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A forum for the Dept. of Health and Human Services to provide a progress report on what they are doing to initiate implementation of the new welfare reform bill, which marks a dramatic change in U.S. social policy to help end welfare dependency. Witnesses from identified provisions of the law they expect states to have difficulty implementing, and recommend ways to deal with these difficult provisions. They represented: Amer. Public Welfare Assoc.; Cal. Dept. of Social Services; Center for Law and Social Policy; Children's Rights Council; Nat. Women's Law Center; Nat. Women's Law Center; LA DA Bur. of Family Support, and many more.
On August 22, 1996, President William Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996. Media and goververnment sources portrayed this act as the most important welfare reform since the passage of Social Security in the New Deal 61 years earlier. The hype around welfare reform overshadowed a significant section of the act entitled, “Title III—Child Support.” This section of the act made major changes in the child support program that is charged with the task of establishing, enforcing and modifying child support orders for children with non-residential parents. This book tells the story of the development and passage of the 1996 child support reforms.

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 440


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Discussing major policy, management, and program issues facing Congress and the Clinton administration in the area of health and human services, this pamphlet provides recommendations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the social security system, the welfare system, preventing child abuse, and safeguarding the nation's food supply. Following an overview of important issues facing the nation, the second section suggests steps to bolster public confidence in the social security system, including building the system's trust fund by increasing contribution levels and modernizing computer systems. The next section provides recommendations for continuing the welfare reform movement and the implementation of the Family Support Act, such as developing automated data systems to effectively manage caseloads, setting goal-oriented program performance standards, and identifying and sharing effective initiatives between states. The fourth section suggests that HHS provide states with greater flexibility in using government funds to prevent child abuse through early intervention and that a national foster care system be developed to provide outcome-oriented data on child welfare services. The final section proposes that an agency-wide system for tracking regulation development be implemented in the Food and Drug Administration to improve agency effectiveness and better allocate existing resources. Includes references for 22 related GAO products. (BCY).