses RePEc data Papers Articles Software Books ... Help! The Effect of Welfare Reform on Prenatal Care and Birth Weight Author info Abstract Publisher info Download info ... Statistics Author Info Robert Kaestner Won Chan Lee Abstract Welfare reform has resulted in a dramatic decline in welfare caseloads and some have claimed that a significant number of low-income women may be without health insurance as a result. The loss of insurance may reduce low-income, pregnant women's health care utilization, and this may adversely affect infant health. Welfare reform also may affect healthcare utilization and health of pregnant women and infants because of welfare-induced changes in family disposable income, time available for health investments, and levels of stress. In this paper we examine the effect of welfare reform on prenatal care utilization and birth weight of low-educated women and their infants. We find that a 50 percent reduction in the caseload, which is similar to that which occurred in the 1990s, is associated with a zero to seven percent decrease in first trimester prenatal care; a zero to five percent decrease in the number of prenatal care visits; and a zero to 10 percent increase in low birth weight. Download Info To download: If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper

40. Welfare Reform And Health Insurance: Consequences For Parents -- Holl Et Al. 95 health Policy Access to care Socioeconomic Factors Women s health welfare reform and health Insurance Consequences for Parents http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/95/2/279

HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ... TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK SEARCH: [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year: Vol: Page: This Article Figures Only Full Text Full Text (PDF) ... Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in ISI Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal ... Download to citation manager PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Holl, J. L. Articles by Stevens, A. B. Related Collections Health Policy Access to Care Socioeconomic Factors Women's Health ... American Public Health Association DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.025882 RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Welfare Reform and Health Insurance: Consequences for Parents Jane L. Holl, MD, MPH Kristen Shook Slack, PhD and Amy Bush Stevens, MSW, MPH Jane L. Holl is with the Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies and Departments of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill. Kristen Shook Slack is with the School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Amy Bush Stevens is with Owl Creek Consulting, Gambier, Ohio. Correspondence: Objectives.

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