Congress Should Take Action to Restore Flexibility and Funding Lost in 2006 Welfare Reauthorization and HHS Regulations

Publication Date: March 2007

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Danielle Ewen; Elizabeth Lower-Basch; Julie Strawn; Vicki Turetsky

Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

On March 6, 2007, the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support held a hearing on the changes made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) to programs assisting low-income families. In this testimony for the record, we discuss some of the early effects of the DRA and proposed regulations on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, child care, and child support participants and programs and offer recommendations as to how Congress should respond.