CFFPP produces monthly policy briefings, distributed by email or fax, that summarize recent developments in policy, research and legislation as they relate to child support, welfare reform, domestic violence, and poverty. The following is a list of policy briefings produced to date. If you would like to subscribe to receive free monthly policy briefings, please click on the policy briefing "request form" and provide the necessary information. Each month, the policy briefing will be available on this site one week after it is emailed or faxed to our monthly subscribers.

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CFFPP has recently begun a new series of policy briefings specific to the state of California. These briefings, similar in content and style to the national briefings, will provide legislative updates and relevant policy information to practitioners and advocates in California on a bimonthly basis. For more information please visit the "California Policy Briefing" page.

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• Welfare-to-Work and SDU Penalty Relief Legislation Passed By Congress
• Bill To Expand Child Support Enforcement Tools To Private Sector Introduced in Senate
• Congress Passes Modified Child Support Hold Harmless Provision
• Child Support Enforcement Contempt Procedures Violate Due Process Rights

• Inspector General Reports On TANF Sanctions and Notification Process
• Nearing Adjournment Congress Acts on Several Bills of Interest
• New York City Mayor Plans To Require Homeless To Work As Condition of Shelter
• HHS Reports That Only 10% of Eligible Families Receive Child Care Subsidies
• Audio Conference On Child Support Scheduled For November 12, 1999

• New Fathers Count Bill To Be Introduced
• Earned Income Tax Credit Subject of New Study, But House Proposes Conversion of Program
• Domestic Violence Underreported by Welfare Participants
• Report Compares Welfare-to-Work Approaches
• States May Allow Post-Secondary Education Under TANF
• State Developments

• Income of Nation's Poorest Families Declined Since Welfare Reform
• Income More Heavily Concentrated Among Wealthiest 1% Than at Any Time Since 1977
• Child Support Caseload Characteristics Reported
• Updates on Legislation
• Guidebooks on Child Support and Fathers Available
• State Child Support News

• GAO Reports on Effect of Declining Welfare Caseload on Child Support Financing
• TANF Reform Legislation Introduced
• Welfare-to-Work Reauthorization Would Add Focus on Noncustodial Fathers
• Food Stamp Participation Falls; Program Changes Proposed
• Responsible Fatherhood Bill Introduced

• Supreme Court Rules Lower Benefits for New State Residents Unconstitutional
• Child Support Pass-Through Legislation Reintroduced
• Analyses of Final TANF Regulations Available
• New Publications
• Support Orders for Child Care Proposed in Senate Bill

• OCSE Confirms States' Authority to Reduce Child Support Arrearages
• OCSE Issues Final Rule Clarifying Child Support Case Closure Policy
• Final TANF Rules Published
• Notable New Publications
• Violence Prevention Funding Opportunity
• Capital Hill Update

• Child Support Cooperation Requirement Proposed for Custodial Parents of Children Receiving SSI
• Changes in House Leadership
• 1999 Earned Income Credit Campaign Seeks to Ensure that Eligible Workers Claim their Tax Benefit
• Congress Passes Visitation Law
• Funding Opportunities
• Of Note

• Minnesota Supreme Court Nullifies Administrative Child Support Enforcement Procedures
• Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998
• Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998
• Child Support Pass-Through Legislation
• Recent Welfare Hearing Decisions Related to Child Support
• Sanctions for Non-cooperation with Child Support Enforcement
• On the Bookshelf