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Same-Sex Marriage

Delaware became the second state to adopt same-sex marriage this week, making it the 11th state, along with the District of Columbia, to allow marriage between same-sex couples. The Minnesota and Illinois legislatures are actively considering bills that would authorize same-sex marriage. More

Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect

Approximately 112 bills in 35 states have been introduced in the 2013 legislative session on the reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect. Eight bills have been enacted. More


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!Drug Testing and Public AssistanceBill Summaries/ Databases4/17/2013 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2367623676Overview of state legislation proposing drug testing for public assistance programs.
House 2013 Farm Bill LetterLetters/Testimony5/15/2013 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2622226222House 2013 Farm Bill Letter
Human Services Overview of the American Taxpayer Relief ActBill Summaries/ Databases1/9/2013 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2569625696Human Services Overview of the American Taxpayer Relief Act
A Guide to the School Breakfast ProgramArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters11/9/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2547325473Hunger and Nutrition: A Guide to the School Breakfast Program
Update on FY 2013 Funding and the Farm BillArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters9/27/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2529425294Update on FY 2013 Funding and the Farm Bill
Hunger Partnership MeetingsMeetings8/17/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2319023190Summarizes meetings of the NCSL Foundation Hunger Partnership
2012 NCSL Foundation Hunger PartnershipReports8/7/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=23584235842012 NCSL Foundation Hunger Partnership - Membership List
Legislative Summit 2012 Human Services and Welfare Committee SessionsMeetings8/6/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2518625186NCSL Human Services and Welfare Committee agenda, handouts and presentations from Legislative Summit
[Webinar] Ensuring Program Integrity and Efficiency in Nutrition Assistance ProgramsMultimedia7/17/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2499724997Nutrition Assistance Programs Webinar
Letter to House Ag Cmte on Farm Bill 2012Letters/Testimony7/10/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2497324973Letter to House Ag Cmte on Farm Bill 2012
Summary of Senate Farm Bill 2012Bill Summaries/ Databases6/29/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2466024660Summary of Senate Farm Bill 2012
Letter to Senate on Amendments to 2012 Senate Farm BillLetters/Testimony6/19/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2489224892Letter to Senate on Amendments to 2012 Senate Farm Bill
NCSL Letter on the Farm Bill 2012 Senate Committee PrintLetters/Testimony4/25/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2465224652NCSL Letter on the Farm Bill 2012 Senate Committee Print
SSBG and SNAP on Chopping BlockArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters4/18/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2461924619SSBG and SNAP on Chopping Block
State Legislation on HungerBill Summaries/ Databases1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2321223212Examples of state legislation on hunger and nutrition
[Summit 11] Addressing Hunger: InterviewsMultimedia9/12/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2357123571Three interviews with experts talking about hunger in America.
Federal Nutrition Programs ChartReports7/28/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2330623306Gives descriptions and funding levels for major federal nutrition programs.
Data and ResourcesReports7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2321723217Provides easy-to-use data sources for state legislators interested in poverty, food insecurity, federal nutrition program enrollment, unemployment and access to healthy food in their states and districts
Bringing Legislators to the Table: Public-Private Partnerships to Address Hunger in StatesReports6/30/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2321323213Describes promising public-private partnerships to address hunger in several states
Child Poverty Rates Reports9/30/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=1855718557Child Poverty Rates, 2009 and comparison data, 2007-2009.
Legislative Summit 2010: Human Services and Welfare Session Handouts and PresentationsMeetings8/3/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2092420924Session handouts and powerpoint presentations from human services and welfare sessions at NCSL's 2010 Legislative Summit
NCSL Summary of “The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010”Letters/Testimony6/17/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2059420594On March 24, 2010, the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee reported legislation reauthorizing federal child nutrition programs through 2015 out of committee.
Nutrition Assistance Program ResourcesReports4/6/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2010420104NCSL's policy on Nutrition Assistance is a standing policy of NCSL's Human Services and Welfare Committee, and covers all the major federal food programs.
SNAP - Food Stamp ProgramArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters3/11/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=1998519985This document revises and updates a brief on the Food Stamp Program contained in NCSL’s “Addressing Hunger and Nutrition: A Tool Kit for Positive Results,” June 2005. Jennifer Bailey, Rosa Covarrubias, Ann Morse and Lee Posey contributed to this March 2010 revision.
Ten Ways to Use Short-Term TANF BenefitsReports12/9/2009 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=1867418674Ten ways to use short-term TANF benefits to help low-income children and families.
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