Almanac of Policy Issues: Welfare - Background information and links on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and U.S. federal welfare policy generally.
Coalition on Human Needs: Welfare - Background information, legislative analyses, status reports on pending bills, and links on welfare issues from the Coalition on Human Needs, a coalition of major U.S. anti-poverty organizations.
Emergency Committee to Defend Constitutional Welfare Rights - Establishes basis in U.S. Constitution and obligatory international law for right to decent relief for the involuntarily unemployed and that "workfare" as practised is prohibited involuntary servitude (forced labor).
HandsNet - HandsNet is an online community of (mostly liberal/progressive) nonprofit organizations concerned with low-income issues. The site includes articles and alerts from participating organizations, many of which relate to welfare and workfare.
Heritage Foundation: Welfare - Research and related welfare information from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy think tank.
Hudson Institute's Welfare Reform Policy Center - Hudson Institute's Welfare Reform Policy Center researches welfare reform activity around the nation, conducts research, evaluates the effectiveness of work-based reforms and improves them, and facilitates policy meetings and project developments.
Idea Central: Welfare and Families - Studies and reports on welfare from a liberal perspective. Idea Central is part of the Electronic Policy Network, a project of The American Prospect magazine.
Joint Center for Poverty Research - A national and interdisciplinary research institute that examines what it means to be poor in America. Features academic research written for a lay audience on a variety of topics, including welfare programs, education, health, housing, employment, and crime.
Making Connections Training Manual - A manual for West Virginia outreach workers helping families make the transition from welfare to work.
Mathematica Policy Research - Research and analysis of welfare and work-related programs by Mathematica Policy Research, a for-profit research organization.
MDRC - Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization
Midwest Partners - Regional coalition of northern mid-western communities focusing on welfare reform; includes membership information, advocacy tools, TANF resources and conference information.
NuAmericas.com - Addresses the multicultural, social, economic and health related needs of all people in Americas.
Social Policy Action Network (SPAN) - SPAN develops effective social policy for low income children and their families. SPAN is a project of the Tides Foundation.
Social Policy: Welfare, Society and the State - Social policy is the study of the welfare state, and the range of responses to social need. This is a brief introduction to the subject.
UPM against Poverty SA - Un(der)employed people's site in Australia with information, links, newsletter and events, to give a voice to groups on low income, and social security recipients.
Urban Institute - Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues.
Walk a Mile Project - Training materials, discussion board, and links for Walk a Mile, which trains local organizations to sponsor "Walk a Mile" projects that bring together policymakers with their low-income constituents to promote dialogue and understanding.
Welfare Law Center - Works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support -- public funding provided on the basis of need -- is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development.
Welfare Made a Difference Campaign - Seeks to reshape public perception about and public policy relating to welfare by sharing stories of people who have received welfare and struggled out of poverty.
Welfare Rights Advocacy Pages - Addresses the failures of the social service system and offers advice for struggling clients.
Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition - Seattle-based coalition of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients. Includes newsletter, fact sheets, and event announcements.
Welfare-Mom Homepage - Dedicated to issues of importance to low-income families. Welfare myth-busting, original features, and resources for parents, kids, and job-seekers. Covers single-parent, working class, public policy and feminist issues.
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