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Welfare
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Economic Success Clearinghouse 
 Contains links to "policies, programs and financing strategies that help low-income and working poor families." Topics include welfare, workforce development and support, and personal finance. Formerly WIN (Welfare Information Network). From the Finance Project, a "non-profit research, consulting, technical assistance and training firm for public and private sector leaders." http://www.financeproject.org/index.cfm?page=24 Topics: Poverty Last updated Jan 9, 2008 An Introduction to Social Policy
An outline of the main issues of social services and the welfare state. Relying largely on examples in the United Kingdom, the site discusses welfare and society, politics of welfare, social need, and social administration. Includes recommended readings and links. From a professor of politics at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/ Topics: Poverty, Social Issues Last updated Mar 17, 2009 The Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
Created by the United States Welfare Reform Law of 1996, this agency oversees Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the program that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS). The site contains various OFA reports, fact sheets, and background information. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/ Topics: Poverty, Social Issues Last updated Mar 17, 2009 Work and Marriage: The Way to End Poverty and Welfare
September 2003 policy brief from the Brookings Institution that contrasts "making cash and related forms of public assistance more generous with strategies that encourage work and marriage." Includes links to related commentary and briefs from the institution. http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2003/09childrenfamilies_haskins.aspx Topics: Poverty Last updated Dec 2, 2007 The Workhouse
The British workhouse was "a fascinating mixture of social history, politics, economics and architecture." This site includes information about life in the workhouse, education for the poor, poor law unions, parish workhouses, literature, workhouse buildings, workhouses outside Britain, and much more. Features the full text of laws enacted between 1601 and 1834, a glossary, a timeline, and a list of related links and other resources. From an amateur historian. http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ Topics: History By Place, Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.), Poverty Last updated Aug 20, 2005 |
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