MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization. We are dedicated to learning what works to improve the well-being of low-income people. Through our research and the active communication of our findings, we seek to enhance the effectiveness of public policies and programs.

The Research Forum website features a searchable database of large- and small-scale research projects about welfare reform and the well-being of low-income children and families.

Network of more than 180 progressive research, policy and advocacy organizations; policy info and activism opportunities.

What's New from the Welfare Reform Academy Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse New training videos available. CEUs available. Testimony by Douglas J. Besharov on State Implementation of Work Requirements Under Welfare Reform New! Delivered before Subcommittee on Human Resources of the House Committee on Ways and Means, March 7, 2002. Family Well-Being After Welfare Reform New! Since 1994, ...

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In the summer of 1996, Congress passed and the President signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. radically transforming the nation's welfare system. Here, we link to sites that permit you to keep track of the ongoing implementation of welfare reform in the states and the continuing national discussion of the issue. we also provide ...

Human Services Futures helps child welfare, welfare reform, Workforce Development, and related program implement Best Practices, outcomes design and managment systems in public and nonprofit agencies.

July 9, 1996 Action Alert: Welfare Reform ...

President Bill Clinton signed historic welfare reform legislation in the summer of 1996. But it really marked only the beginning of a grand experiment in federalism. Now the states are empowered to create their ...