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Download full textSavner, Steve; Greenberg, Mark – 1997
Under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), states face steadily increasing work participation requirements. The TANF structure presents one new option: the ability to use TANF funds for community service employment in wage-paying, publicly funded jobs designed to provide work for individuals and to address unmet community needs. A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Community Services, Economically Disadvantaged
Fagnoni, Cynthia M. – 2001
A study collected information on the participation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients in work and work activities and their characteristics and how they have changed over time. Data were gathered on strategies states use to help hard-to-employ (HTE) TANF recipients get and keep jobs and on challenges states face in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Data Analysis
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This document reports on a congressional hearing on the George W. Bush administration's proposals for welfare reform and legislation to reauthorize the 1996 welfare reform law. Testimony includes statements from United States (US) Representatives John Boehner and Patsy Mink; Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Advocacy, Child Care, Child Welfare
