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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1987
This hearing seeks to examine the Family Welfare Reform Act, H.R. 1720, now pending, and determine what changes in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and the Food Stamp Program are needed to ensure that the United States has an integrated welfare system. H.R. 1720 includes benefit reforms, a new employment and training…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Knebel, John A. – 1977
The fourth annual secretary of agriculture report on rural development progress (prepared in response to a directive from the Rural Development Act of 1972) presents the most recently available status data on employment, income, population, housing, and community services and facilities, discusses examples of federal efforts to improve or expand…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Annual Reports, Community Colleges, Community Development
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
Nearly 80 means-tested programs for low-income persons and families have been created by the federal government to help meet the needs of various groups. In fiscal year 1992, the federal government spent about $208 billion through these programs. Evaluation of these programs was based on reports by the General Accounting Office (GAO) and others.…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Poverty Programs
Kentucky Kids Count Consortium. – 1997
This Kids Count data book examines trends in the well-being of Kentucky's children on a statewide and county basis. An introduction summarizes some of the trends for Kentucky's children in the 1990s. The bulk of the report presents statewide and county data grouped into five categories: (1) poverty rates and programs (persons in poverty; median…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Budget. – 1983
In this report of a hearing on the effects on children and youth of President Reagan's proposed budget cuts of means-tested entitlement programs, Linda S. McMahon, Associate Commissioner of the Office of Family Assistance, and Robert E. Leard, Acting Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the Department of Agriculture, present the…
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Government, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationMiller, Catherine M., Ed.; Chief, Elizabeth H., Ed. – 1978
This program guide covers in outline form the characteristics of state public assistance plans for operating programs of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The information for each state is presented in a series of pages with four subdivisions: Administration, Eligibility Requirements, Need Determination, and Extension of the Program. In…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Blindness, Child Welfare, Eligibility
Carlin, Thomas A.; And Others – 1979
The two papers in this document were prepared in response to requests by the Department of Agriculture and the White House staff for briefs on welfare and poverty issues. The first paper, "The Administration's Welfare Reform Proposal: Impact on Rural Areas" by Robert Hoppe, discusses major provisions of (1) the proposed Welfare Reform…
Descriptors: Definitions, Employment Opportunities, Farmers, Federal Legislation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1988
This report was sought by the Conference Committee on the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, concerned that federal law allows payments from tribal trust funds to be excluded when determining eligibility for welfare benefits to American Indians. Applicable federal laws and eligibility policies were reviewed to determine the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Federal Indian Relationship, Federal Legislation, Financial Policy
