Organizational Statements, TANF and employment training

This page lists statements and information concerning the issue taken from the web sites of various organizations, trade associations, and interest groups involved in the issue. We provide both a link to the main page of the organization concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating to the issue that we found in our searches. Because we want to keep information concerning each of our cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the period of research. Below each statement is the original URL from which we retrieved the information. Note that some of these original URLs may not work because the group has updated or changed its website.

External Links to:

• American Association of Community Colleges
• American Council on Education
• Children's Defense Fund
• Center for Law and Social Policy
• The Coalition of Human Needs
• The Heritage Foundation
• National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support
• US Chamber of Commerce
• Workforce Alliance
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Internal Archive for the American Association of Community Colleges, downloaded on 7/21/03:

• Letter to Assistant Secretary Horn
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/GovernmentRelations/TANF%20Reauth%20Ideas.pdf)
• Electronic Edition of the AACC Letter Issue #542
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/ContentGroups/AACC_Letter1/AACC_Letter_-_Issue_Num542.htm)
• Alert Your Member of Congress: House action on Welfare Reform
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/ContentGroups/Government_Relations/Alerts1/House_Action_Needed_on_Welfare_Reform.htm)
• Electronic Edition of the AACC Letter Issue 558
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/ContentGroups/AACC_Letter1/AACC_Letter_-_Issue_Num558.htm)
• Presidents Report on AACC Strategic Action and Initiatives August 2002
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/AboutAACC/Board/CEO_Reports/August_2002.htm)
• Welfare Changes Threaten College Training Programs
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/ContentGroups/CC_Times/April_20021/Welfare_Changes_Threaten_College_Training_Programs.htm)
• Electronic Edition of the AACC Letter Issue 546
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/ContentGroups/AACC_Letter1/AACC_Letter_-_Issue_Num546.htm)
• Summit on Workforce Development
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/ContentGroups/CC_Journal/June_JUly_2001/p18-23.pdf)
• AACC-ACCT Community College Agenda for the 107th Congress
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/GovernmentRelations/LegislativeAgenda/Legislative_Agenda_for_107th_Congress.htm)
• Letter to Division Chief Maria K. Flynn
  (http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/GovernmentRelations/WIAFedRegCom.pdf)

Internal Archive for the American Council on Education, downloaded on 7/21/03:

• Welfare Reform Reauthorization May Limit Educational Opportunities
  (http://www.acenet.edu/hena/issues/2002/06-24-02/tanf.cfm)
• President to President Vol. 3, No.22
  (http://www.acenet.edu/washington/presidents/2002/pres_06_17_02.cfm)
• Letter to College and University Presidents Regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Welfare Reform Legislation
  (http://www.acenet.edu/washington/letters/2002/06june/presidents.tanf.cfm)
• Letter to the Senate Finance Committee in Support of Expansion of Educational Opportunities in the TANF Welfare Reform Legislation
  (http://www.acenet.edu/washington/letters/2002/05may/senate.tanf.cfm)
• Letter to Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) regarding TANF
  (http://www.acenet.edu/washington/letters/2002/06june/bingaman.tanf.cfm)
• Letter to Congress Supporting Expansion of Educational Opportunities in the TANF Reauthorization
  (http://www.acenet.edu/washington/letters/2002/04april/congress.tanf.cfm)
• Senate TANF Mark-up is a Step in the Right Direction
  (http://www.acenet.edu/hena/issues/2002/07-15-02/senate.tanf.cfm)
• President to President, vol. 3, no. 24
  (http://www.acenet.edu/washington/presidents/2002/pres_07_08_02.cfm)
• Letter to Senators Regarding Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  (http://www.acenet.edu/washington/letters/2002/07july/senate.tanf.cfm)
• Letter to Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Regarding Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  (http://www.acenet.edu/washington/letters/2002/07july/snowe.tanf.cfm)
• Letter to Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Regarding Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  (http://www.acenet.edu/washington/letters/2002/07july/baucus.tanf.cfm)

Internal Archive for Center for Law and Social Policy, downloaded on 7/22/03:

• Job Creation Programs
  (http://www.clasp.org/Activities/Issues_FamilyPolicy/Job_Creation)
• Side-by-Side Comparison of Work Provisions in Recent TANF Reauthorization Proposals
  (http://www.clasp.org/Pubs/DMS/Documents/1020952639.89/view_html)
• Forty States Likely to Cut Access to Postsecondary Training or Education under House-Passed Bill
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1024591897.16/doc_Postsec_survey_061902.pdf)
• Improving Employment Outcomes under TANF
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/997391689.65/improving%20employment%20outcomes%20under%20tanf.pdf)
• Microenterprise Development and Self-employment for TANF Recipients
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1023820695.1/microenterprise_report.pdf)
• Built to Last: Why Skills Matter for Long-term Success in Welfare Reforms
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1021310826.2/Built_to_Last_final_051302.pdf)
• Summary Comparison of TANF Reauthorization Provisions
  (http://www.centeronbudget.org/7-2-02tanf.pdf)
• One Step Forward or Two Steps Back?
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1028928846.02/doc_13reasons.pdf)
• At What Prize? A Cost Analysis of the Administration's TANF Work Participation Proposal
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1023208530.14/At_What_Price_anaylsis.pdf)
• TANF Reauthorization: Opportunities to Reduce Poverty by Improving Employment Outcomes
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1012240597.57/tanf%20reauthorization%20opportunities%20to%20reduce.pdf)
• Reforming Welfare Reform
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1011906850.37/bernstein-j.html)
• Credentials Count: How California's Community Colleges Help Parents Move from Welfare to Self-sufficiency
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1021060885.68/Credentials_Count_final.pdf)
• Workforce Development: Employment Retention and Advancement under TANF
  (http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1011214527.14/workforce%20development%20employment%20retention.pdf)

Internal Archives for Children's Defense Fund, downloaded on 7/22/03:

• Pending Welfare and Child Care Bills
  (http://www.childrensdefense.org/welfare/50states.pdf#xml=http://childrensdefense.org.master.com/texis/master/search/mysite.txt?q=TANF+and+training&order=r&id=5000207b542c4801&cmd=xml)
• Fact: Education Makes a Difference
  (http://www.childrensdefense.org/fs_tanfreauth4.php)
• A Fragile Foundation. Executive Summary
  (http://www.childrensdefense.org/pdf/cc_statecc_execsumm.pdf#xml=http://childrensdefense.org.master.com/texis/master/search/mysite.txt?q=TANF+and+training&order=r&id=7041081930313c76&cmd=xml)
• Statement by Marian Wright Edelman on introduction by the House leadership of proposed legislation regarding the reauthorization of TANF
  (http://www.childrensdefense.org/release020411.php)
• President Bush's Welfare Reform Plan Leaves Millions of Children Behind
  (http://www.childrensdefense.org/fs_bushwelfplan.php)

Internal Archives for the Coalition of Human Needs, downloaded on 7/22/03:

• CHN's TANF Reauthorization Recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services
  (http://www.chn.org/issues/article.asp?art=240)
• Poverty Reduction Working Group TANF Policy Recommendations
  (http://www.chn.org/issues/article.asp?art=229)
• Poverty Reduction Working Group Statement of Principles
  (http://www.chn.org/issues/article.asp?art=220)
• TANF Reauthorization Debate Heats Up
  (http://www.chn.org/humanneeds/article.asp?art=583)
• President Bush Unveils TANF Reauthorization Agenda
  (http://www.chn.org/humanneeds/article.asp?art=2)

Internal Archives for the Heritage Foundation, downloaded on 7/23/03:

• The Baucus "Work" Act of 2002: Repealing Welfare Reform
  (http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/BG1580.cfm)
• Myths and Facts: Why Successful Welfare Reform Must Strengthen Work Requirements
  (http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/BG1568.cfm)

Internal Archives for National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support, downloaded on 7/23/03:

• End Poverty. Make TANF Work
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/download/maketanfworkpolicyagenda.pdf)
• Memorandum. Survey Among Registered Voters
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/download/TANF_Poll_Summary.pdf)
• Fuzzy Math? Administration and Herger Proposals to Increase Work Hour Requirements for Welfare Parents are Unworkable
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/download/fsla_study.pdf)
• Do not co-sponsor the Carper-Bayh Bill
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/download/carper.pdf)
• The Bush Welfare Plan
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/download/bushwelfareplanfactsheet.pdf)
• States Behaving Badly
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/download/ngareport.pdf)
• The Feldman Group Inc. Survey
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/download/feldmanpoll.pdf)
• Invest in Families
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/invest.asp)
• Grassroot Coalition Launches "Make TANF Work!" Campaign
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/pr01.asp)
• HHS Secretary Thompson Breaks Silence, Signals Support for Education, Training for Welfare Recipients
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/pr05.asp)
• Bush Administration Welfare Reauthorization Plan
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/pr08.asp)
• New Poll Shows American Voters at Odds with Bush Welfare Policy
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/pr10.asp)
• Moderate Senate Welfare Plan Offers Hope for Low-income Families
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/pr12.asp)
• Key Senate Democrats, Republicans Champion Progressive Welfare Policy
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/pr16pr.asp)
• Senate Finance Committee Bill Takes Step in the Right Direction
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/pr17pr.asp)
• Bush Gets it Wrong on Senate Welfare Bill
  (http://www.nationalcampaign.org/pr18pr.asp)

Internal Archives for US Chamber of Commerce:

• No documents found

Internal Archives for Workforce Alliance, downloaded on 7/23/03:

• Specific Recommendations for Improvements in TANF
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/who/platform_tanf.shtm)
• Current Federal Policies. TANF
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/tanf.shtm)
• Bush Administration Welfare Plan
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/bush.shtm)
• House Passes TANF Reauthorization Legislation
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/final_house_bill.shtm)
• Representatives Roukema and Tierny Introduce Bipartisan TANF Bill
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/roukema-tierney.shtm)
• House Republicans' TANF Bill Resemble Bush Reauthorization Plan
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/herger-mckeon.shtm)
• Representative Cardin Introduces TANF Reauthorization Legislation
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/cardin.shtm)
• Representative Mink Introduces TANF Reauthorization Bill
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/mink.shtm)
• Senate Finance Committee Approves TANF Reauthorization Legislation
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/senate_finance_committee_mark.shtm)
• Senate Republicans Introduce TANF Bill
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/hutchison_and_sessions.shtm)
• Pathways to Self-sufficiency Act
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/Snowe.shtm)
• Senate Tri-partisan Welfare Plan Unveiled
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/Breaux%20Tripartisan%20TANF%20Plan.shtm)
• Senators Carper and Bayh Revise TANF Reauthorization Plan
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/carper-bayh.shtm)
• Senator Rockefeller Introduces TANF Legislation
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/rockefeller.shtm)
• Education Works Act
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/Bingaman.shtm)
• A Report From the Field. Workforce Stakeholders on the Local Impact of Federal Policies
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/policy/from_the_field.pdf)
• Skills Training Works. Examining the Evidence
  (http://www.workforcealliance.org/Skills%20Training%20Works%20Report.pdf)

Internal Archives for Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, downloaded on 8/21/03:

• Summary Comparison of Key Provisions in TANF Reauthorization Legislation and Proposals
  (http://www.cbpp.org/6-13-02tanf.pdf)
• Summary Comparison of TANF Reauthorizaion Provisions: Bills Passed by Senate Finance Committee and the House of Representatives, and Related Proposals
  (http://www.cbpp.org/7-2-02tanf.pdf)
• Improving TANF Program Outcomes for Families with Barriers to Employment
  (http://www.cbpp.org/1-22-02tanf3.pdf)
• Administration's Proposals would Limit - not Increase - State Flexibility
  (http://www.cbpp.org/2-26-02tanf.htm)
• One Step Forward or Two Steps Back?
  (http://www.cbpp.org/8-9-02tanf.htm)
• The Senate Finance Committee's "Tri-partisan" TANF Reauthorization Bill
  (http://www.cbpp.org/7-3-02tanf.pdf)
• Key Issues in the House TANF Reauthorization Bill
  (http://www.cbpp.org/407wel.htm)
• Recent TANF Proposals Would Hinder Successful State Efforts to Help Families Overcome Barriers to Employment and Find Better Paying Jobs
  (http://www.cbpp.org/5-9-02tanf.pdf)
• States and Counties are Taking Steps to Help Low-Income Working Families Make Ends Meet and Move up the Economic Ladder
  (http://www.cbpp.org/5-18-01wel.pdf)
• Comments on TANF Reauthorization
  (http://www.cbpp.org/11-30-01wel.pdf)
• Relieving the Recession
  (http://www.cbpp.org/2-22-02wel.pdf)