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• Regional: North America: United States: Society and Culture: Politics: Issues: Social Security  (67)
• Society: Work: Rethinking Work  (12)

Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance  www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa The federal agency that administers the federal government's primary welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

Almanac of Policy Issues: Welfare  www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/welfare.shtml Background information and links on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and U.S. federal welfare policy generally.

HandsNet  www.handsnet.org An online community of nonprofit organizations concerned with low-income issues. Includes articles and alerts from participating organizations, some of which relate to welfare and workfare.

Heritage Foundation: Welfare  www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare Research and related welfare information from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy think tank.

Joint Center for Poverty Research  www.jcpr.org A national and interdisciplinary research institute that examines what it means to be poor in America. Features academic research written for a lay audience on a variety of topics, including welfare programs, education, health, housing, employment, and crime.

MDRC  www.mdrc.org Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization

Social Policy: Welfare, Society and the State  www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/index.htm Social policy is the study of the welfare state, and the range of responses to social need. This is a brief introduction to the subject.

Urban Institute  www.urban.org Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues.

Walk a Mile Project  www.walkamile.org Training materials, discussion board, and links for Walk a Mile, which trains local organizations to sponsor "Walk a Mile" projects that bring together policymakers with their low-income constituents to promote dialogue and understanding.

Welfare Law Center  www.welfarelaw.org Works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support -- public funding provided on the basis of need -- is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development.

Welfare Rights Advocacy Pages  www.angelfire.com/wa2/WRAP/index.html Addresses the failures of the social service system and offers advice for struggling clients.