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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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!NCSL Letter to the Senate in Support of TANF ReauthorizationLetters/Testimony9/22/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2360423604NCSL Letter to the Senate in Support of TANF Reauthorization
!TANF, CCDBG Set to Expire Without Congressional ActionLetters/Testimony9/20/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2359923599TANF, CCDBG Set to Expire Without Congressional Action
!Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 SummaryBill Summaries/ Databases3/24/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2243622436Summary of P.L. 111-296, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
House 2013 Farm Bill LetterLetters/Testimony5/14/2013 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
Child Poverty Rates and Family StructureArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters10/3/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2531625316Read this article --Child Poverty Rates and Family Structure-- to learn more about custodial support, child poverty and state legislative action.
Child Support Digest Vol. 1, No. 1Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters8/20/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2448624486Child Support Digest Vol. 1, No. 1
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
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
State Policies Regarding Pass-Through and Disregard of Child SupportReports2/21/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2435624356State Policies Regarding Pass-Through and Disregard of Current Month’s Child Support Collected for Families Receiving TANF-Funded Cash Assistance
[Summit 11] Addressing Hunger: InterviewsMultimedia9/12/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2357123571Three interviews with experts talking about hunger in America.
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
Congress Recesses Without Completing Child Nutrition ReauthorizationArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters10/22/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2156221562Because of a disagreement over using a future reduction in SNAP (Food Stamp) benefits to pay for increased spending in federal child nutrition programs, the House of Representatives failed to enact legislation reauthorizing those programs before it left town on September 29th.
Child Poverty Rates Reports9/30/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=1855718557Child Poverty Rates, 2009 and comparison data, 2007-2009.
Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.R. 5504Letters/Testimony9/28/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2136721367NCSL urges the House to pass the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act (H.R. 5504), legislation that reauthorizes federal child nutrition programs.
Child Nutrition Reauthorization Legislation Reports6/17/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2059320593On June 10, 2010, Representative George Miller (California), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, along with a bipartisan group of legislators, released the “Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act of 2010.”
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.
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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