2. There is a need for long-term reauthorization and stable funding stream. Systems are complex and do not deal well with changes in funding and policy environment; need for long-term federal commitment to maintain contracts, collaboration, develop skilled employees.

3. There is also a need to reduce complexity and mixed messages by cutting back on Food Stamp Quality Control pressures, especially for working families.

4. The enhanced role of work support services for a larger population —well beyond cash assistance — suggests a need for substantial funding to sustain both work support and safety-net services.

5. The division between states in policies, management systems, and performance goals indicates a need for greater equity in funding per needy family across states and is encouraged by tradeoff between work participation rates and caseload reduction.

6. There is, finally, a need for better information for state and local program manage-ment. The devolution of information systems to states and localities has not occurred as a corollary of the devolution of responsibilities and power.