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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This fact sheet summarizes responses by 49 states (Massachusetts did not respond) to the General Accounting Office questionnaire on state efforts to integrate human services programs. The questionnaire focused on low income families. Responses to the questionnaire indicate the following: (1) 23 states have integrated all their service delivery…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1988
Aid to Families with Dependent Children for Unemployed Parents (AFDC-UP) is a state option under which cash aid is provided to two-parent families whose principal earner is unemployed or employed less than 100 hours a month. As of January 1988, 27 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam had AFDC-UP. This report reviews the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Financial Resources, Federal Aid
Geismar, Shirley; And Others – 1983
In 1982, volunteers in eight New Jersey counties gathered information from 993 respondents through questionnaire-guided interviews about recent local developments in programs traditionally funded and supported by federal legislation. Program areas receiving attention included Aid to Families with Dependent Children; child care; health; the Women,…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1988
This report was sought by the Conference Committee on the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, concerned that federal law allows payments from tribal trust funds to be excluded when determining eligibility for welfare benefits to American Indians. Applicable federal laws and eligibility policies were reviewed to determine the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Federal Indian Relationship, Federal Legislation, Financial Policy
Nightingale, Demetra Smith; Burbridge, Lynn C. – 1987
There have been numerous attempts over the past seven years to replace the federally-funded Work Incentive Program (WIN) with another type of work program. As a result of increased flexibility, decreased federal funds, and continuing debate about welfare reform, there is now considerable variability among states in the types of employment and…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Family Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Weaver, R. Kent – 2002
The 1996 welfare reform legislation replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with a new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. This new program has a fixed funding level that is not altered by inflation or economic cycles or caseload size. Individual states' shares are based on the amount they…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Block Grants, Child Welfare, Employment Programs
