Social Services Block Grant

Latest News

APHSA: The Social Services Block Grant, Title XX of teh Social Security Act Update (12/06)
US Dept. HHS: Social Serices Block Grant Annual Report 2004
APHSA: Notice Reporting House Committee Rejection of President's Proposed Cut to SSBG for 2007 and State-specific Pre-expenditure SSBG reports
HNR: Labor-HHS-Education Bill Must Clear One Last Hurdle (12/9/05)
NYTimes: GOP Forces $50 Billion in Budget Cuts Through House (11/18/05)
HNR: House Presses for Even Larger Cuts to Low-Income Services (10/14/05)
HNR: Advocates Propose Medicaid Savings to Avoid Harming Low-Income People (7/22/05)
WP Op-Ed: In Defense of Success: Government Really Can Lessen Poverty (7/19/05)

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Policy Analyses and Research

Brookings: Block Grants: Flexibility Vs. Stability in Social Services (12/6/05)
Discusses SSBG
Annie E Casey: 2005 KIDS COUNT Report Shows Increase in Child Poverty (7/27/05)
United Way: Analysis of the CARE Act (2/24/05)
CWLA: Funding for Selected Children's Programs (12/2/04)
CHN: Block Grant Proposals Threaten Services for Families - UPDATED (5/26/04)

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Government Resources

Status and text of H.R. 3010 the Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (signed into law 12/30/05)
Senate Appropriations Committee: S. Rept. 109-103 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (7/14/05)
House Appropriations Committee: H. Rept. 109-143 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (6/21/05)
FY 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill (HR 4818) (11/21/04)
Senate Report 108-011 - CARE Act of 2003 (2/27/03)

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