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TANF and Welfare Reform

For a better understanding of welfare issues and the pending Temporary Assistance for Needy Families reauthorization, check out EPI's Welfare Issue Guide, a downloadable online resource that includes data, fact sheets, and links to other sources of information on this issue.

Child and Youth Well-Being Under Welfare Reform: State Policy Options highlights what some states have done since welfare reform to track how young welfare recipients are faring, and to create program and policy strategies to reach at-risk children and youth. The brief also describes potential funding streams to support state initiatives to improve child well-being.

The work rules and penalties of Delaware's welfare system has forced many people to seek help from nonprofit social service agencies that have fewer resources because of the ailing economy, according to a University of Delaware study released Tuesday.

Getting Smart About Welfare

Reforming Our Thinking on Welfare: Strategies for State Action

Recent Welfare Reform Research Findings: Implications for TANF Reauthorization and State TANF Policies
Shawn Fremstad
1/30/04 89K-HTML, 84K-PDF, 19pp.

Waive of the Future? Federalism and the Next Phase of Welfare Reform
WR&B Brief #29
by Pietro S. Nivola, Jennifer L. Noyes, Isabel V. Sawhill
(WRBBrief)
March 2004

The Labor Force Status of Mothers Who Are Most Likely to Receive Welfare: Changes Following Reform
by Gary Burtless
(Op-Ed) Brookings Web Editorial
3/30/2004

Federal Anti-Poverty Policy: Holding Our Breath? Questions for Stakeholders on Welfare Reauthorization
by Margy Waller
(Speech) Speech given at the Midwest Partners Annual Conference
12/8/2003

Proposed TANF Extension Would Pressure States to Cut TANF Caseloads and Place States at Risk of Penalties by Mark Greenberg, Hedieh Rahmanou, and Nisha Patel. On February 26, a bill (H.R. 3848) was filed to temporarily extend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. In contrast with prior extensions, this bill does not seek to maintain current law until reauthorization is resolved. Rather, while maintaining flat TANF and mandatory child care funding, H.R. 3848 would require a “recalibration” of the program’s caseload reduction credit so that the amount of a state’s credit would be based on recent caseload declines. This paper briefly summarizes the current status of reauthorization efforts, provides additional explanation of the “recalibration” provision of H.R. 3848, and discusses H.R. 3848’s potential effects on state programs. (Publication No. 04-17).
Click hereto read the 4-page version of this paper.

[ Mar 2004 | 11 pages | HTML Version ]

“Superwaiver” Provision in House TANF Reauthorization Bill Could Significantly Weaken Public Housing, Food Stamps, and Other Low-Income Programs
Shawn Fremstad and Sharon Parrott
3/23/04 -- 34K-HTML, 41K-PDF, 6pp.

Marriage-Related Provisions in Welfare Reauthorization Proposals: A Summaryby Mary Parke. This summary gives the background of marriage-promotion efforts within the context of welfare reform and describes the provisions relating to marriage and family formation in the 2003 and 2002 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families reauthorization bills. Updated in March 2004, the paper includes figures from the President’s budget for fiscal year 2005. (Publication No. 04-16).

[ Mar 2004 | 9 pages | HTML Version]

Child Support Provisions in TANF Reauthorization Bills. 30 pages. (Publication No. 04-14a). Click here for the PowerPoint version of this presentation.

Child Support Assignment and Distribution Provisions in TANF Reauthorization Bills. 18 pages. (Publication No. 04-14b). Click here for the PowerPoint version of this presentation.

Fatherhood and Marriage Funding Provisions in TANF Reauthorization Bills. 22 pages. (Publication No. 04-14c). Click here for the PowerPoint version of this presentation.

[ Feb 2004 ]

Transcript: A CLASP Audio Conference Featuring Assistant Secretary Wade Horn, February 6, 2004.Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was the first guest in the 2004 CLASP Audio Conference Series, “The Squeeze: Helping Low-Income Families in an Era of Dwindling Resources.” In an interview with CLASP’s John Hutchins, Dr. Horn offered his perspective on welfare reauthorization, child care funding, transitional jobs, marriage promotion, abstinence education, youth development, Head Start, and child welfare. (Publication No. 04-15).

[ Feb 2004 | 19 pages | HTML Version]