On March 7, Cynthia Fagnoni, of the General Accounting Office,
testified
before Congress on how states are using TANF flexibility to adapt work
requirements and time limits to meet state and local needs.
At the same subcommittee hearing, Mark Greenberg of the Center on Law
and
Social Policy testified that ?“while work has increased, there are at
least
three work-related concerns that need to be addressed in
reauthorization:
how to increase employment among those families with the most serious
barriers; how to help families get better jobs; and how to ensure that
low-earning families receive needed health care and child care
assistance
and have enough income to make ends meet.?”
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/humres/107cong/hr-11wit.htm
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary Thompson will testify
on
welfare reform and TANF reauthorization before the full Ways and Means
Committee on March 12.