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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Welfare Reform and Substance Abuse: Innovative State Strategies

Research-To-Practice Brief

This issue brief highlights key facts about the impact of substance abuse on welfare reform and TANF recipients and describes innovative state welfare program attempting to lower barriers to employment and self-sufficiency.This brief is available…

Question from New York

Question / Response(s)

Does anyone have information on studies and/or programs specific to the service deliverables pertaining to the 'Child Only' (OTG) caseload?

Not Just Another Single Issue: Teen Pregnancy Prevention's Link to Other Critical Social Issues

Report

Besides acting as a critical health problem, teen pregnancy is tied to a variety of other social issues, including welfare dependence, overall child well-being, out-of-wedlock births, fatherhood, and workforce development. Over half of all teen…

ACF Rapid Response Technical Assistance Project Collaborating to Address the Needs of Multi-Barrier Families

Report

This report summarizes the ACF Rapid Response Technical Assistance workshop, Collaborating to Address the Needs of Multi-Barrier Families, held August 29-30, 2001 in Boise, Idaho. The workshop designed to help Idaho move low-income families with…

Welfare Research Perspectives: Past, Present, and Future, 2002 Edition

Report

This is the fourth in a series of working papers designed to examine what has been learned since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 (effective through September 30, 2002). PRWORA…

Texas Families in Transition -- Surviving without TANF: An Analysis of Families Diverted From or Leaving TANF

Report

Authored by Deanna T. Schexnayder, Daniel Schroeder, Laura Lein, David Dominguez, Karen Douglas, and Freddie Richards. This research was conducted as part of the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, The University of Texas at…

Welfare time limits: State policies, implementation, and effects on families

Report

Few features of the 1990s welfare reforms have generated as much attention and…

Achieving Change for Texans evaluation: Final summary report

Report

In 1995, the Texas Legislature enacted H. B. 1863, which formed the basis for Texas’ waiver from existing Federal laws governing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The Texas waiver, officially known as the Achieving…

Question from Colorado DHS

Question / Response(s)

Colorado DHS staff has a working group with a number of external partners that deals with ADA as it relates to TANF clients. State staff have asked me to check to see what other states may be doing in the area of data collection of TANF clients with ADA issues. Colorado is interested in specific data elements that states may use to identify TANF clients with ADA considerations, (what information is collected), how the info is collected, i.e. via automated systems or by other means, and to whom the information is reported or released after it is collected.

Question from Delaware DHSS

Question / Response(s)

How many states have a General Assistance Program or a State Disability Program?

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