Directory of Welfare Resources

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• Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance

  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/
  The federal agency that administers the federal government's primary welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

• Almanac of Policy Issues: Welfare

  http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/welfare.shtml
  Background information and links on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and U.S. federal welfare policy generally.

• Joint Center for Poverty Research

  http://www.jcpr.org/
  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.

• MDRC

  http://www.mdrc.org/
  Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization

• National Center for Law and Economic Justice

  http://www.nclej.org/
  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.

• Social Policy: Welfare, Society and the State

  http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction
  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.

• Urban Institute

  http://www.urban.org/
  Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues.

• Welfare Rights Advocacy Pages

  http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/WRAP/index.html
  Addresses the failures of the social service system and offers advice for struggling clients.

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