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Social Issues
- Welfare
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Great
Web Sites
- Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996
Full text of the act can be read here.
(http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/)
- Technical
and Conforming Amendments to Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Amendments to the original act plus a summary of the bill.
(http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare/techindx.htm)
- Welfare
Law Center
The Welfare Law Center works on behalf of low income people.
This site provides information about welfare policy and
its effects in the legal system. You'll find a variety of
reports and analysis.
(http://www.welfarelaw.org/)
- Social
Policy Magazine
Here you'll find a link to articles from the Spring 1999
issue of Social Policy Magazine, with articles dealing with
Clinton's welfare reform initiative and its aftermath.
(http://www.socialpolicy.org/)
- Recent
Urban Institute Research on Welfare Reform
This nonpartisan group provides analysis of current welfare
policy and effects of the recent welfare reform initiatives.
(http://www.urban.org/welfare/index.cfm)
- U.S.
Welfare Caseloads Information
This site, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, contains charts, graphs and reports on the number
of welfare recipients in each state.
(http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/tables.htm)
- The
Heritage Foundation -- Welfare
The conservative Heritage Foundation, which advocates reforming
the current welfare system, offers views, position papers
and studies, reports, statistics, etc.
(http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/welfarebriefingroom.cfm)
- National
Association of Social Workers -- Welfare Reform
This site, from the National Association of Social Workers
offers a forum for those involved in social service work
to offer their opinions on a variety of subjects. You'll
find many opinion pieces, articles and position papers dealing
with welfare reform and its effects.
(http://www.naswnyc.org/welfare.html)
Books
in Your Libraries
- Links
to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson
Library System.
- Need
help?
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