Welfare Reform Reauthorization

Human Services Committee:
Welfare Reform Reauthorization

Participants in the final meeting of the NCSL Executive Committee Task Force on Welfare Reform Reauthorization, 2005 Seattle Annual Meeting

Updated January 2006
Contents:

NCSL Policy	NCSL Testimony	NCSL Communication
Bill Summaries	President's Proposal	Related Programs

NCSL Policy

Goals for State Federal Action, 2005-2006: Human Services & Welfare Standing Committee

NCSL Interim Policy on Welfare Reform Reauthorization - State legislators unanimously adopt new NCSL policy on Welfare Reform Reauthorization.

NCSL unanimously adopts new interim policy on Welfare Reform Reauthorization Issues (5/11/02)

Press release: States on Welfare Reform Reauthorization: Let's Make a Good Program Better

NCSL Testimony

Testimony of Representative David Heaton, Iowa House of Representatives, regarding Welfare Reform Reauthorization before the United States Senate Committee on Finance (March 10, 2003)

Press Release: Welfare Reform Success Threatened by Proposed Changes to Work Requirements

Testimony of Senator Ray Meier (NY) before the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources

NCSL Communication

TANF extended through Sept. 30, 2004: TANF and related programs are now operating under an extension while Congress continues to work on reauthorization.

Welfare Reform letter to Senator Grassley: NCSL comments on Senate welfare bill, the PRIDE Act.

House Passes Welfare Reform Bill- On February 13, 2003 the House passed H.R. 4, legislation reauthorizing welfare reform for five years in a vote that largely mirrored last year's partisan vote in the House. The final vote was 230 for, and 192 against the bill. 11 Democrats crossed party lines to vote for the bill, and 2 Republicans voted against the bill.

Human Services Committee Information Alert: Senate Committee Passes State-Friendly Welfare Reform Legislation (June 26, 2002)

State and Local Immigration Policy Project group letter urging adoption of provisions for a state option to cover new legal immigrant children and pregnant women under the Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and a state option to cover new legal immigrants under TANF. (June 14, 2002)

Press Release: States Praise Senators' Collaborative Effort on Welfare Reform (May 2, 2002)

Press Release: Welfare Reform Success Threatened by Proposed Changes to Work Requirements (April 11, 2002)

Press Release: States on Welfare Reform Reauthorization: Let's Make a Good Program Better (February 6, 2002)

NCSL comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on the reauthorization of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which established the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant

Bill Summaries

Human Services Committee Information Alert - Key Bills to Reauthorize Welfare Reform and TANF

Human Services Committee Information Alert - Senate Committee Passes State-Friendly Welfare Reform Legislation

Human Services Committee Action Alert - Senate Poised to Mark-up Welfare Reform Reauthorization Bills: Your Calls Needed

H.R. 4090 - The Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002, As amended in subcommittee

H.R. 4092 - The Working Toward Independence Act of 2002, As amended in subcommittee

S. 2058 & H.R. 4070 - The Making Work Pay Act

H.R. 3625 - The Next Step in Reforming Welfare Act

Human Services Committee Information Alert - Key Bills to Reauthorization of Welfare Reform and TANF

President's Proposal

NCSL summary of the President's proposal on welfare reform

Related Programs

Press Release: State Legislators Urge Broader Support for Empowerment Savings Tools (Individual Development Accounts)

Economic Stimulus Bill Moves to President's Desk: TANF Supplemental Grants for FY02 Included (HR 3090)

Human Services Committee: Welfare Reform Reauthorization