• Children and Welfare Reform
  from The Future of Children
• Family Well-Being After Welfare Reform
  Welfare Reform Academy
• From Welfare to Work: What the Evidence Shows
  WR&B Brief #13 — 2002 Robert A. Moffitt
• Welfare Reform and the Work Support System
  Welfare Reform Brief no. 17 Isabell Sawhill and Ron Haskins
• Welfare, Children and Families
• Red Flags- Research Raises Concerns About the Impact of "Welfare Reform" on Child Maltreatment (CLASP)
• Ongoing Major Research on Welfare Reform: What Will Be Learned
  by Peter H. Rossi 
• Where are they now- What States' Studies of Welfare Leavers Tell Us
• Frequently Asked Questions about Working Welfare Leavers (CLASP)
• Fragile Families and Welfare Reform: Part I Children and Youth Services Review
• Fragile Families and Welfare Reform: Part II
• Moving Hard-to-Employ Recipients into the Workforce (March 2001)
• Attitudes on Family: Implications for Welfare Reform (March 2001)
• Welfare Reform's Effect on Child Welfare Caseload (February 2001)
• Will Welfare Reform Hurt Low-Skilled Workers? (February 2001)
• Gender and the welfare state 
  by A. S. Orloff, Institute for Poverty Research, University of Wisconsin.1996. 59 pp in PDF format Abstract

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• Let Them Eat Their Words … Marriage Reduces Poverty
  Jennifer Garrett (Web Memo, March 22, 2002)
• Welfare Reauthorization- An Early Guide to the Issues (CLASP)
• Poverty Amidst Plenty (February 2001)
• The Future of Welfare Reform (Roundtable discussion) The Atlantic
• The Worst Thing Bill Clinton Has Done,  The Atlantic. March, 1997.  
  Peter Edelman
• Five Commentaries: Looking to the Future
  Barbara B. Blum, Wendell E. Primus, Ron Haskins, Fernando A. Guerra, Eloise Anderson
• Welfare Reformed, Welfare Deformed
  Joel F. Handler, "(New Left Review), pp.1-6
• Using Welfare Reform to Strengthen Marriage 
  Robert Rector (Originally appeared in American Experiment Quarterly, Summer 2001)
• The Effects of Divorce on America 
  Patrick F. Fagan and Robert Rector
• Issues 2002: Welfare Reform
  Robert Rector
• Separating Fiction From Reality: A Case Against Dismantling and Devolving the Federal Safety Net
  by Demetrios Caraley
• Your Monthly Expenses on Welfare...
  Your Income on Welfare -- Try our Interactive Calculator
• Kids Count Coalition Comments on TANF Reauthorization (November 2001)
• Welfare Reform Update
  by Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis
• New York Times - Welfare
• Dan Quayle was Right”  The Atlantic. (1994)
  Barbara Whitehead
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• The Impact of Welfare Reform on Arkansas Families (August 2001)
• Do State Budget Rules Affect Welfare Spending? (January 2001)
• Iowa Families That Left TANF (FIP): How Are They Faring Two Years Later? 
  State Welfare Information
• Mathematica Study of Welfare Leavers
• Time Limits and Welfare Reform in Virginia
• Welfare Reform in New York State- Effects on Work, Family Composition, and Child Poverty February 2002
• What happened during the transition from AFDC to TANF Virginia
• Virginia Closed Cases Study 
• State Welfare Reform Efforts  
  by LaDonna A. Pavetti and Amy-Ellen Duke
• Family Economic Resources in the Post-Reform Era
  Sheila Rafferty Zedlewski
• Federal Welfare Reform (H.R. 3734): Fiscal Effect on California
  Legislative Analysts Office
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• From Welfare to Work: What the Evidence Shows
  WR&B Brief #13 — 2002 Robert A. Moffitt
• Welfare Reform and the Work Support System
  Welfare Reform Brief no. 17 Isabell Sawhill and Ron Haskins
• Moving Hard-to-Employ Recipients into the Workforce (March 2001)
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• 2000 Green Book, APPENDIX L. MONITORING THE EFFECTS OF PRE- AND POST-TANF WELFARE REFORM INITIATIVES  TEXT , PDF
• Will Welfare Reform Hurt Low-Skilled Workers? (February 2001)
• TANF Reauthorization- Opportunities to Reduce Poverty by Improving Employment Outcomes
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Archive Studies

• Work First: A Proposal to Replace Welfare with an Employment System
  by Will Marshall, Ed Kilgore, and Lyn A. Hogan, March 1995.
• Steady Work and Better Jobs- How to Help Low-Income Parents Sustain Employment and Advance in the Workforce
• Are welfare employment programs effective?
  by L. M. Mead, Institute for Poverty Research, University of Wisconsin.1996. 46 pp. in PDF format Abstract
• A Look at General Assistance in the Context of Welfare Reform
  Legislative Analysts Office
• Increasing Participation in Work and Work-Related Activities: Lessons from Five State Welfare Projects
  by LaDonna A. Pavetti and Amy-Ellen Duke (1995). Executive Summary
• Evaluation of Transition to Work Demonstration Projects Using a Natural Supports Model.
  By Ronald Conley, Riza Azzam and Arthur Mitchell (1995). Executive Summary
• The JOBS Evaluation: Monthly Participation Rates in Three Sites and Factors Affecting Participation Levels in Welfare-to-Work Programs. by Gayle Hamilton (July, 1995). Executive Summary
• The JOBS Evaluation: Early Findings on Program Impacts in Three Sites
  by Stephen Freedman and Daniel Friedlander (July, 1995). Executive Summary
• How Well Are They Faring? AFDC Families with Preschool-aged Children in Atlanta at the Outset of the JOBS Evaluation
  by Kristin A. Moore, Martha J. Zaslow, Mary Jo Coiro, Suzanne M. Miller and Ellen B. Magenheim 1995. Executive Summary.
• Welfare to Work: The Need to Take Place Differences in Account
  by Hal Wolman, Ph.D. (January, 1996). Technical Analysis Paper No. 45

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• Red Flags- Research Raises Concerns About the Impact of "Welfare Reform" on Child Maltreatment (CLASP)
• Children and Welfare Reform 
  from The Future of Children
• Family Well-Being After Welfare Reform
  Welfare Reform Academy
• Welfare Reform: What About the Children?
  January 2002 — Policy Brief 02-1
• Welfare, Children and Families
• Welfare Reform Update
  by Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis
• Kids Count Coalition Comments on TANF Reauthorization (November 2001)
• Fragile Families and Welfare Reform: Part I Children and Youth Services Review
• Fragile Families and Welfare Reform: Part II
• The Impact of Welfare Reform on Arkansas Families (August 2001)
• Attitudes on Family: Implications for Welfare Reform (March 2001)
• Welfare Reform's Effect on Child Welfare Caseload (February 2001)
• Experimental Studies of Welfare Reform and Children
  Martha J. Zaslow, Carol A. Emig, Kristin A. Moore, Jennifer L. Brooks, Pamela A. Morris, Kathryn Tout, Zakia A. Redd
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• Welfare Reform State Links
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• Welfare Reform & Poverty Library

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• 2000 Green Book, SECTION 7. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF), TEXT , PDF
• Potential Effects of Congressional Welfare Reform Legislation on Family Incomes  
  by Sheila Zedlewski, Sandra Clark, Eric Meier, Keith Watson
• Plans for the Department of Health and Human Services
  by Patricia Ruggles and Matthew Stagner
• A Comparison of Selected Key Provisions of the Welfare Reform Reconciliation Act of 1996 with Current Law  
  by Urban Institute researchers from the Income and Benefits Center under the direction of Sheila Zedlewski.
• The Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Block Grant
  Mark Greenberg and Steve Savner
• Time on Welfare and Welfare Dependency
  by LaDonna A. Pavetti, Ph.D.

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