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Urban Institute - http://www.urban.org/
Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues. |
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Joint Center for Poverty Research - http://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. |
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MDRC - http://www.mdrc.org/
Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization |
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Welfare Law Center: Low Income Networking and Communications (LINC) Project - http://www.lincproject.org/
Where low-income organizers can come together to combat the shredding of the social safety net and have their efforts represented. |
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Welfare Law Center - http://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. |
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Walk a Mile Project - http://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. |
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Almanac of Policy Issues: Welfare - http://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. |
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Welfare-Mom Homepage - http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1064/
Dedicated to issues of importance to low-income families. Welfare myth-busting, original features, and resources for parents, kids, and job-seekers. Covers single-parent, working class, public policy and feminist issues. |
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Emergency Committee to Defend Constitutional Welfare Rights - http://www.geocities.com/welfarerights/
Establishes basis in U.S. Constitution and obligatory international law for right to decent relief for the involuntarily unemployed and that "workfare" as practised is prohibited involuntary servitude (forced labor). |
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Social Policy: Welfare, Society and the State - http://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. |