Reports by Sharon Parrott
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Changes in Federal TANF Rules Could Help States Meet Welfare Reform Goals
June 29, 2007
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), enacted in early 2006, reauthorized the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. The effect of the DRA is to significantly increase the proportion of TANF recipients that states would be required to engage in a specified set of work activities for a federally-prescribed number of hours each week. The law also grants broad new … -
Analysis of Sessions Amendment to Deny the Eitc to Many Legal Permanent Residents (Amendment # 1235)
June 6, 2007
Senator Sessions has filed an amendment to the Senate immigration bill that would deny the Earned Income Tax Credit to hundreds of thousands of taxpayers already working in the country legally. Under the amendment, legal permanent residents — often called “green card” holders — would be ineligible for the EITC for the … -
President's Budget Calls for Deep Cuts in a Wide Range of Domestic Programs
Revised March 28, 2007
Under the Administration’s budget, domestic discretionary programs — the programs that are funded each year through the annual appropriations process, other than defense and international programs — are slated for sizable reductions over the next five years. The budget calls for these cuts to start in 2008, when domestic discretionary programs as a whole would be funded … -
The New TANF Requirements and Individuals with Disabilities
March 1, 2007
The TANF provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act increase the effective TANF work participation rate — a measure of the proportion of TANF recipients engaged in federally countable work activities for a prescribed number of hours each week — states will be required to meet. States failing to meet these new standards are subject to … -
President's Budget Would Cut Deeply Into Important Public Services and Adversely Affect States
February 21, 2007
The Administration’s proposed budget for 2008 calls for sizable cuts over the next five years in domestic discretionary programs — the programs (other than defense and international programs) that are funded each year through the annual appropriations process. The reductions would start in 2008, when domestic discretionary programs as a whole would be funded below the levels … -
Implementing the TANF Changes in the Deficit Reduction Act
February 9, 2007
In the coming months, states will face key choices as they decide the next direction for their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs. After a lengthy and contentious reauthorization process, Congress enacted changes to TANF in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) that substantially increase the proportion of assistance recipients who must … -
A $7.25 Minimum Wage Would Be a Useful Step in Helping Working Families Escape Poverty
January 5, 2007
In the early 1990s there was basic agreement that parents working full time should not have to raise their children in poverty. While liberals and conservatives sometimes differed on the means to reach this goal, they agreed with the core principle. The yardstick used to measure achievement of this goal was whether a minimum-wage earner …
