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Welfare Reform & Beyond Objectives:. Synthesize emerging research in user-friendly formats. Develop new policy options to encourage work and raise incomes for the “working poor.” Foster an informed and civil dialogue on welfare reform. Provide the media with accurate, balanced information.
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Welfare Reform & Beyond Objectives: • Synthesize emerging research in user-friendly formats. • Develop new policy options to encourage work and raise incomes for the “working poor.” • Foster an informed and civil dialogue on welfare reform. • Provide the media with accurate, balanced information. The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & Beyond Activities and Products: Issue of Brookings Review( publication date: April 2001) • Giving is Not Enough Ron Haskins • Federal Versus State Roles in Welfare: Is Devolution Working?Dick Nathan and Tom Gais • Wedding Bell Blues: Marriage and Welfare ReformWade Horn • A Vision for Assisting Families in the Next Round of Welfare ReformWendell Primus The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & Beyond Activities and Products: Issue of Brookings Review( publication date: April 2001) • Getting Beyond the 30 Year Tug of War Gordon Berlin • Welfare Reform and Devolution: Looking Back and ForwardMark Greenberg • Why Place Matters in Welfare ReformBruce Katz • The Future of Entitlements to the PoorMickey Kaus • Requiring and Supporting WorkJason Turner The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & Beyond Activities and Products: Issue Brief Series The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & Beyond Oral Products: • Public briefings and seminars • “Stakeholder” seminars • Press briefings • Legislative briefings and retreats • “Beyond the Beltway” events for policymakers and the press The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu
Welfare Reform & Beyond is fundedby grants from a consortiumof foundations including: • The Annie E. Casey Foundation • The Foundation for Child Development • The Joyce Foundation • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • The David and Lucille Packard Foundation. Welfare Reform & Beyond is on the web at www.brookings.edu/wrb The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu