Welfare/Income Support - More Policy Analyses and Research
CBPP: Assessing the Effects of Budget Conference Agreement on Low Income Families (revised 1/9/06) CLASP: TANF Agreement Raises Work Participation by 69 Percent But Funds Only A Fraction of the Costs (revised 12/28/05) CBPP: Budget TANF Provisions Impose New Work Requirements and Will Result in Loss of Child Care (12/18/05) CBPP: Budget Conference Agreement Contains Substainal Cuts Aimed at Low-Income Families (12/18/05) Missing the Point Entirely - A Misleading Argument for Including TANF in Budget Reconciliation (12/7/05) CCC: TANF Reauthorization Doesn't Belong in Budget Reconciliation (12/2/05) NWLC: House Welfare Proposal Deprives Low-Income Families of Crucial Child Care Assistance (12/2/05) CBPP: House Budget Bill Contains Highly Flawed TANF Provisions (11/30/05) CBPP: An Introduction to TANF (11/22/05) CLASP: Child Support Budget Cuts Will Unravel a Decade of Progress (11/21/05) CHN: Labor-HHS-Education Bill Slashes Services for Low-Income People (11/17/05) CLASP: Families Will Lose Child Care Under House Ways and Means Committee Welfare Reauthorization Bill (10/31/05) CLASP: Ways and Means Committee Proposes Deep Cuts in Child Support Funding (10/25/05) CBPP: House Ways and Means Committee Proposal Targets Low-Income Programs (10/25/05) CLASP: New TANF Bill Provides Additional Funds for Katrina Relief - Improvements Needed (9/22/05) CLASP: Everybody's Best Interest - Reforming Child Support Distribution Makes Sense for Families and Government (9/16/05) Journal of Poverty Law & Policy: Improving TANF for Teens (8/23/05) Organizations Respond to Latest Data Showing Growth in Poverty, Uninsurance in 2004 (August 2005) MDRC: Turning Welfare Into a Work Support: Six-Year Impacts of the Minnesota Family Investment Program (8/3/05) Brookings: The Well-Being of Single Mothers After Welfare Reform (8/18/05) CBPP: Supplemental Security Income: Supporting People with Disabilities and the Elderly Poor (8/17/05) CBPP: What Does the Safety Net Accomplish? (7/19/05) MDRC: The Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Young Children (5/9/05) CLASP: The Child Support Program: An Investment That Works (5/5/05) Nation: Learning Lessons from the Social Security Debate (4/26/05) (Discusses poverty line) Duke University: Child Development Index of Child Well Being - 2005 Report (3/30/05) CBPP: TANF Reauthorization in 2005 - A Brief Guide to the Issues (4/22/05) CLASP: Administration's TANF Proposal Will NOT Free Up $2 Billion for Child Care (4/15/05) National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Declining Teen Birth Rates Contribute to Improvements in Child Well Being (4/14/05) State-by-state data on this study are available here. Congressional Research Service: Side-by-Side Comparison of Current TANF Law with House and Senate Bills (3/29/05) CLASP: Testimony on TANF Reauthorization (2/28/05)
2004
CBPP: Hunger, Crowding, and Hardship Widespread Among Families in Poverty (12/20/04) CBPP: State Policies to Assist Working-Poor Families (12/10/04) CHN: Block Grant Proposals Threaten Services for Families and Communities (updated 10/22/04) AECF: Working Hard; Falling Short: America's Working Families and the Pursuit of Economic Security (10/12/04) CHN: Status of Human Needs Program Reauthorization for 108th Congress (8/5/04) CSNAP: Safety Net Has Powerful Impact on Babies' Health (8/5/04) CLASP: Child Support Provisions in Recent TANF Proposals (7/29/04) CHN: Why House TANF Legislation Poses Real Dangers (7/23/04) CHN FY05 Budget Analysis (3/4/04)
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