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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
!NCSL Letter in Support of Continuing SSI to Certain Refugees and AsyleesLetters/Testimony9/22/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2360523605NCSL Letter in Support of Continuing SSI to Certain Refugees and Asylees
!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
!NCSL Letter on Proposed National School Lunch and School Breakfast Nutrition StandardsLetters/Testimony4/13/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2315323153NCSL Letter on Proposed National School Lunch and School Breakfast Nutrition Standards
!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
Senate 2013 Farm Bill Amendments LetterLetters/Testimony5/20/2013 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2624626246Senate 2013 Farm Bill Amendments Letter
Senate 2013 Farm Bill LetterLetters/Testimony5/15/2013 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2622126221Senate 2013 Farm Bill Letter
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
FY 2013 LIHEAP UpdateArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters10/1/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2530925309Update on FY2013 LIHEAP Funding
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 - A Checklist for State LegislatorsArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters9/7/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2524525245Hunger affects communities across the United States. One in seven households was food insecure in 2010 and as many as one in five households had difficulty affording food at some point in 2011.
Hunger Partnership Agenda 2012 Legislative SummitMeetings8/17/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2515925159Hunger Partnership Agenda 2012 Legislative Summit
Child Support: Beyond Enforcement to EngagementMeetings8/17/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2516125161Child Support: Beyond Enforcement to Engagement 2012 Legislative Summit Session
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
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
NCSL Letter Opposing Permanent Elimination of SSBGLetters/Testimony4/18/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2461724617NCSL Letter Opposing Permanent Elimination of SSBG
SSBG and SNAP on Chopping BlockArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters4/18/2012 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2461924619SSBG and SNAP on Chopping Block
Legislative Summit 2011: Human Services and Welfare Committee SessionsMeetings8/8/2011 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=2353523535NCSL Human Services and Welfare Committee agenda, handouts and presentations from Legislative Summit
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
Child Poverty Rates Reports9/30/2010 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=1855718557Child Poverty Rates, 2009 and comparison data, 2007-2009.
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.
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.
SL Magazine: An Old Battle RejoinedArticles/Briefs/ Newsletters1/1/2009 12:00:00 AM/default.aspx?tabid=1743717437States are at the front of a renewed fight against poverty.
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