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	Child Welfare League of America
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	www.cwla.org (63 words)

	TomPaine.com - Welfare-To-Nothing
		For example, the new rules require that a welfare recipient who is in school cannot count their study time towards their work requirement unless it is done in a supervised study hall.
		In 1994, welfare caseloads hit a height of 14.2 million equal to 5.5 percent of the U.S. population.
		Welfare policy should help and encourage mothers to be good at both their paid and unpaid jobs.
	www.tompaine.com /articles/2006/07/10/welfaretonothing.php (807 words)

	Welfare - MSN Encarta
		Welfare is a means by which societies help support these segments of the population.
		Welfare systems are formalized versions of types of social support that societies have always maintained.
		To keep welfare beneficiaries under the supervision of their providers, the laws also discouraged the migration of the poor among administrative regions, or parishes.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761575466/Welfare.html (1199 words)

	Welfare state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some of this criticism concerns the idea that a welfare state makes citizens lazy and less inclined to work, a theory which some conservatives claim is proved by the current economic and social status of France.
		Another criticism is that the welfare state often provides its dependents with a similar level of income to the minimum wage, encouraging benefit fraud and economic inactivity, especially common now in the UK and France.
		They believe that the welfare state was created (In 1948 in the UK)to provide a carefully selected number of people with a subsistence level of benefits in order to alleviate poverty, but that it has been overly expanded to provide a large number of people indiscriminately with more money than the country can afford.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Welfare_state (1651 words)

	Welfare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Welfare, in general terms, refers simply to quality of life
		Welfare (financial aid), financial assistance paid by the government
		Welfare economics, in economics, associated with material benefit or preferred outcomes; see also social welfare function
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Welfare (132 words)

	The Welfare Trap
		To deny that welfare recipients are the main victims of the system is not to deny that the state has made life difficult for those least skilled at the task of working and living.
		Welfare cannot be affirmed in terms of either the recipients or the forced donors.
		Welfare should be ended, for the benefit of the productive people who have been forced to sacrifice to the unproductive.
	www.fff.org /freedom/0197c.asp (1327 words)

	BRIA(14:3) Welfare, How Welfare Began, History of, Reform, Welfare to Work, Europe, Sweden, Welfare in Europe
		Welfare reformers argued that the state pensions would also prevent juvenile delinquency since mothers would be able to supervise their children full-time.
		Welfare should be a national government responsibility so that needy single mothers of dependent children, elderly, and disabled persons in every part of the country can get support when they meet certain qualifications.
		Welfare should be a state government responsibility so that each of the 50 states will be free to design its own qualifications and levels of support.
	www.crf-usa.org /bria/bria14_3.html (6103 words)

	NewsHour:Welfare (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Welfare Reform: Imperial Valley A look at how welfare reform is affecting people in California's Imperial Valley.
		Welfare Reform: First Inning The deadline for states to file outlines for new ways to run welfare programs has passed.
		From Welfare To Work Lee Hochberg reports on the transition made by of hundreds of people nationwide who’ve moved from welfare to work as part of corporate programs to hire people on assistance.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/welfare/welfare.html (1027 words)

	The Welfare State
		The "welfare state" usually refers to an ideal model of provision, where the state accepts responsibility for the provision of comprehensive and universal welfare for its citizens.
		For example, Wilensky's work on welfare spending shows that the main determinants are the age of the system and the structure of the population.
		The United States is sometimes described as a ‘liberal' welfare regime, in the sense that it represents individualism, laissez-faire, residualism and a punitive view of poverty.
	www2.rgu.ac.uk /publicpolicy/introduction/wstate.htm#US (1947 words)

	Congress Re-Starts Welfare Reform
		Welfare caseloads (which had not significantly declined, even briefly, for almost a half century) dropped by 60 percent throughout the nation in a few years.
		Although welfare advocates had predicted that such reforms would result in disaster, employment rates of single mothers surged, and the poverty rates of fl children and children of single mothers (which had remained unchanged for a quarter century) plummeted.
		Despite the fact that single parenthood is the principal cause of child poverty and welfare dependence, the welfare system, for decades, has undermined marriage in low-income communities, treating fathers as irrelevant and creating disincentives to marry.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Welfare/wm991.cfm (966 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Welfare Special Report
		The welfare "reform" of the Clinton era consists of two major elements: a revolutionary change in the basic goals set by the federal government; and a dramatic "devolution" of responsibility – turning what used to be a federal, centralized system over to the states.
		Now it is conservatives who most strongly support certain welfare rules, including the family cap and a requirement that most teenage parents live with their own parents in order to receive benefits.
		While two thirds of welfare recipients are either on assistance only for a short time, or on-and-off, the remaining third have proven impervious to prior attempts to find them lasting work.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/special/welfare/welfare.htm (1341 words)

	Welfare Reform: An Analysis of the Issues (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If welfare policy is permanently turned over to the lower tiers of government, states will find themselves in a "race to the bottom"—a race to cut welfare benefits faster than their neighbors, thereby endangering the well-being of the most marginal members of society, including large numbers of children living in poverty.
		In sum, although welfare recipients face high penalties on added earnings that discourage work, eliminating such disincentives extends eligibility for welfare to a larger population, reduces the work effort of people who join the rolls because of the increased income eligibility cutoff, and may not be cost effective for these reasons.
		Central to this strategy was a plan to convert welfare into a transitional system designed to provide short-term financial, educational, and social support for families in need of such assistance and minimum-wage jobs for families who exhausted their transitional support.
	www.urban.org /welfare/overview.htm (17134 words)

	Welfare
		Many times, the only reason a person is on welfare is the simple fact that he looked but was not able to find a job.
		They were on welfare because he had lost his job during the downsizing efforts of his former company.
		This cycle leads many unwed mothers and/or single parents to remain on welfare, afraid of the uncertainty of the job market and drawn to the security of the government check that is there every month.
	www.daltonstate.edu /faculty/bmurray/exemplar2001/welfare.html (1018 words)

	National Institute for Literacy - Facts & Statistics - Welfare and Literacy Facts
		In the 1992 NALS, the average prose literacy proficiency of the total population was 272 (Level 2), compared to 243 (Level 2) for the population who received Aid to Families with Dependent Children or public assistance, and 236 (Level 2) for the population who received food stamps.
		Welfare recipients in employment-focused programs were employed for an average of 8.5 quarters, compared to 8.1 for recipients in education-focused programs.
		Also, one time 1998 46.1% of former welfare recipients were not able to pay their mortgage, rent, or utility bills, compared to 38.7% in 1997.
	www.nifl.gov /nifl/facts/welfare.html (1709 words)

	NCSLnet: Welfare Reform (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TANF at 10: As they reach their 10th anniversaries, state welfare programs have new challenges--keeping parents in jobs and meeting new federal rules.
		Supporting Parents From Welfare to Work: States are focusing on moving parents from welfare to work, although improving job retention and earnings is a challenge for many states.
		Welfare Reauthorization Limit State Flexibility: Under the new law, states will need to increase their work participation rate-or face potential penalties.
	www.ncsl.org /statefed/welfare/welfare.htm (157 words)

	Welfare
		Welfare participation, particularly AFDC/TANF participation, continues to be low as a result of 1990's federal legislation and a virtually full employment economy.
		Increasing the percentage of welfare recipients that hold jobs from 50 percent to 70 percent by 2008.
		Despite the higher cost, welfare is not nearly the volatile issue there as it is in the United States.
	www.newsbatch.com /welfare.htm (1390 words)

	Welfare
		One of the most popular myths is that welfare is a serious drag on the economy.
		If you expand the definition of "welfare" to include all one-way transfers of benefits (such as student grants, school lunches and pensions for needy veterans), then welfare takes up only 12 percent of the combined budgets.
		Welfare for the poor (AFDC and Food Stamps) totaled $50 billion in 1992, but welfare for corporations (pork-barrel projects, business subsidies and tax breaks) are estimated to run from $85 billion to $800 billion, depending on which think tank you listen to.
	www.huppi.com /kangaroo/7Welfare.htm (1553 words)

	Links to the world - welfare
		Indicators of Welfare Dependency, Annual Report to Congress -- Annual compilation from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human services, which tracks and predicts dependence on welfare programs.
		Public Agenda Online: Poverty and Welfare -- "The inside source for public opinion and policy analysis" offers background, facts presented graphically, poll data, a digest of recent news stories, and much more on the topic of welfare.
		Welfare Policy Center -- Welfare reform information and analysis from the Hudson Institute, the think tank that helped design Wisconsin's innovative welfare system.
	www.leg.state.mn.us /lrl/links/welfare.htm (887 words)

	Welfare Benefits for Non-citizens
		Although complete restoration of welfare benefits to their pre-1996 level is unlikely because of high costs, there are already several proposals in Congress and a recent proposal from the Bush administration to restore some benefits to some groups of non-citizens.
		Supporters believe that to deny non-citizens and their children welfare benefits is to leave them outside the protective sphere of social welfare guaranteed to the disabled and destitute by federal and state government policy.
		The intent of the 1996 reforms was to reduce the use of welfare by non-citizens.
	www.brookings.edu /es/research/projects/wrb/publications/pb/pb15.htm (3718 words)

	UNISON the public service union - UNISON Welfare
		We are now reviewing the design and contents of the current application form and would appreciate any views or comments you may have.
		Members can, of course, seek help from UNISON Welfare if there is evidence of financial difficulty or an underlying problem which originated before the onset of the dispute.
		This policy document puts into context the criteria to be used for the assessment of applications to UNISON Welfare for financial assistance.
	www.unison.org.uk /welfare/index.asp (529 words)

	The Intellectual Activist
		The welfare wards were a mass of sheep—on whom the incompetent administration of New Orleans unleashed a pack of wolves.
		All of this is related, incidentally, to the incompetence of the city government, which failed to plan for a total evacuation of the city, despite the knowledge that this might be necessary.
		In a city corrupted by the welfare state, the job of city officials is to ensure the flow of handouts to welfare recipients and patronage to political supporters—not to ensure a lawful, orderly evacuation in case of emergency.
	tiadaily.com /php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=1026 (1558 words)

	Welfare
		The dramatic changes in welfare laws and policies, and the challenges and opportunities they continue to present, require that states establish new strategies and procedures to ensure that as many children and families as possible retain or obtain health care coverage under Medicaid or CHIP.
		Since Medicaid eligibility for families no longer hinges on eligibility for welfare, and since Medicaid generally covers a broader group of children and families than may be eligible for TANF, some or all members of a family that fails to meet TANF eligibility criteria are likely to be eligible for Medicaid.
		In addition, a special $500 million Medicaid fund was created under the welfare reform law to help states with the additional administrative costs of eligibility determinations resulting from the delinkage of Medicaid from welfare eligibility and the establishment of Section 1931.
	aspe.hhs.gov /health/reports/transition/welfare.htm (8750 words)

	Common Cause Urges an End to Corporate Welfare
		Congress must find a way to assure taxpayers that corporate welfare programs will be given the same close scrutiny as other programs, and that they will receive their fair share of cuts.
		Corporate welfare remains an intractable part of the federal budget in large part because campaign contributions flow to Members of Congress from those special interests that benefit from corporate welfare programs.
		An independent commission on corporate welfare and an expedited process for implementing that commission's recommendations that would be established by S. 1376 is one way to ensure that these powerfully backed programs are subject to the same scrutiny as other budget items.
	www.ccsi.com /~comcause/news/corwel.html (2143 words)

	Federation for American Immigration Reform: Immigration and Welfare
		Furthermore, numerous forms of welfare are not considered under the public charge test, including food stamps, pre-natal care, nutrition programs, housing assistance, energy assistance, job training programs, child care services, free or reduced school lunch, public shelters, health clinics, Medicaid, and any cash welfare programs that are not the family’s sole source of income.
		The 1996 welfare reforms failed because while the legislation cut immigrants off from certain welfare programs, the savings that resulted from those cuts were not high enough to offset the increased usage of the remaining programs, due to the continuing high number of immigrants entering the U.S. every year.
		Such high rates of immigrant welfare use, combined with the rapidly increasing immigrant population, has resulted in a four percent increase in the number of immigrant households on welfare, from 14 percent in 1996 to 18 percent in 2000.
	www.fairus.org /site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8 (1349 words)

	VDARE.com: 08/19/03 - National Data: Immigrant Welfare Scandal Continues
		One trumpeted goal of the 1996 welfare reform: reducing the scandal of immigrant welfare dependency.
		The most immigrant-subsidizing benefit of all was not even addressed by the 1996 welfare reform.
		But current policy is importing immigrants whose welfare dependency is actually worse than ours.
	www.vdare.com /rubenstein/welfare.htm (487 words)

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