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Download full textFagnoni, Cynthia M. – 2002
A study requested by the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs examined tribal implementation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Questionnaires were returned by TANF program directors in 34 states and by 148 American Indian tribes. Meetings were conducted with tribal leaders, program officials, and TANF officials in five states,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Development, Federal Legislation, Poverty
Peer reviewedBiolsi, Thomas; Cordier, Rose; Two Eagle, Marvine Douville; Weil, Melinda – WICAZO SA Review, 2002
Interviews with low-income, American Indian, single parents on the Rosebud Reservation in Todd County, South Dakota, included families who were on and who had left Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Welfare reform issues discussed included transportation problems; access to affordable, quality child care; food insecurity; and the scarcity of…
Descriptors: Child Care, Family Needs, One Parent Family, Poverty
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
Kauffman, Jo Ann – 2002
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRETORIA) gives American Indian tribes the option to run their own Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program or leave these services under state administration. Eight case studies were conducted in Oregon, Wisconsin, and Arizona with the Klamath Tribes,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Child Care, Federal Indian Relationship
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
