"ABOVE AVERAGE" WELFARE REFORM THE MINNESOTA FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM By Bill Rust A proposal for deep reductions in welfare benefits to poor families paralyzed the Minnesota legislature in 1986. A majority in the state House of Representatives, charging that low-income people migrated to Minnesota because of its relatively generous public-assistance programs, wanted to slash welfare benefits by 30 percent. The state Senate flatly rejected such steep cuts. To help reso ...

Approaches to Evaluating Welfare Reform: Lessons from Five State Demonstrations Executive Summary Authors: Anne Gordon, Jonathan Jacobson, and Thomas Fraker of Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., October, 1996. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In recent years, most states have taken advantage of provisions in federal law that allowed them to obtain waivers from Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Food Stamp Program rules in order to implement welfare reform--between 1993 and 1 ...

Bringing it to the Desktop: Assessing Welfare Reform Performance Over the Web 8/2/2000 Click here to start Table of Contents Bringing it to the Desktop: Assessing Welfare Reform Performance Over the Web Purpose of the Work First Project Longitudinal Database Creating the Longitudinal File Database Description Support to Counties Approaches to Providing Information Alternate Approach Alternate Approach Why SAS/IntrNet® ? PPT Slide Advantages of the System PPT Slide Our Web SiteAuthor: Rosemary Hallberg Email: dfduncan@email.unc.edu Home Page: http://ssw.unc.edu/workfirst Download presentation source

4174.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 - 2:30 PM Abstract #17855 Child Well-being and Child Welfare Reform in Romania: Transition to Community Ioan Stelian Bocsan, MD, PhD, Institute of Public Health; School of Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 13, Emil Isac Street, RO-3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 40-64-199891, isbocsan@ispcj.ro and Rebecca Davis, PhD, Child Welfare and Protection Project, World Vision International in Romania, Romania. Romania's child welfare reform ...

Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform Sheldon H. Danziger, editor University of Michigan "The nine papers in this volume ask the authors to 'use their analyses to predict what is likely to happen to welfare caseloads, to recipient well-being, and to state budgets and policies when the next recession arrives.' Given that the 'next recession' is now upon us, it is hard to imagine a more timely collection of essays."Southern Economic Journal "Serious students of welfare change will wan ...

Link to conference paper Displacement and Wage Effects of Welfare Reform* by Timothy J. Bartik, Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research January 1999 version Please also download the figures, chart, and tables which accompany this paper. The "November 1998" version of this paper, figures and tables is also available. This paper was prepared for the conference, "Labor Markets and Less Skilled Workers", held November 5-6, 1998 in Washington D.C. The conferen ...

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FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER IN THE WAKE OF WELFARE REFORM A number of recent studies1 highlight continuing unacceptable levels of hunger and "food insecurity"2 in the wake of welfare reform. Even as many families move off assistance and into the workforce, low wages and unstable employment leave many of them without adequate access to food. At the same time, emergency food providers report continued long lines and requests for food, particularly among working families and households with child ...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunday, August 22, 1999CONTACT: Michelle Bazie Toni Kayatin, (202) 408-1080 Average Incomes of Very Poor Families Fell During Early Years of Welfare Reform, Study Finds Click here for PDF file of complete report A new study finds the income of some of the nation's poorest children and families declined in recent years despite strong growth in the economy, raising questions about the effects of welfare reform. The study, conducted by the Center on Budget ...

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Archives of the Mayor's Press Office FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 26, 1997 Release #149-97 Contact: Jack Deacy 212-788-2958, Nydia Negron 212-788-9364 MAYOR GIULIANI ANNOUNCES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING WELFARE REFORM ACT Challenges Provisions Denying SSI and Food Stamps To Lawful Permanent Resident Aliens Residing in New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani announced today that the City of New York has filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New ...

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Welfare Reform: Why the Left Failed by Charles Siegel A Preservation Institute Publication Contents: Money Is Not Enough Welfare Rights Welfare Reform Proposals From Social Services to Civil Society Facing Up to Modernization Footnotes To Order this Booklet A Preservation Institute Policy Study © 1998 Money Is Not Enough The failure of the 1960s War Against Poverty became the conservatives' strongest argument against the left, but it is also the st ...

“The Three-City Study Incentive Experiment: Results from the First Two Waves” Robert Moffitt [ PDF Format ] “The Consequences of Welfare Reform for Child Well-Being: What Have We Learned So Far and What are the Policy Implications?” Andrew Cherlin [ PDF Format ] “After Welfare Reform: A Snapshot of Low-Income Families in Boston” [ PDF Format ] “Does it Pay to Move From Welfare to Work? Reply to Robert Moffitt and Katie Winder” Sheld ...

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