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Welfare-Mom Homepage
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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.
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HandsNet
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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.
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Welfare Law Center: Low Income Networking and Communications (LINC) Project
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Where low-income organizers can come together to combat the shredding of the social safety net and have their efforts represented.
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Welfare Law Center
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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.
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UPM against Poverty SA
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Provides information, links, newsletter, and events calendar.
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Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance
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The federal agency that administers the federal government's primary welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
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Welfare Rights Advocacy Pages
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Addresses the failures of the social service system and offers advice for struggling clients.
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Almanac of Policy Issues: Welfare
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Background information and links on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and U.S. federal welfare policy generally.
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Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition
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Seattle-based coalition of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients. Includes newsletter, fact sheets, and event announcements.
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Heritage Foundation: Welfare
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Research and related welfare information from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy think tank.
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MDRC
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Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization
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Walk a Mile Project
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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.
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Emergency Committee to Defend Constitutional Welfare Rights
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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).
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Social Policy: Welfare, Society and the State
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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.
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Welfare Information Network (WIN)
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A clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance on welfare reform.
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Moving Ideas: Welfare
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Studies and reports on USA welfare issues from a liberal perspective.
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Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
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A nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization dedicated to learning what works to improve the well-being of low-income people.
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HandsNet
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HandsNet empowers organizations to effectively integrate online communications strategies, strengthening their program and policy work on behalf of children, families and people in need.
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Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
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A social policy research organization dedicated to learning what works to improve the well-being of low-income people.
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