1. Press Release - McKeon Introduces Welfare Reform Legislation McKeon Introduces welfare reform legislation The bill, based on PresidentGeorge W. Bush’s welfare reform proposal, would strengthen work requirements http://edworkforce.house.gov/press/press107/welfarereformintro41002.htm

News from the Committee on Education and the Workforce John Boehner, Chairman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2002 CONTACTS: Dave Schnittger or Scott Galupo Telephone: (202) 225-4527 McKeon Introduces Welfare Reform Legislation Working Toward Independence Act Aims to Strengthen Work Requirements, Improve Federal Child Care Program WASHINGTON, D.C. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), chairman of a House subcommittee with jurisdiction over federal welfare programs, today formally introduced the Working Toward Independence Act (H.R. 4092), which reauthorizes the 1996 welfare reform law. The bill, based on President George W. Bush’s welfare reform proposal, would strengthen work requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and make necessary improvements to the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program. “The 1996 welfare reform has been a dramatic success, but a majority of welfare recipients today are still not working for their benefits,” McKeon said. “The bill I’ve introduced marks the second phase of welfare reform. It will put even more Americans on the path to self-sufficiency.” “The only way for welfare families to become self-reliant is through productive work,” McKeon noted. “But we also recognize that states need the flexibility to ensure that welfare recipients can pursue higher education and training to improve their job skills.”

2. Potential Effects Of Congressional Welfare Reform Legislation On Potential Effects of Congressional welfare reform legislation on Family Incomes http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

3. Press Release - Boehner, McKeon Praise Introduction Of Welfare Reform Legislatio Boehner, McKeon Praise Introduction of welfare reform legislation. PersonalResponsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act Strengthens Work Requirements, http://edworkforce.house.gov/press/press108/02feb/welfarereform020403.htm

News from the Committee on Education and the Workforce John Boehner, Chairman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2003 CONTACTS: Kevin Smith or Dave Schnittger Telephone: (202) 225-4527 Boehner, McKeon Praise Introduction of Welfare Reform Legislation Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act Strengthens Work Requirements, Boosts Child Care Funding WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act Based on President Bush’s reform proposal, the measure would strengthen current work requirements and significantly increase child care funding. “The 1996 welfare reform has been a dramatic success, but a majority of welfare recipients today are still not working for their benefits,” said Boehner. “The bill introduced today marks the second phase of welfare reform. It will put even more Americans on the path to self-sufficiency.” “This is about helping welfare recipients achieve independence, to become self-reliant, and to be able to provide for their families,” said McKeon. “This bill will empower families by strengthening work requirements, increasing funding for childcare, and enhancing state flexibility.”

4. Economic Success Clearinghouse (formerly Welfare Information ECONOMIC SUCCESS CLEARINGHOUSE (formerly Welfare Information Network) Economic Success Clearinghouse connects you to resources about effective http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

5. Potential Effects Of Congressional Welfare Reform Legislation On Family Incomes This report presents estimates of how the major income security changed proposedby HR 3734 would affect family incomes. Such welfare reform legislation is http://www.urban.org/welfare/PEC72696.htm

Potential Effects of Congressional Welfare Reform Legislation on Family Incomes Author(s): Sheila R. Zedlewski Sandra J. Clark Eric Meier Keith Watson Other Availability: Order Online Printer-Friendly Version Published: July 26, 1996 Citation URL: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=406622 The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its sponsors. Table of Contents Introduction and Summary Effects of Current Social Welfare Spending Proposed Changes to Social Welfare Spending Estimating Effects on Families ... Methods and Data (Appendix) LIST OF TABLES Table 1 : Summary of Major Changes in Income Security Programs Proposed by H.R. 3734 Table 2 : Budget and Caseload Effects of Major Provisions of the Welfare Reform Act (H.R. 3734) Table 3 : Effects of H.R. 3734 on Total Family Income and Poverty Table 4 : Characteristics of Families Losing Income Under H.R. 3734 Table 5 : Effects of H.R. 3734 on Poverty Using Alternative Labor Supply Assumptions Table 6 : Effects of Modifications to H.R. 3734 on Poverty and the Poverty Gap

6. National Council Of Welfare - Another Look At Welfare Reform ANOTHER LOOK AT WELFARE REFORM. TABLE OF CONTENTS Fran ais TABLE OF CONTENTS. PREFACE. THE SETTING FOR WELFARE REFORM. NEWFOUNDLAND http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

7. Welfare Reform: An Analysis Of The Issues The welfare legislation recently passed by the House would consolidate a broad in this year s welfare reform legislation is to convert AFDC into block 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:

8. Welfare Reform And Pensions Act 1999 Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 1999 Chapter 30 Crown Copyright 1999 The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

9. Implementation Of The New Welfare Reform Legislation Testimony on Implementation of the New welfare reform legislation by Olivia GoldenCommissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t960917b.html

This is an archive page. The links are no longer being updated. Testimony on Implementation of the New Welfare Reform Legislation by Olivia Golden Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources September 17, 1996 Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. As the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services, I am pleased to appear before you today to provide an overview of the Department's implementation of the new welfare reform legislationthe Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The Administration for Children and Families is responsible for administering several of the programs most affected by this historic legislation, including: the new temporary assistance program for needy families; the child care programs for families on welfare and other low-income working families; and the child support enforcement program. In my testimony today, I will spend much of my time addressing implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, as requested by the Committee. I would like to also briefly discuss the new child care provisions and will defer discussion of the child support enforcement provisions until Thursday when you will be devoting an entire hearing to that topic. Since the legislation was signed by the President only 26 days ago, I want to focus most on the process we have undertaken to facilitate implementation. Because of the bill's early effective dates and the extraordinary interest throughout the country in moving forward on welfare reform, officials at all levels of government are very busy. At the federal level, officials from the numerous departments affected by this legislation are working together to ensure coordinated assistance to the states.

10. Ending Welfare As We Know It level accelerated after the 1996 federal welfare reform legislation gave states increased leeway to design their programs. Ending Welfare as http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

11. DHSS' Welfare Reform Legislation Testimony on DHSS welfare reform legislation by Olivia Golden Commissioner,Administration on Children, Youth and Families Administration for Children and http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t960917a.html

This is an archive page. The links are no longer being updated. Testimony on DHSS' Welfare Reform Legislation by Olivia Golden Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources September 17, 1996 Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. As the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services, I am pleased to appear before you today to provide an overview of the Department's implementation of the new welfare reform legislationthe Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The Administration for Children and Families is responsible for administering several of the programs most affected by this historic legislation, including: the new temporary assistance program for needy families; the child care programs for families on welfare and other low-income working families; and the child support enforcement program. In my testimony today, I will spend much of my time addressing implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, as requested by the Committee. I would like to also briefly discuss the new child care provisions and will defer discussion of the child support enforcement provisions until Thursday when you will be devoting an entire hearing to that topic. Since the legislation was signed by the President only 26 days ago, I want to focus most on the process we have undertaken to facilitate implementation. Because of the bill's early effective dates and the extraordinary interest throughout the country in moving forward on welfare reform, officials at all levels of government are very busy. At the federal level, officials from the numerous departments affected by this legislation are working together to ensure coordinated assistance to the states.

12. Boston.com / News / Local / Maine / State Welfare Program Lauded By held to note the state child support division had met all of the requirements set forth in federal welfare reform legislation passed in 1996. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

13. July 9, 1996 Action Alert: Welfare Reform The US Senate will soon be taking up welfare reform legislation again and thenew version is as bad as the one President Clinton vetoed in January. http://www.now.org/issues/economic/welfref.html

@import url(/css/default.css); July 9th, 1996 Action Alert on Welfare Reform For Updates, See NOW and Welfare The U.S. Senate will soon be taking up welfare reform legislation again and the new version is as bad as the one President Clinton vetoed in January. The new version in the Senate ( S. 1795 ) eliminates Aid to Families with Children (AFDC) as an entitlement program. AFDC would become a block grant to the states, with proposed cuts in spending of $53 billion over a 7 year period. The legislation places a five year lifetime limitation on cash assistance and requires that everyone have a job within two years after applying for AFDC eligibility. States could choose to make these time limitations even shorter. The Senate Finance committee adopted a bill which raises the required 25 hour work week to 35 hours; creates a limited exemption for parents of children under 11 who can't find child care, and imposes a 'family cap' provision [meaning that families who have more children while on welfare would be denied additional assistance, although states could "opt out" of this provision]. In addition, states can stop payments to unmarried teens if they don't remain at home and in school (even though the home environment may not be a good one) and cash grants will be given to states which reduce out of wedlock births without increasing abortions, thus giving an incentive to make abortions difficult to obtain. Welfare benefits will be denied to parents who don't cooperate in child support collection, compelling mothers to identify the fathers of their children even if it will put them at risk of violence. And poor women (and children under 13) who lose cash aid would lose Medicaid assistance as well.

14. NCSLnet Welfare Reform Ask NCSL / Contacts. Legislation State Documents. Legislator Staff Directories. Discussion Forums. NCSL Welfare Reform Enews Sign Up http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

15. Welfare Reform Legislation Includes Healthy Marriage Provisions welfare reform legislation PASSES » WHITE HOUSE FAITHBASED INITIATIVE LEADEROUTLINES welfare reform legislation Includes Healthy Marriage Provisions http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=1437

16. NCD -Impact Of The Welfare Reform Legislation On Legal Immigrants Impact of the welfare reform legislation on Legal Immigrants with Disabilities June 23, 1997 http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

17. WELFARE REFORM LEGISLATION PASSES welfare reform legislation PASSES May 24, 2002 The House passed HR 4737 (229197)on May 16th and it now goes to the Senate for debate. http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=304

18. Time Line For Implementing The New Welfare Law - Revised 12/5/96 presented by this historic legislation. Overview of the Effective Dates for the Key Welfare, Medicaid and Food Stamp Provisions Welfare and http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

19. Technical Corrections To Welfare Reform Legislation (in VSCCAT) Technical corrections to welfare reform legislation. Title http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

20. CSD Individual Development Accounts In Welfare Reform Administration Federal Welfare Reform welfare reform legislation State IDAs In Welfare Reform. Excerpt from the Personal Responsibility and Work http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/Areas_Work/Asset_building/IDAs/Welfare_reform.htm

The CSD site has been redesigned and this page is no longer current. Please go to http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/asset/idas.htm for the current page. HOME SEARCH CONTACT US SITE MAP ... MIS IDA IDAs In Welfare Reform Excerpt from the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 Section 404(h): Use of funds for Individual Development Accounts (1) IN GENERAL A State to which a grant is made under section 403 may use the grant to carry out a program to fund individual development accounts (as defined in paragraph two) established by individuals eligible for assistance under the State program funded under this part. (2) INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS (A) ESTABLISHMENT- Under a State program carried out under paragraph (1), an individual development account may be established by or on behalf of an individual eligible for assistance under the State program operated under this part for the purpose of enabling the individual to accumulate funds for a qualified purpose described in subparagraph (B). (B) QUALIFIED PURPOSE- A qualified purpose described in this subparagraph is 1 or more of the following, as provided by the qualified entity providing assistance to the individual under this subsection:

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