The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Conference agreement for H.R. 3734). Analysis prepared by the American Public Welfare Association (APWA), the National Governors’ Association (NGA), and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Revised August 22, 1996
 
     Welfare Reform State Links - This page attempts to bring
together the State Welfare and Children and Families Pages together in one place. As more states put up their welfare reform information additional links will be added to this page.
 
    Welfare Reform - Essential Documents Page - provides a
number of links on a variety of welfare reform topics.
 
    HHS Side-by-Side Comparison - Comparison of Welfare Reform
Major Provisions H.R. 4, as passed by the House and H.R. 4, as passed by the Senate. Provided by the Department of the Health and Human Services, Assistant to the Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (October 4, 1995).
 
    Guiding Principles to Implement Welfare Reform in Specific
Education Policy Areas. A Working Document. California Department of Education. March 1997. This is specific to provision of day care support and partnership between the school system and parents on welfare.
 
    Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project (WRP) Information - the
Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project (WRP), the nation's first statewide demonstration of time-limited welfare, began on July 1, 1994, following receipt of federal waivers in April 1993 and the General Assembly's enactment of Act 106 in January 1994.
 
    Making sense of change: Nonprofits eye impact of welfare
law. Nonprofits are preparing for the ripple effects of new welfare legislation that caps the amount of money states may spend on food stamps and other programs for the needy. By Barbara Solow. Philanthropy Journal On-Line.
 
    Social Welfare: Competitor or Supporter of Employment?
Address by Mr. Eddie Sullivan, Secretary, Department of Social Welfare. Ireland.
 
    National Conference of State Legislatures. Time Limits in
Welfare Reform. August 1996 Legisbrief. By Jack Tweedie. This is a review of the various ways that state legislatures have implemented time limits in welfare reform.
 
    Welfare: What Now?  State Legislatures Magazine, January
1997 - Ambitious state reforms were the first stage in the transformation of welfare. States now turn to the second generation of welfare reform issues--creating jobs, preparing recipients for work, finding child care slots, constructing safety nets for children and families who lose benefits, and devising funding schemes for economic cycles.
 
    Let 50 flowers bloom. By David Whitman; Paul Glastris.
Turning welfare over to the states may not fix the welfare mess. US News Online March 27, 1995.
 
    Welfare Reform as I Knew It: When Bad Things Happen to
Good Policies, by David T. Ellwood. The American Prospect no. 26 (May-June 1996): 22-29
 
    Welfare Reform in the States: The Capital Research Center,
April 1996. Provides a number of state perspectives on welfare reform.
 
    The Impact of Federal Welfare Reform on Medicaid. Judy
Waxman, Director of Government Affairs, Families USA and Joan Alker, Deputy Director, Government Affairs, Families USA 8/19/96.
 
    Welfare Reform: The Governors' Proposal. Testimony on
behalf of the National Governors' Association. Statement of Governor Tommy G. Thompson, Chairman; Governor Tom Carper, Lead Governor on Welfare; Governor John Engler, Lead Governor on Welfare; and Governor Gaston Caperton, Member, Executive Committee before the Human Resources Subcommittee Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives. February 20, 1996.
 
    The Civil Liberties Issues of Welfare Reform, New York:
The American Civil Liberties Union, 1995.