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Topia!: Society: Issues: Poverty: Welfare (42)
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Welfare-Mom Homepage - Dedicated to issues of importance to low-income families. Welfare myth-busting, original features, and resources for parents, kids, and job-seekers. Covers single-parent, working class, public policy and feminist issues. Social Policy Action Network (SPAN) - SPAN develops effective social policy for low income children and their families. SPAN is a project of the Tides Foundation. HandsNet - HandsNet is an online community of (mostly liberal/progressive) nonprofit organizations concerned with low-income issues. The site includes articles and alerts from participating organizations, many of which relate to welfare and workfare. Idea Central: Welfare and Families - Studies and reports on welfare from a liberal perspective. Idea Central is part of the Electronic Policy Network, a project of The American Prospect magazine. Coalition on Human Needs: Welfare - Background information, legislative analyses, status reports on pending bills, and links on welfare issues from the Coalition on Human Needs, a coalition of major U.S. anti-poverty organizations. Welfare Law Center: Low Income Networking and Communications (LINC) Project - Where low-income organizers can come together to combat the shredding of the social safety net and have their efforts represented. Welfare Law Center - Works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support -- public funding provided on the basis of need -- is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development. Mathematica Research: Research on Welfare and Work - Research and analysis of welfare and work-related programs by Mathematica Research, a respected for-profit research organization. Welfare Made a Difference Campaign - Seeks to reshape public perception about and public policy relating to welfare by sharing stories of people who have received welfare and struggled out of poverty. UPM against Poverty SA - Un(der)employed people's site in Australia with information, links, newsletter and events, to give a voice to groups on low income, and social security recipients. Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP): State TANF Implementation and Waivers Page - Summaries and analysis of state welfare programs and waivers. Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance - The federal agency that administers the federal government's primary welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Welfare Rights Advocacy Pages - Addresses the failures of the social service system and offers advice for struggling clients. Administration for Children and Families: Welfare Reform - Welfare reform page for the Administration for Children and Families, the federal agency charged with implementing the federal welfare program. Urban Institute - Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues. Social Policy: Welfare, Society and the State - Social policy is the study of the welfare state, and the range of responses to social need. This is a brief introduction to the subject. Emergency Committee to Defend Constitutional Welfare Rights - Establishes basis in U.S. Constitution and obligatory international law for right to decent relief for the involuntarily unemployed and that "workfare" as practised is prohibited involuntary servitude (forced labor). Almanac of Policy Issues: Welfare - Background information and links on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and U.S. federal welfare policy generally. Midwest Partners - Regional coalition of northern mid-western communities focusing on welfare reform; includes membership information, advocacy tools, TANF resources and conference information. Making Connections Training Manual - A manual for West Virginia outreach workers helping families make the transition from welfare to work. Hudson Institute's Welfare Reform Policy Center - Hudson Institute's Welfare Reform Policy Center researches welfare reform activity around the nation, conducts research, evaluates the effectiveness of work-based reforms and improves them, and facilitates policy meetings and project developments. Mathematica Policy Research - Research and analysis of welfare and work-related programs by Mathematica Policy Research, a for-profit research organization. Joint Center for Poverty Research - A national and interdisciplinary research institute that examines what it means to be poor in America. Features academic research written for a lay audience on a variety of topics, including welfare programs, education, health, housing, employment, and crime. Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition - Seattle-based coalition of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients. Includes newsletter, fact sheets, and event announcements. Welfare Information Network (WIN) - A clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance on welfare reform. Heritage Foundation: Welfare - Research and related welfare information from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy think tank. MDRC - Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization
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