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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Issues for the 110th Congress: No Description Available.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: A Primer on TANF Financing and Federal Requirements: No Description Available.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: FY2007 Budget Proposals: No Description Available.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: No Description Available.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: No Description Available.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: No Description Available.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: No Description Available.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: No Description Available.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: No Description Available.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: No Description Available.
New Welfare Law: Comparison of the New Block Grant Program with Aid to Families with Dependent Children: No Description Available.
The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program: Reauthorization in the 109th Congress: No Description Available.
The New Welfare Law: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: No Description Available.
Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues: This report is about the issues and bill on horse slaughter prevention.
Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues: This report provides evidence of a rise in state and local investigations for horse neglect and more abandoned horses since 2007.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant: An Introduction: This report provides a nontechnical introduction to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant.
The “Superwaiver” Proposal and Service Integration: A History of Federal Initiatives: From Summary: This report reviews the history, trends, and outcomes of past federal services integration initiatives that might be seen as comparable to the current "superwaiver" proposal, a welfare reform reauthorization proposed by the Bush Administration.
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program: Background and Context: This reports details the effect the Safe and and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program including the change in violence and drug use. Updated: January 22, 2007.
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program: Background and Context: This reports details the effect the Safe and and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program including the change in violence and drug use.
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: Reauthorization and Appropriations: This report discusses the 107th Congress the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act reauthorization and appropriations to fun the the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act program, and possible 110th Congress reauthorization issues. Updated: 02/15/2005
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: Reauthorization and Appropriations: This report discusses the 107th Congress the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act reauthorization and appropriations to fun the the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act program, and possible 110th Congress reauthorization issues.
Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues: This report discusses Temporary Protected Status and other forms of blanket relief offered by the United States to aliens who are fleeing and unable to return to dangerous situations abroad.
Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues: This report discusses provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that offer Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to aliens who are fleeing and unable to return to a dangerous situation abroad. It details how the 2010 Haitian earthquake prompted calls for the then current U.S. Administration to grant TPS to Haitians in the United States.
Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues: This report discusses Temporary Protected Status and other forms of blanket relief offered by the United States to aliens who are fleeing and unable to return to dangerous situations abroad. Updated January 27, 2006
Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues: This report discusses Temporary Protected Status and other forms of blanket relief offered by the United States to aliens who are fleeing and unable to return to dangerous situations abroad. Updated February 23, 2006.
Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues: This report discusses Temporary Protected Status and other forms of blanket relief offered by the United States to aliens who are fleeing and unable to return to dangerous situations abroad. Updated January 14, 2005.
U.S. Immigration Policy on Asylum Seekers: This report analyzes the processes that aliens must go through to apply for asylum in the United States. It offers a historical overview of legislation concerning immigration as well as an overview of current asylum policy. The report also provides trends on immigration, such as the amount of asylum requests and source countries. Finally, it addresses issues that many have with U.S. asylum law, such as terrorist infiltration, coordination with border and transportation security and numerical limits.
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the 105th Congress: This report examines the purpose and function of The Work Opportunity Tax Credit.
Medicare: History of Insolvency Projections: This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress details Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) financing as well as history of solvency and current insolvency projections. Updated June 1, 2011.
Medicare: History of Insolvency Projections: This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress details Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) financing as well as history of solvency and current insolvency projections.
Veterans and Homelessness: This report discusses the various aspects of the issue of homeless veterans. Researchers have found both male and female veterans to be overrepresented in the homeless population, and, as the number of veterans increased due to these conflicts, there was concern that the number of homeless veterans could rise commensurately.
Spectrum Policy: Provisions in the 2012 Spectrum Act: This report discusses the Spectrum Act, a provision of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. It includes an overview of the Spectrum Act, the specific policy revisions and a conclusion discussing geographic coverage of spectrum licenses, spectrum caps, and planning for future needs.
Medicaid: The Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP): This report examines the formula that determines the federal government's share of Medicaid costs for most services, which is established in statute; states must contribute the remaining portion of costs in order to qualify for federal funds.
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): This report provides background on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP), originally established in 1981 by Title XXVI of P.L. 97-35 and reauthorized several times. It is a block grant program under which the federal government gives states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (referred to as grantees) annual grants to operate multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households.
Public Health Service Agencies: Overview and Funding (FY2010-FY2016): This report gives a brief overview of the eight agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which are designated components of the U.S. Public Health Services (PHS), and summarizes its funding for FY2010 through FY2016.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Financing Issues: This report discusses the financing of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. It describes the national funding level, the distribution of funds among the states, and the basis for these funding levels; describes how states may use TANF funds; describes how states have actually used TANF funding; and discusses selected policy issues regarding TANF funding.
Troubled Asset Relief Program and Foreclosures: Increasing foreclosure rates and problems in financial markets are some of the issues addressed in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110 343), which created the Troubled Asset Relief Plan (TARP). This report is concerned with Title II of the bill, which would require the Treasury to spend a minimum of $40 billion of the second $350 billion on foreclosure mitigation.
Need-Tested Benefits: Estimated Eligibility and Benefit Receipt by Families and Individuals: This report examines estimated benefit receipt by families from nine major need-tested benefit programs in 2012.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds a wide range of benefits and services for low-income families with children. TANF was created in the 1996 welfare reform law (P.L. 104-193). This report responds to some frequently asked questions about TANF; it does not describe TANF rules.
Child Welfare: The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008: This report provides an overview of the bill Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (H.R. 6893). The report discusses many of the changes included in the new law.
The FHA Modernization Act of 2008: This report discusses the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2008, which makes several amendments to the FHA program that insures loans on manufactured housing loan program under Title I of the National Housing.
Postage Subsidies for Periodicals: History and Recent Developments: This report describes and assesses the major federal policies that have subsidized postage for periodicals. These policies have been contentious because they involve disputed principles and vexing implementation issues. Some persons believe that periodicals provide important information about politics and government to U.S. citizens, which helps members of the public to discharge their civic duties.
The Potential Role of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant in the Recession: This report discusses the potential role that the block grant to states of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) may play in mitigating the effects of the recession for poor families with children. It discusses the recession and the economic insecurity of disadvantaged families, the TANF block grand and potential role in the recession, as well as legislative issues.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: This report provides responses to frequently asked questions about the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. It is intended to serve as a quick reference to provide easy access to information and data. This report does not provide information on TANF program rules.
The Potential Role of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant in the Recession: This report discusses the potential role that the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant to states may play in mitigating the effects of the recession for poor families with children. The TANF block grant is best known as a funding source for cash welfare. However, it also funds a wide range of benefits, services, and activities for disadvantaged families with children, as well as programs to achieve the goals of reducing out-of-wedlock pregnancies and promoting two-parent families.
Human Services Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: This report discusses provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for selected human services programs. The selected programs generally are those that provide benefits and services to families with children, though some programs (e.g., the Community Services Block Grant) provide services to other families as well. All of the programs discussed in this report are administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
TANF Reauthorization: Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law, S. 667, and H.R. 240 (TANF Provisions): This report discusses the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) re-authorization, and the debate over authorization for TANF and related programs.
Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2007: This report describes the income and poverty status of the 36.8 million Americans age 65 and older who were living in households in 2007. The report also describes how the proportion of total income received from each source differs between high-income individuals and households and low-income individuals and households.
Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2008: This report describes the sources and amounts of income received by the 37.8 million Americans aged 65 and older who lived in non-institutional settings in 2008. The report also describes how the proportion of total income received from each source differs between high-income individuals and households and low-income individuals and households.
Poverty in the United States: This report provides a definition of poverty and discusses the trends in poverty, poverty among selected groups, and the geography of poverty.

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