Created in 1996 from the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), TANF was designed to "end welfare as we know it" by putting an increased emphasis on employment.
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Our Position
November 28, 2006
Recommendations to Governor-Elect Eliot Spitzer for State Implementation of the New TANF (Welfare) Regulations
August 28, 2006
Comments on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services TANF Regulation Changes
March 10, 2006
Testimony to Assembly Standing Committee on Social Services -- The Impact of Federal TANF Reauthorization in New York State
December 15, 2005
Testimony Before the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Social Services — The Implementation of TANF-Funded Programs in SFY 2005-2006 Budget
December 1, 2005
Comments Opposing Proposed Regulation Change, Title 18 NYCRR, Which Would Require TANF Cases to Close While Families Reapply for Safety Net Assistance
Describes how the proposed regulatory change would cause economic hardship for families waiting 45 days for their benefits to resume. Also explains how costly and logistically challenging the regulatory change would be for workforce development providers.
September 21, 2005
Testimony to State Assembly Social Services Committee — The Effect of Welfare Reform in New York State
Recommendations include ensuring adequate funding for literacy, ESOL and skills training programs; improving coordination between workforce, welfare-to-work and economic development systems; creating career ladder training programs; ensuring full access to work supports; and more.
October 12, 2002
Comments on the 2002-2004 New York State Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Plan
Recommendations to New York State on how it can make the TANF program a true vehicle for self-sufficiency by expanding access to education and training; improving the delivery of transitional services; tracking the status of recipients who leave welfare; and more.
September 20, 2002
Comments on the New York City 2002-2003 TANF/Food Stamps Employment Plan for Welfare-to-Work
Recommendations on identifying and responding to employment barriers; developing employability plans that aim for self-sufficiency; expanding access to education and training; and improving the delivery of support services.
May 2002
Welfare Law Reauthorization
Recommendations on education and training, time limit, funding, immigrant, assessment, and other provisions of the welfare reform law based on the experience of job training providers.
April 2002
Comments Regarding the Development of the Human Resources Administration 2002/2003 TANF/Food Stamps Welfare-to-Work Employment Plan
Recommendations on allowable work activities, improvements of the referral and assessment process, and delivery of support services for welfare recipients and welfare leavers.
April 17, 2002
Testimony to General Welfare Committee, New York City Council — Welfare Recipient Access to Education and Training
Recommendations for improving access by New York City welfare recipients to education and training programs.
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