The Census Bureau poverty data for 2009 show the largest number of poor people in the 51 years that poverty has been measured, 43.56 million, and the highest overall poverty rate, 14.3%, since 1994. The growth in poverty in 2009 reflects the continuing impact of the great recession that began in 2007.
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A new report by Legal Momentum demonstrates the serious harm financial sanctions cause Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients. These penalties are very common and many are imposed erroneously or for extremely minor violations, burdening the nation’s neediest families with even greater hardship.
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TANF's Work First policy has helped perpetuate single mother poverty and single mother employment in low wage “women’s work.” Legal Momentum urges Congress and the Administration to move forward rapidly to amend the TANF statute to embrace the Work Best approach.
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Statement to the House of Representatives about a survey and report from Legal Momentum on how TANF responds—and fails to respond—to women fleeing family violence who turn to TANF for assistance.
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Legal Momentum Statement Submitted to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the House Committee on Ways and Means to be included in the record of the Subcommittee’s March 11, 2010 Hearing on TANF’s Role in Providing Assistance to Struggling Families.
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Federal TANF policy continues to place barriers in the way of the single mothers receiving TANF who wish to go to school even though 40% of TANF recipients have not completed high school.
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) included several provisions for modernizing state unemployment insurance systems, such as providing access to unemployment insurance benefits to various groups who were not previously covered by state laws, including victims of domestic violence.
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There has been a large gender poverty gap in every year since the official poverty standard was created. In 2009, adult woman were 32 percent more likely to be poor than adult men, with a poverty rate of 13.9% compared to a 10.5% rate for adult men.
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Letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urging Secretary Sebelius to solicit public comments in advance of TANF's reauthorization
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This report, later published in Domestic Violence Report 65 (June/July 2009), explains the connection between economic and personal security for women and family assistance, and focuses on the critical role that family assistance plays in enabling poor women and families to escape abuse and overcome poverty.
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This Report details and analyzes the sharp drop in participation of eligible poor women and children following the adoption of federal welfare reform which encouraged states to cut welfare rolls.
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Articles from The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law's 2010 Symposium Issue.
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