Sentences with phrase «federal welfare»

The percentage of children in single - parent households did not continue to grow in the years following the redesign of federal welfare policy.

In 1975 Congress passed the Child Support Enforcement and Paternity Establishment Program, or CSE, in response to increasing enrollment in federal welfare programs of children of separated parents.

The research has been spurred by changes in federal welfare policies that have emphasized moving families, often headed by single women, off public assistance.

In a provision tucked into the 1996 federal welfare law, Congress earmarked $ 250 million over five years to pay for abstinence education in every state.

Lorraine D'Alessio, a managing attorney at D'Alessio Law Group, notes in an email that H - 1B visa holders don't need to necessarily have a steady job to remain in the country, but «at least a steady source of income that does not derive from federal welfare benefits or other forms of government assistance.»

Utah is ranked 43rd in the list of total federal welfare recipient states.

I'm from Utah, and don't support polygamy, but I just don't see fundamentalism as a huge drain on federal welfare programs.

Those who have been on AFDC for ten years or longer make up about 25 percent of the 11 million recipients, but consume about 60 percent of the more than $ 9 billion federal welfare budget.

Cuomo has slashed funding for transitional jobs programs to nearly zero, despite receiving an annual billion - dollar surplus as part of the fixed federal welfare (TANF) block grant.

Federal welfare rules barring married women from receiving benefits, for example, is one reason why marriage among poor blacks has gone from being the norm to being extraordinarily rare since the 1950s — and why 70 percent of black children are born out of wedlock.

There are statutory guidelines that are based upon the gross income of each parent, the number of children, the extraordinary expenses of the children, and number of nights a child spends with each parent, which are adopted by states in order for the states to be eligible for federal welfare programs; although standards vary somewhat.

«Congress has operated on the belief that federal welfare expenditures can be offset by recoupment of child support payments from noncustodial parents,» Henry wrote.

Investments in child care by the federal government and individual states grew substantially in the years after passage of the 1996 federal welfare reform law, increasing from $ 3.6 billion in 1996 to $ 11.4 billion in 2005.

Fueled by a strong economy and passage of the 1996 federal welfare law, which imposed new work requirements and time limits on cash benefits, welfare caseloads declined precipitously during the 1990s.

The White House's wish list once comprised a sweeping infrastructure measure, overhauling the federal welfare program, another try at tax cuts and an immigration bill.

It also contends that the program should adhere to standards in the federal welfare - reform law, which directs states to set up Job Opportunity and Basic Skills programs.

Poor program attendance has been a significant barrier to bolstering the educational skills of welfare recipients under the federal welfare - reform law, a five - state study released last week concludes.

The federal welfare overhaul of 1996, which required many mothers receiving cash assistance to get a job, hasn't significantly improved the home lives of poor children, according to the latest results of an ongoing study.

The federal government now spends less than it did about 30 years ago on some of the country's poorest children, the result of cuts to federal welfare programs, according to a new research paper.

Some other examples of this kind of legislation involve federal welfare regulations which require that state child support awards be supported by a calculation of the child support guidelines that states must adopt in order for their citizens to receive federal welfare benefits.

The federal welfare overhaul of 1996 ushered in myriad policy changes aimed at getting low - income parents off public assistance and into employment.