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Five Things To Know About the TANF Work Rules

September 18, 2012 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Blog

TANF at 16: Time to Retool

August 22, 2012 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Blog

Ryan Roundup: Everything You Need to Know About Chairman Ryan's Budget

August 11, 2012 | CBPP

Blog

A Layered Look at State Spending Under TANF

August 8, 2012 | Liz Schott

Report

How States Have Spent Federal and State Funds Under the TANF Block Grant

August 8, 2012 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D. , Ife Finch Floyd and Liz Schott

Blog

States’ TANF Spending Record Shows Dangers in Block Granting the Safety Net

August 7, 2012 | Liz Schott

Blog

Live! Examining Poverty in America

July 10, 2012 | CBPP

Blog

Understanding Half a Century of Poverty in America

July 10, 2012 | CBPP

Blog

The Unfinished War on Poverty

July 5, 2012 | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Testimony

Testimony of Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means on Work Disincentives and the Safety Net

June 27, 2012 | Jared Bernstein

Blog

Bernstein on the Safety Net, Work, and Poverty

June 27, 2012 | CBPP

Blog

Weakened Safety Net Devastates Families

June 20, 2012 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Blog

Low-Income Benefit Program Resources Available Online

May 31, 2012 | CBPP

Blog

2009 Recovery Act Strikingly Effective at Keeping People Out of Poverty

May 31, 2012 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

After Welfare Reform, the Poorest Families Had More Trouble Paying Bills

May 22, 2012 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

Greenstein on the Safety Net, Part 3

April 19, 2012 | CBPP

Blog

Greenstein on the Safety Net, Part 2

April 18, 2012 | CBPP

Blog

Ryan Roundup: Everything You Need to Know About Chairman Ryan's Budget

March 29, 2012 | CBPP

Blog

Chairman Ryan’s Call for “Welfare Reform, Round Two” Ignores Inconvenient Facts About Round One

March 21, 2012 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Blog

TANF Weakening as a Safety Net

March 14, 2012 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Report

TANF Weakening as a Safety Net For Poor Families

March 14, 2012 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D. and Danilo Trisi

Blog

Poorer States Lose Out Again in Latest TANF Extension

February 23, 2012 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Report

Contrary to "Entitlement Society" Rhetoric, Over Nine-Tenths of Entitlement Benefits Go to Elderly, Disabled, or Working Households

February 11, 2012 | Kathy Ruffing , Robert Greenstein and Arloc Sherman

Blog

Debunking the “Entitlement Society” Myth

February 10, 2012 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

Safety Net Spending Is Supposed to Rise in a Weak Economy

February 9, 2012 | Chad Stone

Blog

Repairing the Safety Net

February 7, 2012 | Robert Greenstein

Blog

Taking Stock of the Safety Net, Part 6: It Works, But It Doesn’t Do Enough

December 21, 2011 | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Blog

Taking Stock of the Safety Net, Part 2: Meeting Families’ Basic Needs Through TANF

December 15, 2011 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Blog

Taking Stock of the Safety Net, Part 1: Overview

December 14, 2011 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

Hardship in America, Part 1: Majority of Poor Children Live in Households with Major Hardships

November 21, 2011 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

Without the Safety Net, More Than a Quarter of Americans Would Have Been Poor Last Year

November 9, 2011 | Arloc Sherman

Report

Poverty and Financial Distress Would Have Been Substantially Worse in 2010 Without Government Action, New Census Data Show

November 7, 2011 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

Recovery Act Initiatives Kept Nearly 7 Million People Out of Poverty in 2010

November 7, 2011 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

New Research Highlights Importance of EITC for Working Families

October 19, 2011 | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Blog

The 2009 Recovery Act — Even Better in Preventing Poverty Than We Thought

October 13, 2011 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

Helping State TANF Programs Respond to Hard Economic Times

September 30, 2011 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Blog

TANF Extension Leaves Many Poor States Out in the Cold

September 28, 2011 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Blog

Deep Poverty on the Rise

September 22, 2011 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

Why the Upcoming Poverty Numbers Matter

September 12, 2011 | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Blog

Next Steps on Welfare Reform

September 8, 2011 | CBPP

Testimony

LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D., Vice President, Family Income Support Policy, Hearing on “Improving Work and Other Welfare Reform Goals”

September 8, 2011 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Report

Income Security

TANF’s Inadequate Response to Recession Highlights Weakness of Block-Grant Structure

July 14, 2011 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D. and Liz Schott

Blog

TANF Block Grant No Model for Other Safety Net Programs

July 14, 2011 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Report

Expiration of TANF Supplemental Grants a Further Sign of Weakening Federal Support for Welfare Reform

June 27, 2011 | Ife Finch , LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D. and Liz Schott

Blog

Poorest States Facing Cut in Federal Welfare Funding

June 27, 2011 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Report

Redesigning the TANF Contingency Fund to Make it More Effective

June 13, 2011 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D. and Liz Schott

Blog

Welfare Reform Not the “Success” Ryan Claims

May 25, 2011 | LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Blog

Safety Net Fraying for the Very Poorest

May 24, 2011 | Arloc Sherman

Blog

Public Programs Keep Millions Out of Poverty, New Study Shows

May 18, 2011 | Arloc Sherman

Report

Earned Income Tax Credit Overpayment and Error Issues

April 19, 2011 | Robert Greenstein and John Wancheck