Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Summary of Welfare Reforms Made by Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and Associated Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Background Material and Data on Major Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 1652
Book Description
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant
Author: Gene FalkPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant provides federal grants to states for a wide range of benefits, services, and activities. It is best known for helping states pay for cash welfare for needy families with children, but it funds a wide array of additional activities. TANF was created in the 1996 welfare reform law (P.L. 104-193). TANF funding and program authority were extended through FY2010 by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA, P.L. 109-171). TANF provides a basic block grant of $16.5 billion to the 50 states and District of Columbia, and $0.1 billion to U.S. territories. Additionally, 17 states qualify for supplemental grants that total $319 million. TANF also requires states to contribute from their own funds at least $10.4 billion for benefits and services to needy families with children -- this is known as the maintenance-of-effort (MOE) requirement. States may use TANF and MOE funds in any manner "reasonably calculated" to achieve TANF's statutory purpose. This purpose is to increase state flexibility to achieve four goals: (1) provide assistance to needy families with children so that they can live in their own homes or the homes of relatives; (2) end dependence of needy parents on government benefits through work, job preparation, and marriage; (3) reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and (4) promote the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. Though TANF is a block grant, there are some strings attached to states' use of funds, particularly for families receiving "assistance" (essentially cash welfare). States must meet TANF work participation standards or be penalised by a reduction in their block grant. The law sets standards stipulating that at least 50% of all families and 90% of two-parent families must be participating, but these statutory standards are reduced for declines in the cash welfare caseload. (Some families are excluded from the participation rate calculation.) Activities creditable toward meeting these standards are focused on work or are intended to rapidly attach welfare recipients to the workforce; education and training is limited. Federal TANF funds may not be used for a family with an adult that has received assistance for 60 months. This is the five-year time limit on welfare receipt. However, up to 20% of the caseload may be extended beyond the five years for reason of "hardship", with hardship defined by the states. Additionally, states may use funds that they must spend to meet the TANF MOE to aid families beyond five years. TANF work participation rules and time limits do not apply to families receiving benefits and services not considered "assistance". Child care, transportation aid, state earned income tax credits for working families, activities to reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies, activities to promote marriage and two-parent families, and activities to help families that have experienced or are "at risk" of child abuse and neglect are examples of such "nonassistance".
Federal Register
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Green Book, 2004: Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means, March 2004
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160510946
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1636
Book Description
2004 Green Book, Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means, March 2004. 18th edition. Provides information about Federal assistance programs, including: social security; medicare; supplemental security income; unemployment compensation; railroad retirement; trade adjustment assistance; Aid to Families with Dependent Children; child support enforcement; child care; child protection, foster care and adoption assistance; tax provisions; and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. 108th Congress, 2d Session.
108-2 Committee Print: Committee on Ways and Means, 2004 Green Book, Etc., March 2004, *
Author: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1997
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
The Huddled Masses Myth
Author: Kevin JohnsonPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781592132065
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Despite rhetoric that suggests that the United States opens its doors to virtually anyone who wants to come here, immigration has been restricted since the nation began. In this book, Kevin R. Johnson argues that immigration policy reflects the social hierarchy that prevails in American society as a whole and that immigration reform is intertwined with the struggle for civil rights. The "Huddled Masses" Myth focuses on the exclusion of people of color, gays and lesbians, people with disabilities, the poor, political dissidents, and other disfavored groups, showing how bias shapes the law. In the nineteenth century, for example, virulent anti-Asian bias excluded would-be immigrants from China and severely restricted those from Japan. In our own time, people fleeing persecution and poverty in Haiti generally have been treated much differently from those fleeing Cuba. Johnson further argues that although domestic minorities (whether citizens or lawful immigrants) enjoy legal protections and might even be courted by politicians, they are regarded as subordinate groups and suffer discrimination. This book has particular resonance today as the public debates the uncertain status of immigrants from Arab countries and of the Muslim faith.
Back in School
Author: A. Fiona PearsonPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978801890
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Fifty years ago, students who were parents were a rarity in college classrooms, but by the beginning of the twenty-first century, over a quarter of all undergraduate students were parents. In Back in School, A. Fiona Pearson explores how these student parents navigate cultural norms and institutional resources, forging pathways as they journey to become better parents and successful students. Back in School examines how policy makers, professors, college administrators, counselors, and social workers provide or deny access to child care, tutoring, financial aid, or other campus- or community-based resources. Pearson further explores how social norms and governmental and organizational policies influence access to these resources and student parents’ experiences on campus and at home.
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