Committee Description
The Human Services and Welfare Committee has jurisdiction over NCSL's state and federal work in four major categories: social services, income security, food and nutrition, and immigration. Social services involve child welfare, child care, Head Start, Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Income security issues include welfare reform and welfare to work, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant, child support, Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Food and nutrition issues include food stamps, child nutrition, and emergency food assistance and commodity distribution. Immigration issues include refugee assistance and benefits to legal aliens. The Human Services and Welfare Committee also works with states on engaging faith-based organizations and proposals supporting healthy marriages.
Income Security and Social Services
After School Care
Adolescent Pregnancy
Adoption Assistance
Aging Programs
Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Research
Child Support Enforcement
Child Abuse
Child Care
Child Health/ Infant Mortality
Child Welfare
Community Services Block Grant
Early Childhood Education
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)
Family Support
Family Violence
Family Preservation
Fatherhood Programs
Family Preservation
Foster Care
Head Start
Homelessness
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Social Security
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Social Service Block Grant (Title XX)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
(Welfare)
Welfare Reform
Waivers for State Reform
Food and Nutrition
Child Nutrition
Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution
Supplemental Feeding Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
School Lunch and Breakfast
Child and Adult Care Feeding Programs
Immigration
Benefits to Legal Aliens
Refugee Assistance
State Legalization and Impact Assistance Grant (SLIAG)
Undocumented/Illegal Immigrants
Naturalization/Citizenship
Administration
Quality Control
Block Grants
Mandates/Unfunded Mandates
State Authority/Preemption
For more information, contact: Emily Wengrovius, NCSL Staff Liaison.
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