Sponsoring Section/Society: ASA-SOC
Session Slot: 2:00- 3:50 Wednesday
Estimated Audience Size: xx-xxx
AudioVisual Request: xxx
Panel Session Title: Welfare Reform: How Will We Know What
Happened?
On August 22, 1996, President Clinton signed into law the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Three
main features of this new law are the elimination of welfare benefits as
entitlements, the imposition of work participation requirements, and the
introduction of individual lifetime limits on the use of programs funded by
TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
Participants in this panel discussion are from a variety of backgrounds
and thus provide different views of welfare reform: Bill Hobby will chair
the session and share his insights on welfare reform in Texas. Dan
Weinberg will discuss the Census Bureau's role in ensuring that the
capability to measure outcomes associated with welfare reform will be
possible, focusing on the new Survey of Program Dynamics. Patricia
Ruggles will discuss a research agenda to determine welfare outcomes
and her role in working to improve the measurement of child outcomes in
state and federal welfare evaluations. Barbara Gault will discuss a
research agenda to determine welfare outcomes and the expected
impact of welfare on women, particularly single parents. Bill Brister will
talk about the Mississippi experience and his role in designing and testing
experimental welfare programs in Mississippi. Steve Bell will discuss the
initial results of the Urban Institutes AAssessing the New Federalism@
project.
Theme Session: Yes
Applied Session: No
Session Organizer: Shipp, Stephanie S. Bur. of Census
Address: Housing and Household Econ. Stats. Div. Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301/763-8271
Fax: 301/763-8412
Email: stephanie_s_shipp@ccmail.census.gov
Session Timing: 110 minutes total (Sorry about format):
Opening Remarks by Chair - 5 minutes First Panelist - 20 minutes Second Panelist - 20 minutes Third Panelist - 20 minutes Fourth Panelist - 20 minutes Fifth Panelist - 20 minutes Floor Discussion - 15 minutes
Session Chair: Hobby, William Rice University
Address: P.O. Box 326, Houston, Texas 77001
Phone: 713/521-3596
Fax: 713/521-3950
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Weinberg, Daniel H. Census Bureau
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Ruggles, Patricia Dept. of HHS
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Gault, Barbara Institute for Women's Policy
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Brister, William Millsaps College
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List of speakers who are nonmembers: Hobby, Gault, Brister, Bell