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Welfare/Welfare Caseload

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October 2005 Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2005
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
August 2005 The Well-Being of Single-Mother Families After Welfare Reform
(Brookings Institution)
August 2005 Federal Foster Care Financing: How and and Why the Current Funding Structure Fails to Meet the Needs of the Child Welfare Field
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
July 2005 Public Benefits: Easing Poverty and Ensuring Medical Coverage
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
July 2005 What Does the Safety Net Accomplish? New Series of Reports Examines Research Findings
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
July 2005 Public Benefits: Easing Poverty and Ensuring Medical Coverage
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
June 2005 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Coverage Tables
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
April 2005 Changes in Participation in Means-Tested Programs
(Congressional Budget Office)
February 2005 2005 HHS Poverty Guidelines
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
January 2005 How Did the 2001 Recession Affect Single Mothers?
(Urban Institute)
December 2004 Hunger, Crowding and Hardships and Other Hardships Among Families in Poverty
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
December 2004 State Policies to Assist the Working Poor
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
November 2004 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Sixth Annual Report to Congress
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
September 2004 Poverty in New York City: Where Is the Recovery? Where Was the Recession?
(Community Service Society of New York)
September 2004 Key Low-Income Benefit Programs Links to Policy Manuals, Descriptive Information, and Applications for State Food Stamp, TANF, Child Care, Medicaid, and SCHIP Programs
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
September 2004 Losing Ground: Income and Poverty in Upstate New York
(Brookings Institution)
September 2004 Why did the Welfare Caseload Decline?
(National Poverty Center, University of Michigan)
August 2004 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2003
(US Bureau of the Census)
August 2004 Change in Numbers of TANF Families and Recipients
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
August 2004 The Geography of Poverty and Service Provision
(Brookings Institution)
July 2004 The War on Poverty after 40 years: A Minskyan Assessment
(Jerome Levy Economics Institute)
July 2004 Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2004
(US Department of Health and Human Services)
June 2004 Watching the Clock Tick: Factors Associated with TANF Accumulation
(National Poverty Center, University of Michigan)
May 2004 Moving Public Assistance Recipients into the Labor Force, 1996-2001
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
May 2004 Low Income Children in the United States 2004
(National Center for Children In Poverty)
April 2004 A Profile of Families Cycling On and Off Welfare
(MDRC)
March 2004 Relationship Between Tax Entry Thresholds and Poverty
(Urban Institute)
February 2004 Welfare Caseloads Increase in 27 States Between June and September 2003
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
February 2004 Welfare Reform: Progress, Pitfalls, and Potential
(Heritage Foundation)
December 2003 The Road Not Taken?: Changes in Welfare Entry during the 1990s
(Urban Institute)
December 2003 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND RECIPIENTS: Percent Change from March 2003 to June 2003
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
December 2003 Transitions in Welfare Participation and Female Headship
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
October 2003 Welfare Caseload Remains Relatively Flat in Second Quarter of 2003
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
September 2003 Welfare Reform: Information on TANF Balances
(US Government Accountability Office)
September 2003 State Policy Choices: Assets and Access to Public Assistance
(National Center for Children In Poverty)
September 2003 Analysis of Fiscal Year 2002 TANF and MOE Spending By States: State by State Charts
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
September 2003 Falling TANF Caseloads Amidst Rising Poverty Should be a Cause of Concern
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
September 2003 The Impact of Welfare Programs on Poverty Rates: Evidence from the American Rates.
(University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research)
September 2003 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND RECIPIENTS: Percent Change from March 2002 to March 2003
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
September 2003 Benefits and Low Wage Work
(SEEDCO)
August 2003 Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2003
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
July 2003 Analysis of Detailed TANF Caseload Data From Between December 2002 and March 2003
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
July 2003 Welfare Caseloads in 27 States Decline in First Quarter of 2003: Most States Show Only Small Caseload Fluctuations
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
June 2003 The Role of Non-Financial Factors in Exit and Entry in the TANF Program
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
June 2003 Sharp Reduction in Black Child Poverty Due to Welfare Reform
(Heritage Foundation)
May 2003 Number of Black Children in Extreme Poverty Hits Record High
(Children's Defense Fund)
May 2003 Welfare, Working Families, and Reauthorization: Mayors' Views
(Brookings Institution)
May 2003 Concentrated Poverty: A Change in Course
(Urban Institute)
March 2003 TANF Participation in 2001
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
January 2003 Events that Trigger Poverty Entries and Exits
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
December 2002 The Past and Future of Welfare Reform
(The Public Interest)
December 2002 Steps Toward Self-Sufficiency: Characteristics and Work Participation of TANF Recipients in 1999
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
November 2002 California's Young Children: Demographic, Social and Economic Conditions
(Public Policy Institute of California)
November 2002 Leavers, Stayers, and Cyclers: An Analysis of the Welfare Caseload
(MDRC)
October 2002 Better Off Welfare
(National Center for Policy Analysis)
October 2002 Percent Change in TANF Families and Recipients Dec 2001 - June 2002
(US Department of Health and Human Services)
October 2002 TANF Caseloads Declined in Most States in Second Quarter, But Most States Saw Increases Over the Last Year: Families Hitting Time Limits May Play a Role in Declining Caseloads
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
October 2002 Welfare Reform: Some States Doing Much Better Than Others
(National Center for Policy Analysis)
September 2002 Implementing Welfare Reform across the Nation
(Urban Institute)
September 2002 Recent Changes in New York Welfare and Work, Child Care, and Child Welfare Systems
(Urban Institute)
September 2002 Poverty in the United States: 2001
(US Bureau of the Census)
September 2002 Left Behind or Staying Away? Eligible Parents Who Remain Off TANF
(Urban Institute)
September 2002 Timing Out: Long-Term Welfare Caseloads in Large Cities and Counties
(Brookings Institution)
September 2002 Transition Events in the Dynamics of Poverty
(US Department of Health and Human Services)
September 2002 Welfare Reform and Beyond: A CED Policy Update
(Committee for Economic Development)
September 2002 Welfare Reform: Implementation of Fugitive Felon Provisions Should Be Strengthened
(US Government Accountability Office)
September 2002 Work, Income, and Well-Being among Long-Term Welfare Recipients
(Urban Institute)
August 2002 Building a Nation that Works: Designing TANF for the Workplace ((Workforce Innovation Networks—(WINs) Initiative) )
(Jobs for the Future)
July 2002 Applicant Diversion - Recent Developments
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
July 2002 Reforming Welfare Reform
(American Prospect)
June 2002 Status Report on Research on the Outcomes of Welfare Reform: 2002
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
May 2002 Welfare Caseloads Increased in Most States in the Last Quarter of 2001
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
April 2002 The Impact of South Carolina’s Family Independence Program on Movers, Stayers, and Those In Between
(Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University)
April 2002 TANF'S "Uncounted" Cases: More than One Million Working Families Receiving TANF-funded Services Not Counted in TANF Caseload
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
March 2002 Impact of Recession and September 11 Seen on Welfare Caseloads: Caseloads Up In Most States Between September and December 2001
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
March 2002 An Update on Efforts to Track Welfare Leavers
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
February 2002 Before and after TANF: The Economic Well-Being of Women Leaving Welfare
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
February 2002 Leaving Welfare Without Working: How Do Mothers Do It? And What Are the Implications?
(Welfare Reform Academy, University of Maryland, School of Public Affairs)
January 2002 A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Welfare Usage and Economic Outcomes
(RAND)
June 2001 The Take-Up of Medicaid and Food Stamps by Welfare Leavers: The Case of Wisconsin
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
April 2001 Tracking Recipients After They Leave Welfare
(National Conference of State Legislatures)
March 2001 Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2001
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
February 2001 Using Case Management to Change the Front Lines of Welfare Service Delivery
(Welfare Information Network of the Finance Project)
January 2001 Welfare Benefits and Female Headship
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
2001 Hardships Faced by Former Welfare Families: The Real Story of Working Families
(Economic Policy Institute)
2001 Status Report on Research on the Outcomes of Welfare Reform:2001
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
December 2000 Changing Caseloads: Macro Influences and Micro Composition
(Johns Hopkins University)
December 2000 "Leavers" and Diversion Studies: Preliminary Analysis of Racial Differences in Caseload Trends and Leaver Outcomes
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
December 2000 Preliminary Analysis of Racial Differences in Caseload Trends and Leaver Outcomes
(US DHHS Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation)
November 2000 A Cross-State Examination of Families Leaving Welfare: Findings from the ASPE-Funded Leavers Studies
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
August 2000 Health Care After Welfare: An Update of Findings from State-Level Leaver Studies"
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
April 2000 Welfare Leavers and Medicaid Dynamics: Five States in 1995
(Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
April 2000 Inside Michigan Work First Programs
(National Poverty Center, University of Michigan)
February 2000 Recent Studies Make Clear That Many Parents Who Are Current Or Former Welfare Recipients Have Disabilities And Other Medical Conditions
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
January 2000 Living with Welfare Reform: A Survey of Low Income Families in Illinois
(Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago)
2000 Welfare Leavers, Medicaid Coverage, and Private Health Insurance
(Urban Institute)
August 1999 The Effects of Welfare Policy and the Economic Expansion on Welfare Caseloads: An Update
(The White House)
August 1999 Families Who Left Welfare: Who Are They and How Are They Doing?
(Urban Institute)
May 1999 Welfare Reform: States' Implementation Progress and Information on Former Recipients
(US Government Accountability Office)
February 1999 Examining the Effect of Industry Trends and Structure on Welfare Caseloads
(W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)
February 1999 The State of Welfare Caseloads in America's Cities: 1999
(The Brookings Institution)
1999 TANF "Leavers" and Diversion Studies: Preliminary Analysis of Racial Differences in Caseload Trends and Leaver Outcomes
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
March 1996 Welfare Recipiency and Welfare Recidivism: An Analysis of the NLSY Data
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Annual Report to Congress
(US Department of Health and Human Services)
  Why Welfare Caseloads Fluctuate: A Review of Research on AFDC, SSI, and the Food Stamps Program
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
  From Caseload Reduction to Poverty Reduction
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
  The Determinants of Welfare Caseload Decline
(Heritage Foundation)
  Local Economic Conditions and Welfare Receipt
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
  Qualitative Research on Welfare Reform (July)
(Joint Center for Poverty Research)
  Redefining a Case in the Postreform Era: Reconciling Caseload With Workload
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
  Welfare Reform: Information on Former Recipients' Status (referenced as GAO)
(US Government Accountability Office)
  ERS State Fact Sheets
(Economic Research Service, USDA)
  ACF Welfare Fact Sheet
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
  ACF Welfare Data and Statistics
  ACF US Welfare Caseload Statistics
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)

 
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