A list of welfare reform webpages (the more stars the better). Also, looks for books by Joel Handler, Mimi Abramowitz, Martin Gilems, Gwendolyn Mink.

Eric Swank

Journal of Poverty

Only academic journal that limits its focus to poverty.

http://www.journalofpoverty.org/

Center for Law and Social Policy http://www.clasp.org/

Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children and secure access for low-income persons to our civil justice system. ***

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org/

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities conducts research on governmental programs that affect low and moderate income peoples.

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Electronic Policy Network http://www.epn.org/

A consortium of public policy organizations and advocacy groups, the Electronic Policy Network provides timely information about relevant policies. **

The Food Research and Action Center http://www.frac.org/index.html

The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is an organization working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. It has some good WIC studies. **

Institute on Race & Poverty http://www1.umn.edu/irp/index.html

The Institute on Race and Poverty is one of few research centers that directly address the underlying causes of the problems created at the intersection of racial injustice and poverty. ***

Institute for Research on Poverty http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/

The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is a national, university-based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States.

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Institute for Women's Policy Research http://www.iwpr.org/

The Institute for Women's Policy Research is a public policy research organization which focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, the economic and social aspects of health care and domestic violence, and women's civic and political participation. ***

Joint Center for Poverty Research http://www.jcpr.org/about.html

The Northwestern University /University of Chicago Joint Center forPoverty Research concentrates on the causes and consequences of poverty in America and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty. The list of rigorous studies is impressive. ****

Low Income Directory http://www.lincproject.org/lid/lid.html

Directory of Low Income Organizations Working on Welfare Issues. **

Mathematica Policy Research http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/

This policy research center has some innovative evaulation of recent welfare reforms. **

Open Secrets http://www.opensecrets.org/index.htm

A comprehensive data set on the issues of money and politics. **

Poverty Issues

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/cwr/issues/indexi~1.htm#I

A unique list of essays and studies on poverty. **

Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence

http://www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/

The Project seeks to foster collaboration among researchers, policy makers, and community organizations which are concerned with the nexus of welfare and domestic violence issues. **

The Urban Institute http://www.urban.org/

A famous that studies a wide range of domestic programs. **

Research Forum on Childrem, Families and the New Federalism

http://www.researchforum.org./

This web site features an on-line database of summaries of large- and small-scale research projects. Most of these studies have not been widely distributed yet. ****

Welfare Information Network http://www.welfareinfo.org/

A Clearinghouse for Information, Policy Analysis & Technical Assistance on Welfare Reform. **

Wisconsin Welfare Reform Evaluations and Impact Studies

http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/ETI/pages/surveys/welfare.htm

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute works with local

governments and schools in Milwaukee County to assess the impact of state and federal welfare reform proposals on families. ***