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unusual facts about welfare reform



R. Kent Weaver

From 2002 to 2002, he served as co-director of the Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative at Brookings, which sought to build a better understanding of social science research findings among policymakers and advocates in the lead-up to congressional debate on reauthorization of welfare reform legislation.


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Gabrielle Songe

As the law and government reporter her article, “Tie-breaking seat produces protracted selection process,” Nov. 20, 1996, described the choice of Shelby County Commissioner Morris Fair as the replacement for outgoing Commissioner Bill Gibbons, and “Seeking shoes,” Jan. 31, 1997, featured unintended consequences of Tennessee’s welfare reform program, Families First, that required children to attend school on a daily basis.

Jack Wilkie-Jans

In 2013 Jack appeared on the National Indigenous Television news program speaking out against the Queensland Government's decision to reverse their initial decision to cut funding to the Noel Pearson Welfare Reform Trials in the Western Cape.

Jean-A. Joly

In 1988, he was part of a group of Liberal legislators who pressured manpower and income security minister Pierre Paradis to remove the harsher aspects of a welfare reform bill.

Mission Australia

Patrick McClure, whilst Chief Executive Officer of Mission Australia chaired the Australian Government’s Reference Group on Welfare Reform (1999–2000) during the second term of the Howard government.

Soup Kitchen-Food Bank Program

This program was consolidated with EFAP by an amendment to the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (P.L. 98-92) that was enacted as part of the 1996 welfare reform law (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193)).

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

As president, Clinton was attracted to welfare expert and Harvard University Professor David Ellwood’s proposal on welfare reform and thus Clinton eventually appointed Ellwood to co-chair his welfare task force.

Wally Herger

While he chaired the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support (called the Subcommittee on Human Resources during his watch) beginning with the 107th Congress, he played a leading role in the reauthorization and expansion of the 1996 welfare reform law.