Welfare

Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance - The federal agency that administers the federal government's primary welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ofa/

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.
www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/welfare.shtml

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).
www.geocities.com/welfarerights/

HandsNet - An online community of nonprofit organizations concerned with low-income issues. Includes articles and alerts from participating organizations, some of which relate to welfare and workfare.
www.handsnet.org/

Heritage Foundation: Welfare - Research and related welfare information from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy think tank.
www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/

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.
www.jcpr.org/

MDRC - Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization
www.mdrc.org/

Moving Ideas: Welfare - Studies and reports on USA welfare issues from a liberal perspective.
www.movingideas.org/content/en/issue_items/poverty_and_wealth/welfare.htm

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.
www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/index.htm

Urban Institute - Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues.
www.urban.org/

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.
www.walkamile.org/

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.
www.welfarelaw.org/

Welfare Law Center: Low Income Networking and Communications (LINC) Project - Where low-income organizers can come together to combat the shredding of the social safety net and have their efforts represented.
www.lincproject.org/

Welfare Rights Advocacy Pages - Addresses the failures of the social service system and offers advice for struggling clients.
www.angelfire.com/wa2/WRAP/index.html

Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition - Seattle-based coalition of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients. Includes newsletter, fact sheets, and event announcements.
www.wroc.org/

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.
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1064/