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109th Congress Welfare Reauthorization Page

108th Congress Archives

Alerts

• Action Needed on TANF Extension (9/22/04)
• Send Mother's Day TANF Message (4/29/04)
• House To Consider Modified TANF Extension: Calls Needed In Opposition! (3/5/04)
• Send Your Members of Congress a TANF Holiday Card! (12/05/03)
• Action Needed on Welfare and Disabilities (09/09/03)
• Still Time to Influence Senate Action on Welfare Reauthorization (07/03/03)
• Senate Contacts Needed on Welfare Reauthorization (04/07/03)
• Immediate Contacts Needed with Members of U.S. House of Representatives: Vote on Welfare Bill Possible before Valentine's Day! (02/05/03)

Updates

• Attempt Fails To Add New Policies To TANF Extension (10/01/04)
• TANF Reauthorization: Delayed Once Again (04/02/04)
• Once Again, TANF Reauthorization Pushed Off Until "Next Year" (11/07/03)
• House Passes Welfare Bill, Again (02/14/03)

Position Statements

• NASW Letter to Senate Finance Committee and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee (06/13/03)
• NASW Letter Opposing House Passage of Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 (H.R. 4) (02/06/03)

107th Congress Archives

Updates

• 107th Congress "Punts" Welfare Reauthorization to the 108TH (November 2002)
• Summary of Senate Finance Committee-approved Work, Opportunity, and Responsibility for Kids (WORK) Act (June 2002)
• Summary of House-passed Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act (H.R. 4737) (May 2002)
• House Passes Welfare Reauthorization Bill (May 2002)
• Summary of Mink Memorial Amendment to H.R. 4 (January 2002)
• Summary of Cardin Amendment to H.R. 4 (January 2002)

Letters

• Coalition Letter Supporting Increased Access to Education and Training for TANF Recipients (June 2002)
• Coalition Letter Supporting Transitional Jobs for "Hard-to-Employ" TANF Recipients (June 2002)
• Coalition Letter Opposing Marriage Promotion Provisions (June 2002)
• Coalition Letter Opposing Passage of the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act (May 2002)
• Coalition Letter Opposing Abstinence-only Education Programs (May 2002)
• Coalition Letter Opposing "Superwaiver" Provisions (May 2002)
• Coalition Letter Supporting Medical Coverage for Legal Immigrant Children (April 2002)
• Coalition Letter Supporting Permanent Extension of Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) (April 2002)
• Coalition Letter Supporting Repeal of the Drug Felony Ban (April 2002)

Fact Sheets

• Welfare Reform (PDF) (March 2002)
• Reducing the Number of Families Living in Poverty (PDF) (March 2002)
• Using Work Support Programs to Increase Self-Sufficiency (PDF) (March 2002)
• Welfare Reform's Disparate Effects Based on Race and Ethnicity (PDF) (March 2002)
• Improving Assistance to Recipients with Multiple Barriers to Self-Sufficiency (PDF) (March 2002)
• Improving Program Performance: Building the Case for a Qualified, Stable, Professional Workforce (PDF) (March 2002)

Additional Resources

• Coalition Partners
• Social Work Research Citations on Welfare
• * What have the courts said about welfare reform? (May 2002)

Media

• Senate Must Pass Its TANF Bill by Kimberly A. Collins (July 2002)
• Teen Pregnancy and Negative Life Outcomes: What Is the Relationship? by Jim Kunz PhD (July 2002)
• Welfare Reform-Its Effect on Social Workers and Their Clients by Hannah Fiske (June 2002)
• The Future of Welfare Reauthorization-Striving for Economic Opportunity NASW Press Release (May 2002)
• Social Workers Want Economic Security for All Americans NASW Press Release (May 2002)
• Welfare Needs New Focus, Report Says by Dawn Miller (May 2002)
• Non-Profits Struggling in World of Welfare Reform NASW Press Release (February 2002)
• Help Wanted: Why welfare reform needs good social workers by Alexander Nguyen (November 2000)

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