September is here and students are headed back to school. Tis the season for getting the kids new school clothes. Maybe even a sports jersey or two and don’t forget notebooks, binders and backpacks. And for students heading off to … Continued
Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2016/09/01/3-safety-net-improvements-help-keep-families-together/ September 1, 2016 | Megan Martin & Shadi Houshyar (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa) There is a common narrative about the families who are involved with child welfare systems—one that portrays parents as abusive and unfit (or unwilling) to care for their children. … Continued
This week, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia and Redeemed PA are launching the #WeNeedToWork Campaign! The #WeNeedToWork Campaign is fighting for jobs programs in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. This labor day, we are bringing attention to the thousands of people in … Continued
Twenty-six years after the World Health Organization and other international groups signed a document calling to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in order to improve public health, U.S. breastfeeding rates still fall short of national goals. This failure is not … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): August 26, 2016 | Stephanie Land Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2016/08/26/people-poverty-work-paul-ryan-misunderstands-poverty/ In this March 1, 2016, photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at a news conference … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): August 23, 2016 | Samuel Hammond Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2016/08/22/everything-wanted-know-1996-welfare-law-afraid-ask/ (AP Photo) In the years after former President Bill Clinton signed the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act and “ended welfare as we know it,” … Continued
Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2016/08/22/rep-doggett-time-fix-broken-welfare-system/ August 22, 2016 | Representative Lloyd Doggett (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Twenty years ago today, legislation promising to “end welfare as we know it” became law. I voted for that bill, which created a program called Temporary Assistance for Needy … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): August 22, 2016 | Rebecca Vallas & Jeremy Slevin What’s TANF? In 1996, Congress replaced the New Deal-era Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with a new program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), under … Continued
From Interfaith Worker Justice (http://www.iwj.org): Now more than ever, the nation is waking up to the devastating realities of wage theft. In the past two weeks alone, workers recovered, or are in the process of recovering, stolen wages on a … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/08/25/next-reform-welfare-reform/#.V78bEPkrIdU By Deborah Weinstein August 25, 2016 Editor’s note: This Letter to the Editor originally appeared in the Washington Post on August 24. Make sure to also read Debbie’s entry on TANF’s 20th anniversary posted on this blog on August 22. The Aug. … Continued