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1 CIS H 78177
TITLE: Welfare Reform

CIS-NO: 2001-H781-77  
SOURCE: Committee on Ways and Means. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Mar. 15, 2001  
LENGTH: iii+88 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1028-A; 1028-B  
SUDOC: Y4.W36:107-5  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-27298-4.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-5. Hearing before the Subcom on Human Resources to examine implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) State block grant program, established under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 to replace AFDC and other programs for the poor, in light of upcoming TANF program reauthorization (Subcom advisory, p. 2-3).
 
Supplementary material (p. 84-88) includes submitted statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Welfare programs reform initiatives implementation

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON HUMAN RESOURCES. HOUSE;  PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS; PERSONAL AND FAMILY INCOME; TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES; PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT

01-H781-77 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Mar. 15, 2001 p. 6-41
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   FAGNONI, CYNTHIA M. (Managing Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, GAO)
   DEVERE, CHRISTINE (Analyst, Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division, CRS)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Assessment of State TANF implementation, focusing on State achievements in assisting welfare recipients to find employment; analysis of former welfare recipient employment and income status; issues related to welfare reform and TANF implementation.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Welfare programs reform initiatives implementation
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT
 
 
01-H781-77 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Mar. 15, 2001 p. 41-84
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   GREENBERG, MARK (Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Law and Social Policy)
   RECTOR, ROBERT (Senior Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Examination of TANF program implementation impact on children and families, with specifics on income levels of working TANF recipients; analysis of social factors affecting low-income welfare recipient families (related graphs, table, p. 60-64); elaboration on welfare reform under PRWORA and related social needs of low-income families.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Welfare programs reform initiatives implementation
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH; CHILDREN; FAMILIES

LOAD-DATE: November 22, 2002