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Resources on welfare, poverty, and welfare reform abound on the net. Wherever possible, we have linked directly to the most relevant information on each site. We apologize for any links that may have changed or gone out of date.

Select a category below, or browse the entire list.

Categories:

News Coverage of Welfare Reform

Research organizations

Policy study groups/Think tanks

Poverty study groups

Advocacy/Service organizations

Other link pages and indexes

Government organizations

Associations of government officials

News Coverage of Welfare Reform

• Welfare Watch
  Annenberg/USC guide to news and reports
  
• stateline.org: Welfare Reform
  Monitors welfare reform state by state
• The New York Times: Welfare
  Index of Times coverage (may have to register)
• US News and World Report
  A "Citizen's Toolbox" on Welfare Reform
• Yahoo: Welfare Reform
  Search engine guide to Welfare Reform sources
• Washington Post: Welfare
  Index of Post stories

• Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
  Numerous welfare studies
• Urban Institute: Welfare to Work
  A 1999 status report on year one of welfare to work
  
• WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
  Welfare to Work Research Hub
  
• Welfare Reform and Children
  Three-city study by Johns Hopkins University
  

• Electronic Policy Network
  "Idea Central" welfare and family topic area
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  Numerous reports on welfare to work
• Policy.com: Welfare to Work
  Policy information site (from 1997)
  
• The Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
  Part of the Brookings Institution
  
• The Heritage Foundation -- Welfare
  Conservative think tank
  
• Liberty Search : Welfare
  Libertarian search engine
  
• The Welfare Policy Center
  Part of the Hudson Institute
  

• Institute for Research on Poverty
  UW-based research organization
• Joint Center for Poverty Research
  U. of Chicago/Northwestern U. joint project
  

• Nat'l Welfare Monitoring/Advocacy Partnership
  Coalition of charities/service organizations
• The Welfare to Work Partnership
  Business partnership promoting welfare to work
• Childrens Defense Fund
  Report on extreme childhood poverty
• Annie E. Casey Foundation: "Advocasey"
  Documenting programs for kids and families that work

• Links2Go: Welfare
• Welfare Bookmarks
• Yahoo! Full Coverage:Welfare Reform
• Welfare Caseloads: Index
• Policy.com: Welfare and Housing
• Welfare Information Network

• Wisc Department of Workforce Development
  
• DWD: W2 Fact Sheets
• US Dept. of Health/Human Services: Poverty Guidelines
• DHHS: Administration for Children and Families
• White House Information on Welfare Reform

• National Governors Association
  Welfare reform best practices
  
• National Conference of State Legislatures
  Welfare pages
• American Legislative Exchange Council
  Welfare reform and social service pages
  

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