WELFARE & LOW INCOME ISSUES
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Colorado Information
Colorado Department on Human Services by County/Need/Agency (CDHS)
(Responsible for Colorado welfare reform as primary link between county departments of social services & federal government on welfare reform initiatives)
Federal Information
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services: Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
(Official federal poverty eligibility guidelines from the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS))
Indicators of Welfare Dependency, Annual Report to Congress
(Annual compilation from U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, which tracks & predicts dependence on welfare programs)
Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Public Policy Organizations
American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
(Nonpartisan organization that researches & analyzes policies affecting low & moderate-income people with state welfare information)
(State-by-state data on children's health & welfare issues)
CLASP: The Center for Law & Social Policy
(National public interest law firm focusing on law & policy affecting the poor)
Economic Success Clearinghouse
(Clearinghouse for information, policy analysis, & technical assistance on welfare, workforce development, and human & community services.
Part of the Finance Project, formerly Welfare Information Network)
(Six-year study of 1,362 Illinois families moving from welfare to work)
Institute for Policy Research (IPR)
(Northwestern University research institute)
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
(University of Wisconsin-Madison research institute)
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
(State & local information on children & welfare reform; child poverty facts)
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
(Legal advocacy & public policy organization that identifies, develops, & supports social & economic justice for low-income persons)
National Conference of State Legislatures: Human Services/Welfare Reform
Public Agenda: Poverty & Welfare
(Public opinion, policy analysis, & background facts presented graphically; poll data; digest of recent news stories; & welfare information)
(From stateline.org, a project of the Pew Center for the States)
(Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development's welfare reform efforts. Includes fact sheets, technical information, data, & glossary of key terms)
