The Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative was created to inform the critical policy debates surrounding the upcoming congressional reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and a number of related programs that were created or dramatically altered by the 1996 landmark welfare reform legislation. The goal of the project has been to take the large volume of existing and forthcoming research studies and shape them into a more coherent and policy-oriented whole.
This capstone collection gathers twenty brief essays (published between January 2001 and February 2002) that focus on assessing the record of welfare reform, specific issues likely to be debated before the TANF reauthorization, and a broader set of policy options for low-income families. It is a reader-friendly volume that will provide policymakers, the press, and the interested public with a comprehensive guide to the numerous issues that must be addressed as Congress considers the future of the nation's antipoverty policies.
The collection covers the following topics and features a new introduction from the editors:

An Overview of Effects to Date

Welfare Reform Reauthorization: An Overview of Problems and Issues

A Tax Proposal for Working Families with Children

Welfare Reform and Poverty

Reducing Non-Marital Births

Which Welfare Reforms are Best for Children?

Welfare and the Economy

What Can Be Done to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Out-of-Wedlock Births? - Changing Welfare Offices

State Programs

Welfare Reform and Employment

Fragile Families, Welfare Reform, and Marriage

Health Insurance, Welfare, and Work

Helping the Hard-to-Employ

Sanctions and Welfare Reform

Child Care and Welfare Reform

Job Retention and Advancement in Welfare Reform

Housing and Welfare Reform

Non-Citizens

Block Grant Structure

Food Stamps

Work Support System

Possible Welfare Reform in the Cities

Welfare Reform and Beyond - nidottu, Englanti, 2002