Welfare/Income Support

Latest News

HNR: Climate Change Legislation in the Senate Waits Until Next Year (12/23/09)
HNR: Senate Climate Bill Takes Important Steps To Curb Global Warming;
Does Less than the House Bill to Protect Low-Income Consumers (11/02/09)
HNR: House Passes Landmark Climate Change Legislation (7/1/09)
HNR: Action on Energy Bills in the House and Senate (5/29/09)
HNR: Protecting Low-Income People While Protecting the Planet from Climate Change (5/11/09)
HNR: More Access to Education Possible Under TANF Final Rule (2/15/08)

=> More News

Policy Analyses and Research

The Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute and Annie E. Casey Foundation: Improving Access to Public Benefits: Helping Eligible Individuals and Families Get the Income Supports They Need (February 2010)
NCCP: Making Work Supports Work: A Picture of Low-wage Workers in America (January 2010)
CAP: Parenting with a Plan: How TANF Can Support Positive Parenting Relationships and Foster Father Involvement (November 2009)
CBPP: Online Information About Key Low-Income Benefit Programs Links to Policy Manuals, Descriptive Information, and Applications for State Food Stamp, TANF, Child Care, Medicaid, and SCHIP Programs (4/27/09)
CLASP: Single Mothers in the Era of Welfare Reform ( 4/24/09)
CBPP: Overview of the TANF Provisions in the Economic Recovery Act (2/26/09)

=> More Policy Analyses and Research

Government Resources

Summary of Public Law 109-171 - formerly S. 1932/H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (signed into law 2/8/06) This law reauthorizes TANF until 2011
Status of H.R. 4635 "TANF and Child Care Continuation Act of 2005" (extends TANF until 3/31/06) (signed into law 12/30/05)
Congressional Research Service: TANF Work Participation Standards- Revising the Caseload Reduction Credit (12/19/05)
Congressional Research Service: Welfare Reauthorization - Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law, Senate and House Bills (11/21/05) (126 page PDF document)

=> More Government Resources