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- Child Welfare Issues in the 108th Congress
- Child welfare services are intended to protect children who have been abused or neglected or are at risk of maltreatment. These services take various forms, ranging from counseling and other supports for parents — which are intended to improve child well-being and prevent child abuse and neglect — to removal of the children from their homes. At the most extreme, these services include termination of parental rights and placement of the children for adoption. This report describes child welfare legislative issues in the 108th Congress.
- Welfare Reauthorization: Overview of the Issues
- In 2003, 12.3 million children lived in families with incomes below the poverty line (a 17.2% child poverty rate). Research has shown that poverty can have negative consequences on a child’s development. Children depend upon their parents for support, and most of the recent policy attention has focused on initiatives to move poor parents (mostly single mothers) from welfare to work and on reducing welfare dependency.
- Child Welfare: the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP)
- This report describes the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) regarding Child Welfare.
- Western Sahara: Status of Settlement Efforts
- In the 1970s, Morrocco and independence-seeking popular front for the liberation of the saqiat .UN arranged a cease-fire and proposed a settlement. This report is regarding the proposal and settlement .
- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant: Issues for the 112th Congress
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- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions
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- 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.
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Welfare-to-Work Revisited
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- CHIP and the ACA Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Requirement: In Brief
- This report discusses the Affordable Care Act (ACA) child maintenance of effort (MOE) requirement for children if federal CHIP funding expires. It begins with a brief background about CHIP, including information regarding program design and financing. The report then describes the ACA child MOE requirements for CHIP Medicaid expansion programs and for separate CHIP programs and discusses potential coverage implications.