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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 1998
Family Violence Protocol Development for TANF and Child Support Agencies
Publisher(s):This paper provides detailed guidance on developing family violence protocols within welfare settings. It is written to assist domestic violence advocates and state administrators implementing PRWORA
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
December 1997
Poverty, Welfare and Battered Women: What Does the Research Tell Us?
Publisher(s):The paper explores what we know and don't know about the prevalence of dv among poor women and women receiving welfare; the connections that can be drawn between welfare and dv; and the effects of dv on women receiving welfare benefits.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 1997
The New Welfare Law: State Implementation and Use of the Family Violence Option
Publisher(s):This paper explores the impact of implementing the U.S. federal welfare law, PRWORA of 1996. It looks at how the use of the FVO and the federal block grant program, TANF, might effect battered women and their children.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 1996
The New Welfare Law: Implications for Battered Women, Introduction to the Law
Publisher(s):Provides basic introduction to the U.S. federal welfare law, PRWORA of 1996 - provides information about this "welfare law" and its potential effects on battered women and their children.
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- General Material
August 1996
Order from the Attorney General: Final Specification of Community Programs Necessary for Protection of Life or Safety Under Welfare Reform Legislation
Publisher(s):This publication contains the final version of the Attorney Generals Order that is issued pursuant to sections 401 and 411 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The Order specifies the types of community programs, services, or assistance for which all immigrants remain eligible regardless of status.
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- General Material
January 1996
Unlocking the Door, A Call to Action
Publisher(s):This resources addresses: homeownership and access to capital, battered women, housing discrimination, minority women, housing and community design, displaced homemakers, rural women, homeless women, older women, welfare reform, public housing, housing for women with disabilities and service enriched housing.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
June 0004
Economic Advocacy Capacity Building: Iowa's Experience and Lessons Learned
Publisher(s):The main article outlines the steps and stages of ICADV's housing and financial advocacy work from 1997 until the present. Main activities are covered and lessons learned are highlighted.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
July 0001
Welfare-to-Work Programs Create Options for Battered Women
Publisher(s):Explores how welfare-to-work programs can help battered women, highlighting programs that provide specialized services to battered women. Also included is a list of Internet resources designed to increase understanding of this complex system.
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- General Material
Welfare Rules Database
Publisher(s):In 1997, the Urban Institute created a one-stop resource for comparing TANF programs across states, and understanding changes in state specific TANF rules such eligibility requirements, benefit standards, earned income disregards, etcetera. The Welfare Rules Database is a comprehensive site that includes TANF rules for all 50 dates and the District of Columbia.
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- General Material
Interactive Public Benefits Maps
Publisher(s): NIWAP's Interactive Public Benefits Maps break down the types of public benefits available to immigrant survivors and immigrant children, based the victim’s or the child’s immigration status, the type of immigration case the victim may have filed, and the state in which the immigrant resides.
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- General Material
Frequently Asked Questions Related to the Poverty Guidelines and Poverty
Publisher(s):This webpage is an excellent pathfinder and primer on the federal government's poverty guidelines.
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- General Material
Compilation Of The Social Security Laws
Publisher(s):This webpage provides the actual statutory language that describes uses of grants under the Social Security Act, for IDAs under the TANF program.