Links to Sites with Analysis and Information about Poverty and Welfare in the U.S.:

1) A History of Recent Welfare Reform (1993 onwards)

2) Complete Text of Welfare Reform Law

3) State Welfare Reform Data Base

4) State Welfare Reform Profile

5) National Conference of State Legislators (Jan 1998) "Building a Foundation for change in Welfare," State Legislatures Magazine

6) A first report on a national survey by CLASP and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

7) Comparative Research on Poverty

8) Welfare Reform Watch - Handsnet

9) Welfare and Families An electronic magazine

10) Research Institutes that analyze welfare and poverty issues:

American Public Welfare Association
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Joint Center for Poverty Research
Economic Policy Institute
Center for Law and Social Policy
The Institute for Children and Poverty
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Institute for Research on Poverty
National Center for Children in Poverty
The Urban Institute
The Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Institute on Race and Poverty