Welfare Reform
Individuals and groups testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee to grade the current welfare system and make suggestions to ch… read more
Individuals and groups testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee to grade the current welfare system and make suggestions to change it. The Republicans Welfare reform initiatives include plans to cut some child services and replace aid to dependent children and job training programs with capped block grants. close
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- Charlee Archambault Representative Employment and Training Coalition->Indian and Native America
- David Baker Director Service Employees International Union
- David Burgess Representative Texas Fathers' Alliance
- Pamela Cave Recipient Aid to Families with Dependent Children
- Sandra Corder Representative Falls Church, VA
- Gerry Dooley Representative Citizens Jury on Welfare Reform
- Mark Epstein President Public Voice for Food and Health Policy
- Clarissa Pinkola Estes Representative Denver, CO
- Edward Faine Representative Action Alliance of Senior Citizens
- Dazzella Garner Representative Homestead, PA->Coalition-To-Stop-Welfare-Cuts
- James Goldstein Representative Oakland, CA->AIDS Project of the East Bay
- Kirk Harris Vice Director Paternal Involve. Demonstration Project
- Ron Henry Representative Men's Health Network
- Rod Leonard Executive Director Community Nutrition Institute
- George Liebmann Representative Maryland->Social Services
- Karolin Jappe Loendorf Welfare Recipient (Former)
- Walt Myers Representative Sagertown, PA->Mon-Valley Unemployed Committee
- Cynthia Newbille Executive Director National Black Women's Health Project->Atlanta
- William Parshall Deputy Managing Director Philadelphia, PA->Special Needs
- Sam Simmons Representative National Caucus and Center on Black Aged
- Jonathan Stein General Counsel Community Legal Services
- Gary Tester Director Boysville of Michigan->Region
- Leslie Wolfe President Center for Womens Policy Studies
- Ethel Zelenske Representative National Senior Citizens Law Center
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