| 1. Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance |
| The federal agency that administers the federal government's primary welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). |
| http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/ |
| 2. Almanac of Policy Issues: Welfare |
| Background information and links on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and U.S. federal welfare policy generally. |
| http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/w... |
| 3. Emergency Committee to Defend Constitutional Welfare Rights |
| 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). |
| http://www.geocities.com/welfarerights/ |
| 4. HandsNet |
| 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. |
| http://www.handsnet.org/ |
| 5. Heritage Foundation: Welfare |
| Research and related welfare information from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy think tank. |
| http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/ |
| 6. Joint Center for Poverty Research |
| A national and interdisciplinary research institute that examines what it means to be poor in America. Features academic research written for a lay audience on a variety of topics, including welfare programs, education, health, housing, employment, and crime. |
| http://www.jcpr.org/ |
| 7. MDRC |
| Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization |
| http://www.mdrc.org/ |
| 8. Moving Ideas: Welfare |
| Studies and reports on USA welfare issues from a liberal perspective. |
| http://www.movingideas.org/content/en/issue_i... |
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| 9. Social Policy: Welfare, Society and the State |
| 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. |
| http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introducti... |
| 10. Urban Institute |
| Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues. |
| http://www.urban.org/ |
| 11. Walk a Mile Project |
| 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. |
| http://www.walkamile.org/ |
| 12. Welfare Law Center |
| 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. |
| http://www.welfarelaw.org/ |
| 13. Welfare Law Center: Low Income Networking and Communications (LINC) Project |
| Where low-income organizers can come together to combat the shredding of the social safety net and have their efforts represented. |
| http://www.lincproject.org/ |
| 14. Welfare Rights Advocacy Pages |
| Addresses the failures of the social service system and offers advice for struggling clients. |
| http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/WRAP/index.html |
| 15. Welfare-Mom Homepage |
| 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. |
| http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1064/ |
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