Authored by Nicholas W. Jenny. This Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, Fiscal Studies Program report examines State tax revenues through a variety of empirical measures. It compares State budget numbers from July-September 2003 to the…

Authored by Diane Paulsell and Melissa Ford. This report is a recently released product from the Economic Research Service (ERS) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Authored by Nancy Wemmerus, Carole Kuhns, and Renee Loeffler. This report describes the status of over 1,000 Virginia families 18 months after their TANF cases closed because of a time limit. It finds that nearly all parents worked after leaving…

As the crime of human trafficking increases in prevalence, magnitude, and scope, trafficking victims who apply for TANF may emerge as a new Hard to Serve/Multi Barrier population for TANF administrators. This study offers a critical resource by…

The use of faith-based organizations to delivery public services has increased over the last two years due to program devolution and privatization. Researchers gathered information on faith-based organizations in each State, and outline the…

Michael Stegman, Walter Davis, and Roberto Quercia authors. This Brookings Institution report analyzes how the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) could potentially alleviate severe housing cost burdens for low- and moderate-income households…

Authored by Robert G. Wood and Anu Rangarajan. Based on four rounds of annual follow-up surveys with an early group of New Jersey TANF recipients, this issue brief focuses on those who have left the welfare rolls and are not working. About one in…

This paper is part of the work of the Rockefeller Institute of Government's Roundtable on Religion & Social Welfare Policy. Authored by Richard P. Nathan and David J. Wright.

This article reviews the foster care transition support for youth aging out of foster care in Michigan. The author summarizes outcomes for youth aging out of foster care, past literature, a State-by-State comparison of supports, and…

Authored by Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill. This article is found in the Brookings Institution Policy Brief entitled Welfare Reform and Beyond #28. In this brief, the authors contrast making cash and related forms of public assistance more…