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3 CIS H 78114TITLE: Welfare
Reform Reauthorization Proposals
CIS-NO: 2003-H781-14
SOURCE: Committee on Ways and Means. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing
Retrieve
the full text of testimony DATE: Apr. 11, 2002
LENGTH: vi+397 p.
CONG-SESS: 107-2
ITEM-NO: 1028-A; 1028-B
SUDOC: Y4.W36:107-87
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29851-7.
SUMMARY:Committee Serial No. 107-87.
Hearing before the Subcom on Human Resources to examine issues related to
reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (
TANF)
State block grant program, established under the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to reform welfare system and
facilitate the movement of public assistance recipients into the workforce
(Subcom advisory, p. 2-4).
Supplementary material
(p. 313-397) includes submitted statements, correspondence, a press release, and
an article.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Welfare programs
reform initiatives, extension and revision
DESCRIPTORS: SUBCOM ON
HUMAN RESOURCES. HOUSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-PUBLIC WELFARE
PROGRAMS; PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT;
PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS; TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
03-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Apr. 11, 2002 p. 7-18
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
THOMPSON, TOMMY G. (Secretary, HHS); accompanied
by
HORN, WADE F. (Assistant Secretary,
Administration for Children and Families)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Explanation of
Administration proposals for
TANF reauthorization.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform
initiatives, extension and revision
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
03-H781-14 TESTIMONY
NO: 2 Apr. 11, 2002 p. 18-40
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MINK,
PATSY T. (Rep, D-Hawaii)
KUCINICH, DENNIS J. (Rep,
D-Ohio)
TIERNEY, JOHN F. (Rep, D-Mass)
REYNOLDS, THOMAS M. (Rep, R-NY)
KAPTUR, MARCY (Rep, D-Ohio)
STATEMENTS:
Perspectives on issues
related to
TANF reauthorization; explanation of proposals for
TANF
reauthorization; views on priorities for
TANF reauthorization, with
specifics on needed revisions to various
TANF programs.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform initiatives, extension and
revision
03-H781-14 TESTIMONY
NO: 3 Apr. 11, 2002 p. 40-57
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MEIER,
RAYMOND (State Senator, New York; representing National Conference of State
Legislatures)
O'MALLEY, MARTIN (Mayor, Baltimore,
Md.; representing U.S. Conference of Mayors)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Views on and
recommendations for
TANF reauthorization; issues related to
TANF
program administration and implementation.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform
initiatives, extension and revision
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE
LEGISLATURES; U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS
03-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 4 Apr. 11, 2002 p. 57-60
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
LEE, BARBARA (Rep, D-Calif)
STATEMENT:
Views on and recommendations
for
TANF reauthorization.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform initiatives,
extension and revision
03-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 5 Apr. 11, 2002 p.
61-118
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
ARNOLD-WILLIAMS, ROBIN (Executive Director, Utah
Department of Human Services; also representing %American Public Human Services
Association)
MEAD, LAWRENCE M. (Professor,
Politics, New York University)
RECTOR, ROBERT
(Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation)
PRIMUS, WENDELL (Director, Income Security, Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities)
TURNER, JASON A.
(Director, Center for Self-Sufficiency)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Support for
Administration
TANF reform proposals; recommendations for
TANF
reauthorization; need to maintain adequate
TANF funding; views on child
welfare issues related to
TANF reform; perspectives on
TANF work
requirements, citing implementation successes; effectiveness of
TANF
programs, citing declines in poverty rates.
Need
to strengthen
TANF work requirements, with recommendations; perspectives
on
TANF reauthorization issues.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform initiatives,
extension and revision
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CHILD WELFARE; POVERTY; UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES; ALSO REPRESENTING %AMERICAN PUBLIC HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION
03-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 6
Apr. 11, 2002 p. 118-159
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
KUREY,
MARY-LOUISE (Spokeswoman, Project Reality)
SAWHILL, ISABEL V. (President, National Campaign To
Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
LEVY, DAVID L. (President,
Children's Rights Council)
PERRIN, LONNIE
(Coordinator, Access and Visitation Program, Antioch Baptist Church, Clinton,
Md)
CROUCH, JOHN (Executive Director, Americans
for Divorce Reform)
JENSEN, GERALDINE (President,
Association for Children for Enforcement of Support)
MILLER, STUART A. (Senior Legislative Analyst,
American Fathers Coalition)
STATEMENTS:
Issues related to
TANF provisions providing
funding for sex
education and marriage
education programs;
examination of teen pregnancy prevention programs, with recommendations for
reauthorization; views on issues related to
TANF child support
regulations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform initiatives, extension and
revision
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN FATHERS COALITION; AMERICANS FOR DIVORCE
REFORM; ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT; CHILD SUPPORT;
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COUNCIL; MARRIAGE; PROJECT REALITY; SEX
EDUCATION;
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
03-H781-14
TESTIMONY NO: 7 Apr. 11, 2002 p. 160-210
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
EFFORD, MICHAEL R. (Chief of Police, Chico, Calif.,
Police Department)
LEVIN-EPSTEIN, JODIE (Senior
Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy)
BLANK, HELEN (Director, Child Care and Development
Division, Children's Defense Fund)
DAVIS, MARTHA
F. (Vice President, NOW Legal Defense and
Education Fund)
BILCHIK, SHAY (President and CEO, Child Welfare
League)
MEIKLEJOHN, NANINE (Legislative
Representative, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees;
on behalf of)
SAUNDERS, LEE (Executive
Assistant)
STATEMENTS:
Issues related to
TANF impact on adolescent
crime rates, citing importance of after-school programs; views on
TANF
child welfare provisions, with recommendations for reauthorization; need to
renew current various
TANF programs, citing implementation successes;
need to increase and improve
TANF child care programs.
Recommendations for
TANF reauthorization;
differing views on effectiveness of
TANF work requirements, including
concerns for negative impact on children.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform initiatives,
extension and revision
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL
EMPLOYEES; CHILD DAY CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE; CHILDREN;
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; NOW LEGAL DEFENSE AND
EDUCATION FUND; YOUTH
03-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 8 Apr. 11, 2002 p.
211-242
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
SCHUMER, LAUREN (Legislative Director, Religious
Action Center of Reform Judaism)
SAPERSTEIN, DAVID
(Rabbi) (Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism)
CURRAN, KATHLEEN A. (Policy Advisor, U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops)
GIRTON-MITCHELL, BRENDA
(Associate General Secretary, Public Policy, National Council of Churches of
Christ in the U.S.A)
CLARK, MARY E. (Spokesperson,
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby)
MILLAN, MAGGIE (former welfare recipient)
WILSON, NATHAN (Rev.) (Director, Public Policy, Call
to Renewal)
WASHINGTON, VALORA (Executive
Director, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives
on
TANF reauthorization issues; concerns related to proposals to increase
TANF work requirements; recommendations for
TANF
reauthorization.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform initiatives, extension and
revision
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CALL TO RENEWAL; NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF
CHRIST IN THE U.S.A.; NETWORK, A NATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE LOBBY;
RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER OF REFORM JUDAISM; U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS;
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE
03-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 9 Apr.
11, 2002 p. 242-264
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
LIGHTBOURNE, WILL (Director, Social
Services Agency, Santa Clara County, Calif.; also representing County Welfare
Directors Association of California)
ROSS, JEAN
(Executive Director, California Budget Project)
YAZZA, ALEX, JR. (Department Director, Navajo Nation
TANF Program)
RODRIGUEZ, ERIC (on behalf
of)
MUNOZ, CECILIA (Vice President, National
Council of La Raza)
STATEMENTS:
Perspectives on
TANF reauthorization
issues.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform initiatives, extension and
revision
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CALIFORNIA BUDGET PROJECT; COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA; NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA; NAVAJO NATION
TANF PROGRAM.
03-H781-14 TESTIMONY NO: 10 Apr. 11, 2002 p.
265-313
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
BROWN, VANESSA (Leader, Mothers on the Move
Committee, Philadelphia Unemployment Project; also representing National
Campaign for Jobs and Income Support)
ALBRIGHT,
PAT (former welfare recipient; representing Every Mother Is a Working Mother
Network)
KAHAN, KATE (Executive Director, Working
for Equality and Economic Liberation)
VINCI,
YASMINA S. (Executive Director, National Association of Child Care Resources and
Referral Agencies)
MARCHAND, PAUL (Assistant
Executive Director, Policy and Advocacy, Arc; representing Consortium for
Citizens with Disabilities)
CAHILL, SEAN
(Director, Policy Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force)
MCDONALD, SHARON (Policy Analyst, National Alliance
to End Homelessness)
BECKMANN, DAVID (Rev.)
(President, Bread for the World)
PHAM, BICH HA
(Executive Director, Hunger Action Network)
STATEMENTS:
Perspectives on
TANF
programs implementation and reauthorization priorities; need to improve and
increase scope of
TANF child care and child welfare programs; differing
views on Administration proposal for
TANF reauthorization;
recommendations for
TANF reauthorization.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Welfare programs reform
initiatives, extension and revision
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
BREAD FOR THE WORLD; CHILD DAY CARE;
CHILD WELFARE; CONSORTIUM FOR CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES; EVERY MOTHER IS A
WORKING MOTHER NETWORK; HUNGER ACTION NETWORK; NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END
HOMELESSNESS; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCES AND REFERRAL
AGENCIES; NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JOBS AND INCOME SUPPORT; NATIONAL GAY AND
LESBIAN TASK FORCE; WORKING FOR EQUALITY AND ECONOMIC LIBERATION
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