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Download full textFinney, Johanna – IWPR Welfare Reform Network News, 1998
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program work requirements, part of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) drastically limit women's opportunities to participate in postsecondary education programs while receiving TANF funds. Unlike previous laws governing Aid to Families with Dependent…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Employment, Enrollment, Federal Legislation
Long, Sharon K.; Kirby, Gretchen G.; Kurka, Robin; Waters, Shelley – 1998
As part of the Assessing the New Federalism project, this report describes the child care assistance system in place just before the implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) and provides some early indications of how states will use the increased freedom of the Child Care and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Day Care, Federal Legislation, Program Development
Adams, Rukaiyah; Onek, David; Riker, Alissa – 1998
In 1996 the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program was replaced with a federal block grant program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which imposed time limits and work requirements on welfare recipients. The welfare legislation placed a lifetime ban on TANF and food stamp benefits for convicted drug felons, although…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Criminals, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Aid
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC. – 2000
H.R. 4678, the Child Support Distribution Act of 2000, was scheduled for debate and a vote in the House of Representatives in September 2000. This bill would help poor children escape poverty, strengthen families, and build on and enhance welfare reform. The support changes in this bill would allow more of the child support collected from…
Descriptors: Child Support, Children, Fathers, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedFujiwara, Lynn H. – Social Justice, 1998
Examines the policy implications of welfare reform on the Asian-immigrant community, beginning with a systematic analysis of the relationships between Asian immigrants and the public-welfare system since 1965. The dismantling of welfare that has coincided with immigration reform has left naturalization as the only protection in the current…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Federal Legislation, Immigrants, Immigration
Peer reviewedLino, Mark – Family Economics and Nutrition Review, 1998
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 establishes mandatory work requirements. This review article describes the child care provisions of the welfare reform act, addressing some of the issues related to these provisions and highlighting selected state initiatives in this area. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Work Relationship, Federal Legislation, State Federal Aid
Albelda, Randy – 1997
A survey was conducted in Massachusetts to determine the effect of some welfare policy changes among families who receive public assistance and have experienced domestic violence. Interviews were conducted with a representative sample of 734 Massachusetts women who received welfare between January and June 1996. The survey found that one-fifth of…
Descriptors: Adults, Battered Women, Compliance (Legal), Family Violence
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1987
This hearing seeks to examine the Family Welfare Reform Act, H.R. 1720, now pending, and determine what changes in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and the Food Stamp Program are needed to ensure that the United States has an integrated welfare system. H.R. 1720 includes benefit reforms, a new employment and training…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1976
This 1976 annual report on the Work Incentive Program (WIN), a federally funded program directed to assisting the transition of individuals from welfare to self-sufficiency and economic independence, includes both discussion of the 1976 activities and presentation of a broader perspective including background, change, and future prospects of the…
Descriptors: Age, Annual Reports, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Shames, Deborah, Ed. – 1972
Problems concerning the decision to terminate the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin and the effects of termination on the Menominee Indians are discussed in this book. A brief history of the Menominee is presented which covers the enactment of termination in 1961; the resultant conversion of the former reservation to county status; and the…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Economic Factors, Educational Problems
Bergman, Terri – 1998
The six sections of this brief provide the following information: (1) the types of public incentives available to employers for hiring and training of employees, including increasing economic activity and increasing labor market supply; (2) federally operated incentive programs (Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit, Work Opportunity Tax Credit, Employee…
Descriptors: Adults, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Programs, Entry Workers
Serpa, Fernando A. – 2000
This report describes a 1998 consultation conducted to examine the impact of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on legal immigrants and refugees in Rhode Island. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act restricted access of documented immigrants to a wide range of government programs such as…
Descriptors: Child Health, Citizenship, Civil Rights, Disabilities
Rector, Robert; Fagan, Patrick F. – 2003
At the time of its enactment, liberal groups passionately denounced the welfare reform legislation, predicting that it would result in substantial increases in poverty, hunger, and other social ills. Contrary to these alarming forecasts, welfare reform has been effective in meeting each of its goals. Data from various sources show that overall…
Descriptors: Change, Child Welfare, Federal Legislation, Low Income Groups
Greenberg, Mark; Ewen, Danielle; Matthews, Hannah – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2006
This document focuses on how states can use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds to support early childhood education initiatives. It draws on CLASP's previous report, "Financing Universal Pre-Kindergarten: Possibilities and Technical Issues for States in Using Funds Under the Child Care and Development Fund and Temporary…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Block Grants, Welfare Services
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1995
The latest round of proposed state and federal welfare reforms has major implications for state work force development systems. These systems will face new demands generated by the need to help welfare recipients find jobs before they reach the time limits on aid and the need for states to meet the new work participation rates for federal welfare…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Job Development
