Oregon

A portrait of poverty (from Oregon State University Extension)
DHS proposed budget cuts (from Libby Goben, Manger of Programs for Seniors and People with Disabilities for Union/Wallowa/Baker Countires)

Welfare reform sites

• From the Republican National Committee
• National Governors' Association  (click for welfare reform page)
• Brookings Institution -- welfare reform page
• Links to States' welfare Websites
• Welfare reform research database, from Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce Development (where it all began ... sort of)--also includes a set of welfare reform research links
• DHHS welfare reform page
• Research and evaluation from dhhs on federal welfare reform
• MRDC (manpower demonstration research corporation) welfare reform initiatives
• Non-profit Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (click for bibliography of federal welfare reform-related articles, many available online). A wealth of information--remember the topic, though.
• Research Forum and National Center for Children in Poverty Welfare Reform Clearinghouse page
• Welfare Information network (prepare to be overwhelmed ... )
• Welfare reform site from Libertynet, ICSV (wide range of promising links)

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Miscellany:

• Summary of the 'Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996' (how's that for neutral wording?)
• Brookings Institution 'Welfare Reform and Beyond' factbook (good stuff--follow the links)

Articles of possible interest (but look around the above sites--there are thousands ... ):

• Welfare Reform: The War Against the Poor (by Betty Reid Mandell, a welfare activist)
• Welfare reformed, welfare deformed (by Joel Handler, UCLA Law School)
• Ten things everyone should know about welfare reform (Alan Weil, The Urban Institute)
• Strategies to support low-income families (CBPR)
• Role of housing (CBPR)
• Study on changes in child poverty  (CBPR)
• 4-page issue brief on 'emerging trends and issues in welfare reform' (NGA Web site)
• Implementing welfare reform in rural communities (N. Pintus, from USDA/ERS)
• TANF and welfare (Mickey Kaus, occasional columnist for slate.com)
• Rockefeller Institute web book on Welfare Reform ('personal responsibility') Act of 1996
• New study claims children unaffected by welfare-to-work (NY Times, Mar 7, Robert Pear)

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The debate:

• Debate over welfare reform (some interesting participants--provides good background of some of the arguments)
• Welfare reform: Santorum on the spot (PBS News hour forum surrounding welfare reform act) 
• Welfare reform hearings (from Spring 2001)
  • Some background
  • Witness list
  • Transcript (there are bibliographies buried in here as well)
• Welfare reform forum ('after 5 years') from Brookings Institution Web page (includes former recipients, reporters)
• Marriage and Welfare Reform: The Overwhelming Evidence that Marriage Education Works
  by Patrick F. Fagan, Robert W. Patterson, and Robert E. Rector of the Heritage Foundation (http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/bg1606.cfm)
• Is lack of marriage the real problem (by Isabel Sawhill, The American Prospect)
• Republican welfare reform: Can workhouses be far behind? (Washington Post, Laura Meckler, Feb 13)

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