Developed Jointly WithThe Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 replaced the nation's basic cash assistance program for poor families with the Temporary...

Developed Jointly With   Until passage of the 1996 welfare law, legal immigrants were generally eligible for public benefits on the same basis as citizens. The welfare law conditioned...

Developed Jointly WithA significant number of current and former TANF recipients have various barriers to finding and maintaining employment. Among the most common barriers are physical...

Developed Jointly WithThe debate over TANF's role in strengthening families and promoting marriage may be among the liveliest of the reauthorization debates. It coincides with the...

Developed Jointly WithExecutive SummaryState fiscal conditions, already in decline prior to the September 11 attacks, are rapidly approaching a state of crisis. According to the National ...

 September 9, 2001State Responses to Tight Fiscal ConditionsShort-Term Fixes May Backfire if the Economy Does Not Soon Recover; Cyclical Downturn Masks Structural Problems...

Executive SummaryThe Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program is an employment and savings incentive program for low-income families that have Section 8 vouchers or live in public housing. The...

Under the proposed renters’ credit, states would have the option to use their credit authority for tenant-based credits, credits allocated through banks that lend to rental owners, or project-based...