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Family - Child Care
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- Leadership Forum, April 4, 1997: In addition to that, we have tried to improve, as Betsy said, thl) operation of the federal child care programs and how they interface with those at the localloveL And in the welfare reform bill, one of the best things about
Entitlement Reform
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- , which have been circulated on the Hill, would be of interest to you. We share with you and others in the Adminiktration concerns about the nature of current debate on welfare reform. Generail y, discussion about the welfare system fails to note
- Goals 2000IESEA Schocl-to-WorkIFirsl Job Networks Lifelong Learning Equity LineslREA Next Job :'
- .•. to poison our children's minds." Jackson~ meanwhile, sought to turn up the heat on two incendiary issues in the black community: welfare reform and President Clinton'S crime package. In a luncheon speech, Jackson called on black people to oppose welfare
Empowerment
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- THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON July 12, 1993 MEMORANDUM FOR Economy and Jobs Issue Group Bonnie Deane FROM: I SUBJECT: Meeting with the Empowerment Network As part of the welfare reform outreach I Jeremy Ben-Ami has suggested that our issue
- Ihal the Clinton administration has any pian to con/rom the fiscal consequences of SSI growth in its own welfare reform plan. Congress would do well co put SSI on the table ..sue laTer this year. when it lakes up the L President Clinton's plan
Housing - Reform
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- of them are working and many are not rec.eivin9 welfare? A work requirement for welfare 18 the real issue. That issue is best addressed within the context of welfare reform.
- to give you more say in your own affairs. We have now given 29 stat.es a total of 33 waivers from federal r~les to enact their'own welfare reform oroposals. In the last tvJO and a half yea::s, more states have received waivers than in the previous 12
Mayors
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- issues of the real welfare reform t:his ye.ar? And how can we as r.'Iayors make a di:efe~et:ce s l.nce woe may feel the etfl\icts of som"" 0: tha draconia:1 ll'.east.:rcs that il;re going or.? THE PRE:~!DENT; :: think th(l prospects :;0::: real welfare
Ellwood, [David]
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- the prospects for welfare reform remain confused. Moreover, negotiations are quite far along. Nonetheless, even at this late hour) implore you to take a very close look at the issue of match versus maintenance of effort jf welfare does begin to move. For I
Child Support - Assurance
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- ~~""~ ,:"","w'n,'! ",,,j, h", \IJ"jl~:,\ ""', ,I",,,,,",,,, J', J"J,,~,,\, We appreciate the productive discussions that have been held on child support with the Welfare Reform Working Group, and understand that importanl child support reiorm measures
- by 1999. This increase is attributable partly to better enforcement of recent improvements in current law, and partly to passage of the welfare reform legislation itself. Under our pIa!":., paternity identification, award establishment
- with the Administration's other initiatives ~- including its education initiatives, national service, and., welfare reform? 8. Why is this a priority? Why is it more responsive to people's needs then the Contract with America?
Health Care - Uninsured
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- for welfare reform projects, When fully implemented. these demonstration projects wiU extend health covcmge to 2,2, mlliioll pmems and children who otherwise would be UJiinsured. Crcllting new insunmce olltiuns. The Prl.!sidcnt also continues to support
- Amendment Ca1ls on community and business leaders to encourage participation in mentoring programs, Immigration and Refugees Amendment Updates the pollcV to make It consistent with the 1996 welfare reform law; recognize the ~HH visa programs; ensure
Child Support - Newsclips
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- the wrong message by failing to get f l T l c· tough with its own employees. But legislation being drafted in Congress as part of welfare reform will help a~dress the problem by establishing central registries that track child support orders and all new
Head Start
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- families, but also co he.!p t.he ral~ent:.J ~i.chi(~vf': i3elf suf.ficiency, ~ said Secretary Shalala. "Today. when welfare reform has made I tI~~ mQv~\ U 1 wock a nat..ional corrmitment, Head Star-t'n twill go_d-.; an;: Ill.i)',": impOCLant t.hdfl
Teen Pregnancy
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- about welfare reform and teenage pregnancy. It is encouraging to see teenage pregnancy and welfare reform linked together. The chances for a teen mother who drops out of school to successfully raise a child and lead a productive and independent life
Child Support - Gambling
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- to be cmcial because they understand the actual process ane potential challenges bettef than anyone. When irnplemcJlting the new hire reporting requirement COnlained in the welfare reform Jaw, HHS worked extensively with States and employer organizations
Budget - Blue Dogs
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- for energy and scientific research; and $2 billion for discretionary programs for agncultu1re and rural development, , February 26, 1997 , I Welfare Reform Does not reopen the welfare reform bill enacted in 1996. Reserves $3,6 billion over five years
- introduced legislation to reduce the El'l:rned [ncome Tax Credit (EITe), which they may offer 011 the Senate floor as (lIt amendtnent to the welfare reform bilL Trcilsl1ry Department estimates show that this iegis11ltion would cut the EITC by $66 billion over
Food Stamps
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- and Receive Food Stamps: Ifwe want people to leave welfare and go to work, we need to make sure they can get to work. Because lack of reliable transportation is a major barrier to families finding and keeping ajob, the welfare reform law of 1996 allowed states
- at least 20 percent of their Welfare-to~ Work funds to help low income fathers work and pay child support. We will SOO:1 be awarding the first round of bonus funds provided 6 by the welfare reform law to up to five states that have had the greateSt
- • • • TALKING POIN'l'S ON WELFARE REFORM , , '!'HE CLINTON lIJ)MINIBTRATIOli WILL IM'1'RODUCB ,! 'ilBLl"AIlE REFORJiI PLAN 'l'IIAT BUILDS all 'I.'IIl!: WORK OF 'I.'IIl!: PAST YEAR. o The SITC passed last year is the first step in making
Child Support - Legislation
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- Directory of New Hires had located onc million delinquent parents since its. October 1, 1997 launch. The directory, proposed by the President in 1994 and enacted as part ofthc 1996 welfare reform law, helps track parents across state lines: and withhold
Nonprofits
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- 11, 1996 MEMORANDUM FOR BOB DAMUS JACK LEW DORIS MATSUI KATHY WALLMAN FROM: STEVE NEUWIRTH SUBJECT: NON-PROFIT LABELING PROVISION IN PROPOSED WELFARE REFORM LEGISLATION Nan Aron,of the Alliance for Justice ha$ forwarded to me
Child Support - Testimony
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- WORKING GROUP ON WELFARE REFORM. : FAMILY SUPPoRT AND INDEPENDENCE , FACSIMD,E TRANSMISSION COVER SHEET Aerospace Building 370 L'Eo!ant Promenade, S.W. Seventh Floor Washington, D.C. 20447 Fax: (l0l) 205-!)688 CS -- , Cover Frvm: + 3 Page(s
Family Support Act
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- families receiving welfare payments and a brighter future to the one out of five Ante,dcan children who live in poverty. We need welfare reform now, not because we wish to blame those in poverty or force them to exchange their welfare benefits for make
Child Support [1]
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- of Ms. Stefl}< at the time of implementation of Welfare Reform seems very poorly planned. It will have a detrimental impact on children entitled to support. Region Vencompassed several larger states and had a good track record of working with advocacy
- dropped substantiatly for low-income families. Expanding the uSe of IDAs alter this imbalance, and thus enhance the economic independence of America's working poor. We were proud to work with you in enacting welfare reform. Simply reducing the wf1fare
Enterprise Zones [2]
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- administration hopee to secomp11sh in poor communities through health eare; reform, eh1ldrena' agenda, welfars reform and so on. Our empowerment agenda is m"ant to ....x1m1ze the return on thoae investments' and to help thoBe oommunities restore the basic cond
EITC Fraud
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- recipients life oflen gen welfare reform agenda:' By 1998, the paper pointed OUl, uinely poor-of that thcre i~ no question, And many do EITC is e:tpected 10 cosl Ihe federal governmeol $245 bil work hurd f(lf not rIlw.:h mouey. But when did the American
Health Care - Medicaid
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- "unemployment" as working less th:an 100 hours per month. Before welfare reform> J 1 states rc~civcd statewide and another 6 states received substatc 1115 waivers of this rute because they thought it overly strict and anti~famil{ However, because welfare reform
- sure every American can balance the dual 'responsibilities succeeding as parents and succeeding at work. There is no more significant challenge. . . . Indeed, on's of the biggest 'debates we had when we were workipq throug~ the welfare reform issue
Shalala
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- with you about the important issue of welfare reform. I am really here to talk about the future of our country~ The future of our country is a young couple in Cleveland, forced to separate because the husband's meager income disqualifies them from
New Markets
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- where there was none before, 7. Charitable Choice Provisions for SAMHSA Drng Treatment I Outstanding Issues • Would ~:.e accePt use of the term "vouchers?" Vouchers are e~plicitly nulhorized under Welfare Reform. The undedying SAMHSA statute
Event - Ideas
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- , for July - September 1997, are the first available under the ne,>-\' welfare reform law) ;. (2) new case[oad data sho'Ning continuing declines; and (3) ne\v data on the nwnber of people who were on welfare in 1997 and v\:orking in March 1998. This event
Taxes - Middle Class Tax Cut
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- of marriage penalties is not a concern for just the EITe or for the income tax system. (3) The Welfare Reform Working Group is aware of the potential for large marriage penalties in tax/transfer system programs and is working to ensure that these are reduced
- policies concerning life· long learning such ... the school·to-work Initiative, reform of student loans, welfar. reform. the Reemployment Act, and National service will play"" important role in improving labor market prospects for disad1lBntaged individuals
Immunizations
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- children must get, and to ensure safe and effective vaccines. OTB3R CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION EFFORTS. • Under welfare reform waivers granted by the Clinton Admiriistration, 13 states are now requiring pa.rents to adequately i'mmunize their children
Second Term Strategy
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- the requirements of the welfare reform legislation, Releasing'thi. guidance could provide thel'residcnt an opportunity to highlight tbe federal programs available to help states and communities address the wolillre ch.llenge, ENSUKJNGJH4T8CHOO'lS ARE SAlE
Child Care
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- pay for the care of some one million children. Two years ago, we worked hard to ensure that the' welfare reform law boosted child care 'funding by $4 billion over six years. L' ,, .~t'
Accomplishments [1]
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- met the work requirements implemented in the welfare reform law the Pr~sident signed in 1996. • 1992. T...Jenty percent of people on welfare in 1991 were working in 1992. • Today. The percent of people on welfare in 1998 who were working in 1999
Budget - Reconciliation
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- this problem. too. • Third, the Administration's food stamp bill strengthens child support enforcement (and thus helps pave the way for an important component of welfare reform). The current food stamp benefit structure contains disincentives for custodial
Child Care - Conference [2]
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- Clinton's continuing efforts to improve and increase funding for child care. The 1996 welfare reform law increased child care funding by $4 billion over six years to provide child care assistance to low-income working families moving from welfare to work
Child Care - Statistics
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- in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rccon'cillation Act of 1996. Do not make further cuts to Title XX, precisely at a time when more families need child eare assistance to meet the work requirements of welfare reform. Almnst 15 percent ufTitle XX
Urban Policy [1]
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- to', '_', Jf . be his best, and most natural platfonn' for speaking to~ the 'Arrierican Peopl.e ..~:It'iS· ~t"them:e thai./.:·' '. ,"!:, .' is central to the welfare ,reform proposal,.the Criq1e'..bil~ and the ,entire lifelongJeaming :,' .. ' ,~:... " \
Colorado
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- , particularly , in the areas of Medicaid and welfare reform, But it is likely we will be handed more responsibilities and fewer resou"'es, I , , We will haye to decide what, as a state government, we can pay for! and what will have to be taken care
Immigration [2]
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- against legal immigrants, w~ich wpuJd have gone beyond the welfare reform law. Unfortunately, the immigration biIl contains provisions. that could weaken the nation's environmental laws, and place hardships on some l),Si citizens and permanenl residents. 1
Child Support - Ideas
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- the deduction must identify the children with respect to whom child support payment. are required to be made and, to the ,extent poSSible, ,th.e taxpayer who is required to make these payments. Same standard as in welfare reform law. • '!'he deduction is allowed
Civil Rights Enforcement
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- , managed care. Medicaid waivers, 'nursing home care, home health care and welfare reform, • The number ofcomplaints received in FY 1993 (2,094) reflected an 82 percent increase over the FY 1987 level (1,148), This rise in complaints was, in part
Communications
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- I Tentative issue assignments for long-term monitoring/communications role sob Soorstin xiahael Waldman Health care Foreign policy Defense policy Welfare reform National service Gays in the military Immigration Political reform Crime bill
Housing [1]
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- , who are too nfraid to loo.ve their homes. It'sjUl!tgot to stop.'Jt'1i Wne WI! worried about their rights also. : 4-2H14 : 9: 16A~ : ." SffiT BY:AEROSPACE BUXi ~. ACf/SU!TE 601)-. 202 456 7028:. 11 3 WoRiaNG GROUP ON WELFARE REFORM, FAMll..Y
Budget - Cuts
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- at the full potential of this approach~ 3. A HORSETRADE: FINANCING HEALTH CARE AND WELFARE REFORM WITH A CUT IN CAPITAL GAINS TAX FOR INCREASE IN CIGARETTE TAX AND. AS APPROPRIATE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BTU TAX. Move basic health care plan costs entirely off
Poverty [1]
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- has been to reward work and to launch an all-out assault on such work disincentives through measures from expanding the EITe to raising the minimum wage to welfare reform to expanded children~s health insurance to greater child care, Exp.n'tJ~g:.'~.e
Budget - Balanced Budget
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- the 1996 welfare reform law, the President said that he would try to restore the cuts in benefits for legal immi.,glJlllts that were not only har~h and unnecessary but that had 110thing to do with the flmdamcn1a! goal of welfare reform --10 move people from
Enterprise Zones [1]
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- . Certainly there are welfare reforms that could be made to better i.:j..... deliver needed assistance in conjunction with the enrerprise zone approach. Similar1y, as you \(...$ . noted in your address. safety and security must be part of this comprehensive
Family Policy
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- ; as noted above, these families urc also especially likely to be found among the working poor. (Sec Attachment D.) Even ,with the additional child care reSourceS ili the welfare reform legislation, only about 1 In 10 children eligible under the Federal law
Urban Policy [2]
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- welfare reform proposalJ would crea!e strong " Sheldon Daulger and Daniel Weinberg, eds. Fighting PoWirry: What Works and What Doe.m't, Cambridge Mk Harvard University Press, 1986; and Sheldon Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur and Daniel Weinberg, cds
Economic Plan [1]
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- size of tbe Republican proposals -- and include a per person cap to protect coverage, rather than an aggregate blocl< grant. • Welfare reform bes savings of $35 blUion which is less than balf of tb. Republican proposals and essentially coasistent
- , providing scholarships to up to 50,000 child care providers per year, and investing in research and consumer education. Q: Are stales spending the child care money in the new welfare reform law? A: We are very encouraged by the state reports which
Child Care - Legislation
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- and the ,uccess of welfare reform. , , Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources Majority M~mbe... James Jeffords (VT), Chair; Dan Coats (IN); Judd Gregg (NH); Bill Frist (TN); Mike DeWine (Oli); Mich.~1 Enzi (WY); Tim Hutchin""n (AR); Susan Collins (ME
Budget - Capital
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- Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion Welfare Reform Crime Initiative (e.g., increased community policing) EEOC -- 'Increased enforcement' HHS -- Child' Immunizations HHS -- Substance Abuse and Prevention USDA -- Food Safety and Inspection SerJice VA
Infrastructure
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- priorities, such. as health care reform or welfare reform; • The Administration already has sought a limited "reinvention" of federal infra.
Ideas [2]
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- we have had important accompliehments in child care. Our.primary ~ocus bas been to secure funds for child care as part ot welfare reform, to streamline and coordinate child cara assistance, to improve the quality of child care services through
Budget - Budget Amendment
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- an: /.,,;;tive in jmj2[QYin2 women' swages. Supported the Employment NonDiscrimination Act, which would ext,nrJ basir.; ewpiQ):meDl disr.;rimimuiQo pIQter.;tiQDS 10 ell): and h:sbian 12'01211::. -In Congress- ., WELFARE REFORM PROPOSAL " ... to change
Empowerment Zones [3]
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- REFORM Here is a proposal you can put to Moynihan as proof of your commitment to welfare reform: :Increase funding for the JOBS program by $250 million in both FY94 and FY95. as a way to raise Ihe federal matching rate of 85% in states that begin early
- support to mothers and children on welfare. of A More Sweeping Program Under Welfare Reform The new welfare!law includes an even more comprehensive national computer tracking system, based on the Presidenes pilot new hire program. Under the new program
Tax Credits
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- ...-...-.,... • /;\ \ ~'~l c... As a member of the Working Group on welfare Reform, I o~ ~ hought that you might find this-~news::::'clip'::interesting. As part ''-~'"''':\''' f their plan to reform welfare, the state of virginia is ~~ ~ ffering incentives to employers
Accomplishments [3]
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- ; of our f~Uid'- Tliat "is S • • . . . • Congres~ should-p'ass a bipartisan welfare reform bill thai reinroices 'work, r~PQnsibillty ~~nd famii*. ", ,
Los Angeles [2]
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- with State officials to expedite approval of a State Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control waiver. I • Community Development: Increased funding for the Minority Male Initiative for FY 92 and FY 93. • Welfare Reform/Jobs: training program. wi HUD gave money
Violence [1]
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- approach on welfare reform and domestic violence. We recommend against supporting her proposal in the Labor-HHS conference given that it is at odds with our policy, We beHeve the issue would be better addressed through regulation~ Secretary Shaiala strongly
AIDS - Policy [3]
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- 1996 (attached) opposing the President's decision on welfare reform" Key issues were denying benefits to legal inunigrams, and denying cash assistance and food stamps for life to persons ever convicted of drug~related felonies. Almost half of new HIV
Child Care - Conference [1]
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- adjusted gross income under $50,000. In con"""t, about 46 percent of married couples claiming the chUd and dependent care tax credit had adjusted gross income under $50,000. • • The welfare reform act increases mandatory spending on child care for very
Child Welfare
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- wsl"fare valvars will not involve the level ot: dollars that are involved in AFDC noa Hodicaid waiver&, nor will th¢y, in moat casac, affect noarly AC many children or families. THE aRQ~Q.~R CHILD WELFARE REFORM CONTE~ The child welt'are system
- -dircctor of the Assessing the New Federalism Project at the Urban Institute. This project, the largest in the Institutels 29 year history, win monitor and assess the effects of welfare reform and health care reform around the country. Mr. Weil has
- , and we must take new I steps to ensure that children get the support they need," Secretary , Sbalala said. "Tbat is why president Clinton haa charged the Working Group on Welfare Reform. Family Support and Independence 'witb suqqesting ways
Third Way
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- for this confusing and scary new reality by expanding education and training, changing the social compact (welfare reform), etc. I've also noticed your delight in TIew medical, scientific and technological breakthroughs; a different president might not have had so
Race - Initiative [3]
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- or ethnic group, she said. .. .. " Jpress u'rged-to - tell ~s_t;pries._oL .:real_people~_affe_cted 'r?y~) welfare reform ---.:... I ~ ~. r' A Clinton administration official who resigned in protest when the president signed the welfare reform bill urged
Budget - FY 2000 [1]
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- collection. Some advocates and a few research types argue that most of these data are ·appropriate and valuable for tracking _ the effects of welfare reform. In a few cases they ask for more (i.e., to get a better handle on how TANF and MOE funds are being
Economy - Talking Points
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- On welfare reform that ends welfare as we know it. and rewards work instead of idleness.. 3 ONE PAGE SUMMARY ON ECONOMY/BUDGET SPENDING CUTS:, .' The economic plan included $255 billion in spending cuts. one of the largest spending cut packages
- Bruce Reed is Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. He oversees a variety. or domestic issues for the White House, including welfare reform, reinventing government, political reform, crime and drugs, and community development, Mr. Reed
- tackled term limits, taxes, abortion, t!uthanasia, welfare reform, the death penalty, school choice, a va~iety of minority rights concerns and many other issues. The obligatory referendum on amendments to state constitutions proposed by state legislatures
Community Empowerment
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- . That is wby several other Presidential initiatives, the crime bill, Headstart and Family Preservation, the EITC, health eMe reform, and welfare reform are integral components of any community empowerment strategy. cc: Carol Rasco Bruce Reed
- . nurturing. and developmentally sound environment for the children it serves. The need for a productive Workforce, the increasing number of lwo~earner families, aJ'1,d recent welfare reforms combine to make increasing aceess to child care and improving its
Budget - FY 1999 [3]
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- additional continuing disability reviews in FY 1999, an increase of $115 million over FY 1996. No new funding is provided for implementation of changes to the SSI program in the welfare reform law, The $100 million inCluded in FY 1996 . was the second of two
Minimum Wage
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- ~year low next year jf we do nOt raise jt above $4.25 an hour. If we're serious- let me ~ay this. too, emphatically,- if we are serious about welfare reform. then we have a dear obligation to make work artractive and to reward people who are willing
