Letters to the White House and Senate, signed by Legal Momentum and allied organizations, in opposition to policy riders in the FY 2011 budget.
Testimony and Public Comments
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As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) this year, Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva invited Leslye Orloff, Senior Vice President and Director of Legal Momentum’s Immigrant Women Program, to testify at a recent hearing regarding VAWA’s immigration provisions.
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Comments urging the Congress and the Obama Administration to move forward with comprehensive reauthorization legislation that will increase federal funding and raise participation rates and benefit levels in TANF.
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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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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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Statement submitted to the New York State Assembly Committee on Social Services on November 20, 2008 for a Public Hearing on NY State’s TANF Funded Welfare-to-Work Program
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A statement submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means' hearing on the Economic and Societal Costs of Poverty held on January 24, 2007.