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- welfare. reform law requires states to continue to spend state funds for child care at a level equal to the greater of their FY 1994 or FY 1995 historic spending levels in the former Title N -A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) child care programs
Abortion-Rare [Prevention]
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- private-sector insurance coverage of contraceptive services and supplies. Antiabortion, "profamily" legislators, meanwhile, continued to press themes raised during the recent national welfare reform debate around curtailing sexual activity[ The Guttmacher
Child Care-Welfare
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- Address: [email protected] ··welfare Information Network .Issue Notes Policy Issues As more states focus attention on the well-being of children under welfare reform, they inevitably will examine ways to ensure that all children meet ~he "ready
Economic Development Issues
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- that they "would encourage poor Americans to set money aside in special savings accounts that they can use for a home, their education, their training or starting a small business." To that end, your 1994 Welfare Reform proposal included an IDA proposal
- for it will go down next year: the Governor's budget requested $61.5 million for the program, but the Republican House appropriated no funds and the Democratic Senate included $50 million. 11. Welfare Reform- Urban Caseloads: You recently asked us whether we
- , communities take responsibility for activity. needs. A shift in mindset is needed to encourage communities to invest their own resources in service provision. • Look at the impact of welfare reform and address the issue of job creation . role
Welfare [1]
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- and the very early results nom State surveys of recipients and former recipients. Finally, the implications of these findings for Federal and State policy choices are briefly discussed. ~'\:. ~-· i ,.: ~· :'. State Responses to Welfare Reform Welfare
- for black women have been dropping , · .. steadily since 1989, they assert that the decline. started before states_. and the federal gov~ent enacted welfare reform measures. . 1: "This is happening at a time when the economy is improVing."}hld Tuesday's
Single Sex Education
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- politically nonviable. We will meet with the Democrats next week to discuss how to proceed on this sensitive issue. 8. Welfare Reform- New Federal Child Support Case Registry: HHS is almost ready to put in place a new national database of child support cases
- attention to the needs of children than there has been. We are embarking in our country on many changes-- welfare reform being but one that I could mention-- that will have profound implications on how children develop. V{e need your expertise; we need your
- . . Welfare Reform: States' Efforts to Expand Child Care Programs Rep.ort, 01/13/98, GAO/HEHS-98-27). (Letter Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed states' implementation focusing on: (1) ho~ much f~deral and state funding is being spent on child
- . · · This also builds on President Clinton's continuing efforts to improve and increase funding f0( ) h
Pillars [1]
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- -and middleincome families who are using low-quality care or are returning to work under welfare reform. [What is the unfunded need in Head Start and /or child care]. ·.:S:· Reducing Hispanic drop-out rate America Reads: Tutoring for students who aie behind
Women's Magazines
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- for Women in Business/SBA's Role in Welfare Reform 2:30p.m. to 3:15p.m. Room 472 Old Executive Office Building Small Btlsiness Administration Administrator Aida Alvarez Break/Movement to East Wing 3: I) p.m. to 4 p.m. ( Mrs. Clinton 4 p.m. to 4:30p.m
- -appropriate care, education and support for the child. With more than 50 percent of mothers with children under five in the work force and more moving into the work force as a result of welfare reform, the need for quality care has never been greater
Accomplishments [2] [Binder]
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- , and supports for families moving from welfare to work -.,.. including increased funding for child care. State strategies are making a real difference in the success of welfare reform, specifically in job placement, child care and transportation. In April 1999
- -elect ofNCSL. "State legislators recognize that investing in the first few years of life has long lastin8· implications for many policy areas, including the economy, education, welfare reform, criminal justice and health care." As a result of his
Kids Count
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- whose parents work at low-wage jobs, often at night or on weekends.· The Data Book finds that the current child care systems are hurting kids, costing businesses and sabotaging welfare reform. That is why even bipartisan recognition of the need
- significant increases in ·the levels of income of working parents. . Welfare Reform. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 dramatically restructured the welfare system to promote work and individual responsibility. The law
- access to insurance for small businesses through purchasing coalitions; restore Medicaid· eligibility· to legal immigrants affected by welfare reform; extend Medicaid eligibility to foster children until they turn .23; improve the transitional Medicaid
- children (ages birth to six). The policy press.ures ()f welfare reform and the uncertainties. ofeco~omic growth, moreover, may test ~rates' resolve to support the health and development of all young children and families in the coming years.:·. 2
- the relevant Administration program, its goals, and the results it has produced. The information is divided into the following topic areas: education; children and families; crime; welfare reform; environment; farming and the food supply; and aid to .small
- , the Snapshots highlight social and economic issues that are indica- tive of well-being. Together, they capture a picture of family life on the eve of policy changes, such as federal welfare reform, that are affecting how social services, health, and income
Welfare [2]
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- , and supports for families . moving from welfare to work -- including increased funding for child care. State strategies are making a real difference in the success of welfare reform, specifically in · job placement, child care and tran_sportation. • . Law
Child Care Media [3]
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- and 60 percent of all preschoolers -- are in the care of someone other than their parents. And with welfare reform pushing more single parents into the work force, the demand for * child care is expected to grow significantly. * 10607 * End
Child Care-Princeton Speech
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- of Representatives, my fellow Floridians: We're blessed to be Floridians and live In this time of great opportunity for our state. . / We have much to be proud of this morning: Our crime rate Is down for four years in a row; our welfare reforms are taking root
- by Congress." How do you respond? A: Representative Goodling must be referring to the 1996 welfare reform law, under which child care funding was increased $4 billion over six years, at the President's insistence, to help provide child care to families moving
- ). Second, there may be fewer people aware of their continuing Medicaid eligibility in the wake of state and Federal welfare reform. Third, it is becoming more likely that Medicaid beneficiaries misreport that they are covered by private insurance
Child Care-Child Care Budget
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- ..·. ID: Background; FEB 20'98 4:34 No.OOS P.06 The child care funds proyided during welfare reform were originally targeted to welfare families.· These new fulids are aimed at working poor families since their child care costs place· a large burden
Presidential Calendar
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- 7 I Summer Recess (House & Senate)) I HOLD FOR vACATION I i [ 2nd Anniv: Balance Budget Act 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20- 21 27 28 ~---- 23 25 24 30 22 POTUS/MEG B-Days 26 31 ) ~rd Anniv: Welfare Reform Bill Si
- priority under welfare reform. Additional Administration,investmerit in child care includes initiatives . s'uch as Healthy Child Care America, increased funding for Head Start, and the s'ponsoring of a White House Conference on Child Care in October 1997
- welfare reform, that are affecting how social services, health, and income support programs ark designed and administered. I Thle NSAF is one of only a few surveys to pro1 . vide reliable estimates for selected states as wJ11 as for the nation as a whole
- become pregnant show the most promise for significantly reducing teen pregnancy and birth rates. . .. . • Report(lOOpp.): $10 • Summary (25 pp.): free Welfare Reform Resource Packet This extensive resource packet provides background information
- '\~ '#1fwl' ~ ,.,~. FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON November 6, 1998 (partially updated) THEME /ISSUE POSSIBLE FUTURE FOCUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS OBJECTIVE ' FAMILY ECONOMIC SECURITY MINIMUM WAGE WELFARE REFORM LEGAL SERVICES Continue to promote minimum
New Ideas [Folder 1] [1]
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- of new funds that, in combination with funds provided in welfare reform, could result in the desired participation levels. We estimate that funding increases provided in welfare reform will account for 240,000 of the new slots. . New Federal $ at 80
New Ideas [Folder 1] [2]
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- children's needs and perhaps having to leave her job if something goes wrong. For example, even with the major increase in child care assistance enacted as ·part of the welfare reform legislation, her chances of getting a child care subsidy would be very
Race
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- ? Education :Housing Identity politics and ethnic enclaves Public policies: with, or without, racial targeting? When is a public policy battle, such as l_jilingual education or affordable housing or welfare reform, a covert battle about color? And when,.in our
Education-School Choice
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- ·.•. has figured out how to solve that one yet. Help Wanted: For welfare reform to work, it must her come an education program. Former recipients must learn how to hold down jobs. The president's favorite idea, based on a Kansas City plan, is .to allow
- in the educational or training programs they need in order to 'rork. Welfare reform increased federal funding for child care by approximately $4 bi ilion-over five years (FY 1997 .:. FY 2002), and it consolidated four child care subsidy programs into the ccdBG
Child Care-Research Fund
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- c.hoic.es of these programs are locally-~etennined. They . include such fadors as the welfare reform requirements parents fac.e (and their resulting need . fofchi,ld c.are), .child cary licensing standar~ and effects on-~he formal ~d informal child care
- parents and their childre.n. (732 words) .·. •• _. •·-·-• ' ·; t ' ''• t~ ~.r: ·~ .:~;-. . • :. r ·:-::~,, ,.,,. 1, :··i ·.. ' "1·:··4 '' - 2- These women tell us that welfare reform that with 'opportunities and support, p~ople can
- : . . . .Commission the early chiidhood working group ofthe Inter-Departmental Council on Hispanic Educational hnprovement to address the following issues: Envirorimental issues on the border Head Start Welfare Reform Child care Underscore the importance ofthe Latino
Child Care-Group Proposals
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- being unable to. serve eligible fiunilies in comirig years as welfare (TANF) work requirements increase. Question: Didn't we take care of this with welfare reform? Answer: NO Fad: The funds in the 1996 welfare act were targeted to families ou welfare
Health Reform-Teen Pregnancy
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- opportunities through welfare reform; supporting promising approaches; building partnerships; improving data collection, research, and evaluation; and disseminating information on innovative and effective practices. Recent Trends · ,' ~ After rising steadily
Child Care Media [1]
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- on ~orking families. Welfare reform messages appeared in several stories; however, it was only briefly mentioned and was not the focus of many stories. Welfare messages that did appear primarily focused on the need and increased demand for child care as more
- of access to markets, whereas this tends not to be an issue in more urban areas. In addition, programs continue to respond to changes in the economic and political landscape. For example, many programs have created innovative responses to welfare reform
Children's Health-Issues [1]
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- to expand coverage to older children. States must also restore Medicaid eligibility to disabled children who lost SSI under the 1996 welfare reform legislation. The Balanced Budget Act also includes numerous provisions that grant states increased
- . it was not marked employed outside or the home~ · As part .or the 1996 welfare reform order to rear their children. It is time up in the committee. · we recognize those sacrifices. · The famll1es that .we consider for law, we m&de 1two major ··reforms
- was $2,210 (a 54-percent increase since 1993), and that for a family with two or mo!"e children was $3,656 (a 140-percent increase since 1993). • Welfare reform. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 dramatically
Child Care-Policy Memos [1]
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- parents with good many more that. we will be hours. Also, with welfare reform we mformation to enable them to become considering today. But we consider I know that many more children will be good consumers. We also have to find these questions
- Families (TANF) to '-Vork or p;;nticipate in the erlucaLinnalor rrainlt1g programs they need 1n order to v.:ork. Welfare reform increased federal funding for child care by ;1pproximately $4 billion over five years (FY 1997- FY 2002), ::~nd it consolidated
Child Care-Stay at Home
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- with their children .or remain big .sacrifices if they stay at home in· 'not able to because it was not marked employed outside or the. home~ order to rear their children. It. is time up in the committee. . · . · As part or the 1996 welfare reform we recognize those
Child Care-The Hill [1]
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- . This initiative is an important part of the President's agenda to strengthen America's families. Because of the President's leadership: federal funding for child care has increased by nearly 70% since 1993; the 1996 welfare reform law·increased child care funding
- ·now. More women are working than ever before, in order to support their families, making the demand for child care higher than it has ever been. In addition, the more stringent work requirements that result from welfare reform will contribute
- eligibility for Medicaid that the welfare reform explicitly guaranteed. · POLICY DESCRIPTION To give States the tools and funding to find and enroll uninsured children, the President's 1999 Budget invests $900 million over 5 years in children's health
- , families 1 WOrk, and welfare• reform, 'SO it no l~mger conjures up babysitting ln people's'minds. 2 ................ . ... · 202 690 5600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 P.is Place this in the historical context of the WH decennial ~onferences on childr~n
- breakthrough. Welfare Reform: Welfare rolls dropped by 2.8 million in past four years-- more than welfare increased in its first 25 years; . Federal government will hire at least 10,000 people off welfare over the next four years; Working with CEO's on priyate
Accomplishments [3] [Binder]
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- million in 1998 to $269 million in 1999. / ,i Creating New Tools to IJ:elp Families Move from Welfare to Work. Since enactment of the 1996 welfare reform law, millions of families have moved from welfare to work. With the President's leader~h~p, ithe 1997
- in Brief series, "Teenage Pregnancy and the Welfare Reform Debate." Using the 'most current data available, this policy_ paper examines teenage sexual and reproductive · behavior in the United States, with special attention to key behavior differences among
- of the Child and Dependent Care Credit again demonstrates your Administration's strong commitment to improving our nation's child care system -- vitally important in this era of welfare reform. The mothers and families that most need financial assistance
- they need. in order to WOlk Welfare reform increased federal funding for child care by approximately $4 billion over five years (FY 1997 - FY 2002), and it consolidated four child car,e subsidy programs into the CCDBG. The funds are distributed primaril)dby
- are phased out at a rate of21 . ' cents for each dollar of earnings over $29,290. ·Finally, there is also a small EITC benefit available for families without children equal to a maximum of$332 in 1997. D. Welfare Reform [to be written] 16 OFFICIAL USE
- all across America. And I'm happy she could join the First Lady tonight. Elaine, we're very proud of you. Please stand up. (Applause.) We still have a lot more to do, all of us, to make welfare reform a success "- providing child care, helping families
Child Care-Policy Memos [2]
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- of the new $3 I billion welfare-to-work prog~am. We are working on a number of proposals to increase housing J!Whil~jseebelow), and linking this issue to welfare reform may increase the chance of attractmg congressional suppprt.. At the same time, we should
- to provide direct child\~pre services to families, and .this need is likely to increase as welfare reform is implemented. Many public assistance recipients will be entering the labor f8~ce and seeking child.··care. Fr.urthermore, States must income working
- . Distributed a comprehensive Welfare Reform Resource Packet to leaders in all 50 states, focused on the teen pregnancy prevention proVISlOnS. Held a conference ofleaders from 41 states developing media campaigns to help reduce teen pregnancy. • LEADERSHIP
- is. a single parent mother, and one in four (27 percent) is a single parent father. • It is furthermore expected that welfare reform will increase the number of single parent mothers in the workforce . . In a study we conducted for The Whirlpool Foundation
- learned about welfare reform and other strategies, and attack them through empowerment zones or tax credits or breaks for investment that can begin to provide opportunity in even the most destitute of communities. And finally, I guess I would ask that we
- for children who lost bash aid under welfare reform. Few states have used these funds, partly because of the difficultyjoftargeting such a narrow gr~up. Under the President's plan, Medicaid would pay $9 of evezy $10 spent by states for most outreach activities
- in the new welfare reform law? A: We are very encouraged by the state reports which show they have obligated over 99 percent o::the child care :runds available under the new wel:rare law :ror FY 1997. This demonstrates the tremendous need states have :ror
Literacy
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- Training Bill Introd~ced in.· . . ··congress.". (See wWW.nifl.gov or call202/~2~1SOO x6.)' For a cppy of H.R. · 1385, see ~omasJoc.g9v or call the Ho~ Docun\entRoom at 202/226-5200.. an WELFARE REFORM CHANGES ' .' •' •·' . Overview. ·:. ,t
- . . . '. ·, ' ·,.,·: . . . . 11 . advantage of these programs. The President has also made child care an essential c~1mponent of ~ welfare reform. He insisted that welfare reform include spending . : fo~ clmd: care b~jcause we're ... ii putting a lot more women, single
- while they work as a result of the additional $4 billion in child care funding the President fought to include in welfare reform legislation. •· There are a record number of young people enrolled in college in the fall of 1998. College will be more
- to workfare activities with greater frequency as they continue to implement their TANF work programs. As a result, this issue should receive continued attention in the upcoming session. The recently enacted welfare reform bill requires states to increase
- program for families with children that was in place for decades prior to the passage of the 1997 welfare reform law). In recent years, states have exhibited a greater interest in enrolling elderly and disabled populations in managed care arrangements
- cooperation is possib !e. Currently, the FY2000 budget reflects only a 2% increase in. civilian research. · WELFARE REFORM, CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, AND CHILD WELFARE (DPC) 1. Reauthorize the Welfare-to-Work Program
New Ideas [Folder 2]
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- and punishing tax codes to pop psychology, the media and welfare reform - undermines parenting to an extent never before experienced in America. "In the late 20th century," the authors write in "The War Against Parents: What We Can Do for America's Beleaguered
- . The enhanced federal matching funds for administrative costs resulting from welfare reform, announced in the Federal Register on May 14, 1997, designates as a priority activity outstationing eligibility workers at other. ·· · feasible locations such as WIC
- provide you with 1998 tax information at a later date. will The NCCIC offers a variety of other useful child care information, such as finding child care, funding resources, health and safety, welfare reform, and state contacts. NCCJC information may
- on States. Thus. we did not write. either in the statute or the report language. that we realized 15 months might not be enough time. As ·we are discovering with the implementation of the 1996 welfare reform law. Federal signals to..States are \'ery
- us little about client self-sufficiency or client well-being. The following questions must he ailswcrcd to assess the impact of WorkFirst as well as welfare reform in general: • • What arc the most important factors that cause clients to leave
- in reducing teen pregnancy rates nationwiqe. Two years ago; the President called. for a national effort by businesses to hire people off welfare, to make sure the welfare reform effort would work. Today, under the leadership of Eli Segal, the Welfare to Work
- subsidies by FY 2003 through an incr~ase in mandatory: fundingforCCDBG and .the increase pr~vided in . the Welfare Reform Bill. Cost: $7.5.billion over five years. _. . . . ·. ~ II. .' ' · Dependent Care Tax Credit (DCTC) ~~f~rm .. ·.. Increases
- ) of the Act. On November 19, 1997, President Clinton signed the first broad-based child welfare reform legislation since Public Law 96-272 was enacted in 1980. The Adoption and Safe Families Act -6- {ASFA) of 1997, Public Law 105-89, seeks to provide
- year in children's health outreach. · · r 1elfar~ mil~ion • ·. . Fund for outreach. In reform, a special $500 pool was set aside to fund activities to improve Meiiicaid enrollment of families affected by welfare reform. The President's 1999
- Sun-Times March 18, 1999, THURSDAY, Late Sports Final Edition SECTION: NWS; Pg. 22 LENGTH: 324 words HEADLINE: City day care to add hours for nighttime; Welfare reform creates need SOURCE: RICH HEIN BYLINE: BY MARY HOULIHAN BODY: With welfare reform
- % ·of respondents rank before- and after-school care as one of the most pressing needs for· children and famili~s-ahead ·of crime, welfare reform; education, housing and drug abuse. over· 70% of people recently surveyed by the.Children's Defense.Fund-Democrats
- of welfare reform, and an assessment of comprehensive ,.n,"\rn"'~"''"""'' to child and family services. As part of his longstanding interest in health services for juvenile offenders, he edited a ·comprehensive review of ovi·c:.tir•n research in the monograph
- from operatill.g funds to boy seven computers aild other harowar~ · ~.l.tS really started• with ta11·:. . about welfare reform and . self-sufficiency,~ said M.ict:.:~d He€, property manag·~menr. coordinator for the !-:..awaii Housing Authority. Hee said
- to use $500 million of welfare reform dollars for CHIP outreach. It does appear that Ohio is making welfare refonn funds available to community groups for outreach, though this is not actually permitted without the change proposed by the President: J
- doctrine, or as a necessity for genuine humanity in the ideas of Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, or Hannah Arendt? . Prompted by such developments as the globalization of capitalism, corporate downsizing, welfare reform, considerations of gender equality
- children lifted out of poverty had risen to 33 percent, or 5.7 miliion children.47 The survey examines state policies connected to provision of public assistance, as well as welfare reform, which may limit public assistance programs' ability to help young
- , and that welfare reform alread~ has boosted child-care pro~ for low.;.income Americans. Republicans ha\;e proposed an increase in tax breaks for middle-income working families who use day care and for families who ch09se to foreg
- Democrats voted against the bill. Democrats succeeded in using the Byrd rule to strike the bulk of the welfare reform provisions from the bill on a vote of 53-46. ·A record was broken in the Senate on the most roll call votes in one calendar day. The record
- as the development of standardized budget categories for reporting women's health activities, HIV/AIDS and women, and the impact of welfare reform on women's health. . . ' ~ PHS OWH has helped to develop a women's health focus across the states and regions
Health Reform-Budget [1]
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- proposals: (1) providing Medicaid and CHIP eligibility for legal immigrant children (who had been excluded under welfare reform); (2) the Jeffords-Kennedy Work Incentives Improvement Act that allows states to cover workers with disabilities regardless
- - changes to the health care market affect vninerable populations, especially pers~ns . with disabilities. She has written on ea:rly_education, long-term care, welfare reform, and coverage policy within Medicare and Medicaid. ., Christy Schroer, M.H.A
