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	Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance: The federal agency that administers the federal government's primary welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
	Almanac of Policy Issues: Welfare: Background information and links on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and U.S. federal welfare policy generally.
	Emergency Committee to Defend Constitutional Welfare Rights: Establishes basis in U.S. Constitution and obligatory international law for right to decent relief for the involuntarily unemployed and that "workfare" as practised is prohibited involuntary servitude (forced labor).
	HandsNet: An online community of nonprofit organizations concerned with low-income issues. Includes articles and alerts from participating organizations, some of which relate to welfare and workfare.
	Heritage Foundation: Welfare: Research and related welfare information from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy think tank.
	Joint Center for Poverty Research: A national and interdisciplinary research institute that examines what it means to be poor in America. Features academic research written for a lay audience on a variety of topics, including welfare programs, education, health, housing, employment, and crime.
	MDRC: Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization
	Moving Ideas: Welfare: Studies and reports on USA welfare issues from a liberal perspective.
	Social Policy: Welfare, Society and the State: Social policy is the study of the welfare state, and the range of responses to social need. This is a brief introduction to the subject.
	UPM against Poverty SA: Provides information, links, newsletter, and events calendar.
	Urban Institute: Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues.
	Walk a Mile Project: Training materials, discussion board, and links for Walk a Mile, which trains local organizations to sponsor "Walk a Mile" projects that bring together policymakers with their low-income constituents to promote dialogue and understanding.
	Welfare Information Network (WIN): A clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance on welfare reform.
	Welfare Law Center: Low Income Networking and Communications (LINC) Project: Where low-income organizers can come together to combat the shredding of the social safety net and have their efforts represented.
	Welfare Law Center: Works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support -- public funding provided on the basis of need -- is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development.
	Welfare Rights Advocacy Pages: Addresses the failures of the social service system and offers advice for struggling clients.
	Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition: Seattle-based coalition of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients. Includes newsletter, fact sheets, and event announcements.
	Welfare-Mom Homepage: Dedicated to issues of importance to low-income families. Welfare myth-busting, original features, and resources for parents, kids, and job-seekers. Covers single-parent, working class, public policy and feminist issues.

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