A COAT OF MANY COLOURS: WELFARE REFORM AROUND THE WORLD.

Social Policy Journal of New Zealand;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...BACKGROUND Suddenly, welfare reform(1) is a hot topic. Although welfare...decisionmakers have been grappling with welfare reform issues for the best part of two...the last few years, however, welfare reform has suddenly become a very public...

JOHNSON ANNOUNCES HEARING ON WELFARE REFORM

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  January 6, 2000 ;     325 words ......2000 Johnson Announces Hearing on Welfare Reform WASHINGTON - Rep. Nancy L. Johnson...Subcommittee will hold a field hearing on welfare reform. The hearing will take place on Monday...contractors participating in the county welfare reform program, churches participating in...

Silence on Welfare Reform.(media coverage)

World and I;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......enough of the story about the historic welfare reform law that a Republican Congress passed...predictions of welfare advocates and cast welfare reform as a dangerous gamble. Sound bite after...reauthorize the law, creating a new welfare reform that in its sweep will strongly ...

Brookings Institution To Hold Live Webcast On Welfare Reform Debate

U.S. Newswire;  February 14, 2001 ;     402 words ......Institution will hold a live webcast of a welfare reform debate. When: Tuesday, Feb. 20, 5 to...up to the enactment of the landmark welfare reform law in 1996, and there will undoubtedly...agreement about important successes from welfare reform, such as increased employment among...

WELFARE REFORM FIELD HEARING IN BALTIMOROE NEXT MONDAY

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  February 9, 2000 ;     400 words ......IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2000 Welfare Reform Field Hearing in Baltimore Next Monday...Subcommittee will hold a field hearing on welfare reform. The heating will take place on Monday...continuation of a series of field hearings on welfare reform being conducted by tile ...

Tonight's 'Rising Tide' Broadcast to Focus on Welfare Reform

U.S. Newswire;  December 7, 1995 ;     388 words ......House Republicans approved historic welfare reform legislation designed to overhaul an...continued Republican efforts at genuine welfare reform. Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.) will join...studio to discuss the Senate debate over welfare reform. Santorum, a member of the Agriculture...

Campaign for Welfare Reform Runs Hot or Cool; In Oklahoma, Rep. McCurdy...

The Washington Post;  August 21, 1994 ;     700+ words ......where the Oklahoma Democrat stands on welfare reform. As one hefty welfare check after another...change welfare." Polls indicate that welfare reform could be a potent issue in upcoming...And, as McCurdy's ad demonstrates, welfare reform rhetoric sometimes gets a lot tougher...

Who's Utopian Now?(welfare reform and economics, United...

The Nation;  February 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Welfare reform has left America dangerously...unemployment--the combination of welfare reform and layoffs has been...Services reports that welfare reform provoked a sharp drop...up to and immediately following welfare reform, even liberals seemed...job. Meanwhile, ...

WELFARE REFORM IS COMING EARLIER THAN PLANNED ALLEN ANNOUNCES...

The Virginian Pilot;  December 12, 1996 ;     463 words ......chomping at the bit'' to race into welfare reform, Gov. George Allen said in announcing...should remember that the real test of welfare reform is a way down the road. That won't...are down by about 20 percent since welfare reform passed in 1995. Some states boast even...

Democrats Keep Welfare Reform Out of Budget Black Hole

NPR Morning Edition;  November 2, 1995 ;     700+ words ......insignificant measures in the GOP's version of welfare reform that would have little or no effect...House-Senate Conference Committee on Welfare Reform has taken on new importance since the...Senate Republican leaders had included welfare reform in their giant budget bill but ...

Letter from President Clinton to Congress on Welfare Reform

U.S. Newswire;  March 21, 1995 ;     700+ words ......Attached is a letter from the President on welfare reform sent yesterday to Speaker of the House...outlines the President's principles on welfare reform and calls on Congress to enact real welfare reform that promotes work and responsibility...

Welfare reform law seen as a threat to poor, children

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  August 2, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Philadelphia Tribune, The 08-02-1996 Welfare reform law seen as a threat to poor, children...Clinton said he would sign the bipartisan welfare reform plan into law. After Clinton had vetoed...hard on children. The Congressional welfare reform conference committee gave its final...

Moynihan Presses Welfare Reform; White House Warned Not to Defer Issue...

The Washington Post;  January 10, 1994 ;     529 words ......administration was moving too slowly on welfare reform and suggested he might hold up President...of Congress's leading advocates for welfare reform. Moynihan, who as chairman of the Senate...reform until the administration sends a welfare reform bill to Congress, Moynihan replied...

Welfare Reform: How Successful?(Statistical Data Included)

World and I;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...As welfare reform reaches its fifth anniversary, analysts...positions. Conservatives will claim that welfare reform is succeeding because masses of...side is claiming. On the one hand, welfare reform has not been the draconian instrument...

Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty: Dreams, Disenchantments, and...

Social Forces;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty: Dreams...of 1996, more familiarly known as welfare reform, set in motion one of the largest...result that the specific contours of welfare reform vary from place to place. The full...