Center on Budget: Welfare Reform/TANF

Center on Budget: Welfare Reform/TANF Welfare Reform/TANF News feed http://www.cbpp.org/topic/?fa=topic&id=42 en-us Copyright 2008 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. All rights reserved. Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:09 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Off the Charts Blog Post: Kansas' Big and Damaging Tax Cut http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:09:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: After Welfare Reform, the Poorest Families Had More Trouble Paying Bills http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:41:14 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Testimony of LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D. Vice President, Family Income Support Policy, Before the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Hearing on "State TANF Spending and its Impact on Work Requirements" Good afternoon Chairman Davis, Ranking Member Doggett, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to testify on the relationship between TANF State maintenance-of-effort (MOE) requirements and their interaction with work requirements. I am Vice President for Family Income Support Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Prior to coming to the Center two and a half years ago, I spent 16 years studying welfare programs, including the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/tB73cKkCArs/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3780 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:19 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3780 Eliminating Social Services Block Grant Would Weaken Services for Vulnerable Children, Adults, and Disabled To help generate the savings required by the House-approved budget, the House Ways and Means Committee voted on April 18 to eliminate the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a uniquely flexible funding source that helps states meet the specialized needs of their most vulnerable populations, primarily low- and moderate-income children and people who are elderly or disabled (see Figure 1 and Appendix A).[1] States use the $1.7 billion-a-year grant to support services designed to help people … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/DbY2zluLw1U/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3765 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:45:13 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3765 Eliminating Social Services Block Grant Would Weaken Services for Vulnerable Children, Adults and Disabled To help generate the savings required by the House-approved budget, the House Ways and Means Committee voted on April 18 to eliminate the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a uniquely flexible funding source that helps states meet the specialized needs of their most vulnerable populations, primarily low- and moderate-income children and people who are elderly or disabled (see Figure 1 and Appendix A).[1] States use the $1.7 billion-a-year grant to support services designed to help people … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/DbY2zluLw1U/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3765 Thu, 03 May 2012 17:31:07 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3765 Off the Charts Blog Post: Greenstein on the Safety Net, Part 3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:12:25 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: The House Considers Food Stamps and Taxes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:56:40 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Greenstein on the Safety Net, Part 1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:11:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Testimony: Robert Greenstein Before the House Budget Committee Hearing on Strengthening the Safety Net Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am Bob Greenstein, head of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a policy institute located here in Washington. I also served many years ago as Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at USDA, which operates SNAP (then called food stamps) and other domestic food assistance programs My testimony covers several related issues: a look at the functioning of the safety net as a whole; a more intensive focus on … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/8I8SP0n81rY/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3745 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:26:09 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3745 Off the Charts Blog Post: Myths on Spending, Debt, and Taxes Fuel Ryan Vision http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:22:38 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:24:29 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Blog Post: Ryan Roundup: Everything You Need to Know About Chairman Ryan's Budget Below is a compilation of the CBPP blog posts to date on House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new budget. Check back here frequently, as we will update this list as we put out new material. http://bit.ly/RyanPosts Overview/General Greenstein Statement March 21, 2012 "The new Ryan budget is a remarkable document — one that, for most of the past half-century, would have been outside the bounds of mainstream discussion due to its extreme nature. In … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/4uXIhaz1NcE/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3726 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:38:38 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3726 Blog Post: Greenstein on the Ryan Budget We’ve issued a statement from Robert Greenstein on the budget from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. Here’s the opening: The new Ryan budget is a remarkable document — one that, for most of the past half-century, would have been outside the bounds of mainstream discussion due to its extreme nature. In essence, this budget is Robin Hood in reverse — on steroids. It would likely produce the largest redistribution of income from the bottom to the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/W4EBO8jHDhc/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3713 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:17:04 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3713 Off the Charts Blog Post: TANF Weakening as a Safety Net http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:29:32 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Pell Grants on a Downward Slope http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:47:31 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 TANF Weakening as a Safety Net For Poor Families Many policymakers continue to claim that the 1996 welfare reform law which created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program was a major success. They see the TANF program's design and block grant structure as a model for the reform of other safety net programs.[1] TANF's record over the last 15 years shows, however, that its role as a safety net has declined sharply over time. (See Figure 1). In 1996, for every 100 families with children living in poverty, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/BlVrUUmRBWU/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3700 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:58:00 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3700 Off the Charts Blog Post: Even in a Down Year, Top 1% Had More Total Income than Bottom 50% http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:09:41 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Under $2 a Day in America, Part 1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:11:53 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Poorer States Lose Out Again in Latest TANF Extension http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:56:30 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: The False Claim That State Income Taxes Impede Growth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:35:02 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Contrary to "Entitlement Society" Rhetoric, Over Nine-Tenths of Entitlement Benefits Go to Elderly, Disabled, or Working Households Some conservative critics of federal social programs, including leading presidential candidates, are sounding an alarm that the United States is rapidly becoming an “entitlement society” in which social programs are undermining the work ethic and creating a large class of Americans who prefer to depend on government benefits rather than work. A new CBPP analysis of budget and Census data, however, shows that more than 90 percent of the benefit dollars that entitlement and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/Ncpi1yp1lgs/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3677 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:54:07 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3677 Off the Charts Blog Post: Debunking the “Entitlement Society” Myth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:55:26 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Contrary To "Entitlement Society" Rhetoric, Over Nine-Tenths of Entitlement Benefits Go to Elderly, Disabled, or Working Households Some conservative critics of federal social programs, including leading presidential candidates, are sounding an alarm that the United States is rapidly becoming an “entitlement society” in which social programs are undermining the work ethic and creating a large class of Americans who prefer to depend on government benefits rather than work. A new CBPP analysis of budget and Census data, however, shows that more than 90 percent of the benefit dollars that entitlement and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/Ncpi1yp1lgs/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3677 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:57:34 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3677 Off the Charts Blog Post: Bernstein on Income Inequality http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:05 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog Post: Repairing the Safety Net http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-WelfareReform/tanf/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:48:19 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184