Innovative Solutions for Welfare Reform Advocacy

1. Welfare Reform & Beyond Objectives: • Synthesize emerging research in user-friendly formats. • Develop new policy options to encourage work and raise incomes for the “working poor.” • Foster an informed and civil dialogue on welfare reform. • Provide the media with accurate, balanced information. The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

2. Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

3. Welfare Reform & Beyond Activities and Products: Issue of Brookings Review( publication date: April 2001) • Giving is Not Enough Ron Haskins • Federal Versus State Roles in Welfare: Is Devolution Working?Dick Nathan and Tom Gais • Wedding Bell Blues: Marriage and Welfare ReformWade Horn • A Vision for Assisting Families in the Next Round of Welfare ReformWendell Primus The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

4. Welfare Reform & Beyond Activities and Products: Issue of Brookings Review( publication date: April 2001) • Getting Beyond the 30 Year Tug of War Gordon Berlin • Welfare Reform and Devolution: Looking Back and ForwardMark Greenberg • Why Place Matters in Welfare ReformBruce Katz • The Future of Entitlements to the PoorMickey Kaus • Requiring and Supporting WorkJason Turner The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

5. Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

6. Welfare Reform & Beyond Activities and Products: Issue Brief Series The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

7. Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

8. Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

9. Welfare Reform & BeyondWritten Products: • Special Issue of the Brookings Review • 18-20 Policy Briefs • The New World of Welfare volume • Gaining Ground? monograph • Articles on Beyond Welfare policy options for low-income families The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

10. Welfare Reform & Beyond Oral Products: • Public briefings and seminars • “Stakeholder” seminars • Press briefings • Legislative briefings and retreats • “Beyond the Beltway” events for policymakers and the press The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu

11. Welfare Reform & Beyond is fundedby grants from a consortiumof foundations including: • The Annie E. Casey Foundation • The Foundation for Child Development • The Joyce Foundation • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • The David and Lucille Packard Foundation. Welfare Reform & Beyond is on the web at www.brookings.edu/wrb The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. www.brookings.edu