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Means-Tested Programs. An Overview, Problems, and Issues. Statement of Jane L. Ross, Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
Nearly 80 means-tested programs for low-income persons and families have been created by the federal government to help meet the needs of various groups. In fiscal year 1992, the federal government spent about $208 billion through these programs. Evaluation of these programs was based on reports by the General Accounting Office (GAO) and others.…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Poverty Programs
Welfare Reform: Tribal TANF Allows Flexibility To Tailor Programs, but Conditions on Reservations Make It Difficult To Move Recipients into Jobs. Report to Congressional Requesters.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act gave American Indian and Alaska Native tribes the option to administer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs either alone or in a tribal consortium. The law also granted tribal TANF programs more flexibility in program design than it gave to state programs.…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Economic Development, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Homelessness: Implementation of Food and Shelter Programs under the McKinney Act. Report to the Congress.
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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1987
The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, passed in July 1987, authorized over $400 million for fiscal year 1987 in homeless assistance for several federal programs, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This report examines how funds appropriated to HUD and FEMA…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Compilation of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 as Amended through September 30, 1985. Prepared for Use by the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives. 99th Congress, 2d Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This Congressional report is a compilation of the 1985 amendments to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-113). Included in the report are amendments to the following parts of the act: Title I (national volunteer antipoverty programs, including Volunteers in Service to America, service-learning programs, and special volunteer…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, National Programs, Older Adults
Implementation and Reauthorization of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs on the Implementation and Reauthorization of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 in Indian Country. United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 2002
A Senate committee hearing received testimony on the implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 in American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities. The act provided authority for tribal governments to administer welfare programs formerly administered by the states but did not provide funds to…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, Delivery Systems, Federal Aid