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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• Farm Bill Fails to Pass in Senate, Result Is No Action on Food Stamp Reauthorization
• Race Discrepancies in High School Graduation Rate Worse Than Usually Reported
• Bush Plans to Eliminate Women's Bureau Regional Offices
• Report Identifies Complicated Eligibility Processes for Public Assistance Programs
• Reports Continue to Question the Fate of Welfare Leavers
• Resource for Building Relationships With and Self-Esteem of Daughters Available

• GAO Reports on Work-Related Disabilities Among TANF Recipients
• Growing Dependence on Private Aid Coincides with Decrease in Food Stamp Usage
• Problems with Child Support Distribution to TANF Leavers Cited by Inspector General
• District Attorney's Office and Department Of Social Services Team Up in North Carolina to Prosecute Welfare Clients
• New Reports on Impact of Welfare On Low-Income Families Available
• Announcements and Miscellaneous News

• TANF Reauthorization Bill Introduced In House; HHS Begins Process for Input into Reauthorization
• Report Tracks Well Being of Former Welfare Recipients
• Initial Analysis of National Fragile Family Study is Available for Milwaukee
• Economic Stimulus Proposals Fail to Focus on Poor and Unemployed

• Food Stamp Reauthorization Clears House; Set to Move Ahead of TANF Reauthorization Process
• Child Support Enforcement Report for FY 2000 Released
• Domestic Violence Advocates Urge Improved Services and Funding To Address Domestic Violence
• HHS to Hold Regional Forums on TANF Reauthorization
• Need for Affordable Housing Evident
• Report Finds Income, Not Work Alone, Produces Positive Outcomes for Children
• Report Released on Gender Stereotyping in Job Training
• States Continue to Experience Problems with Child Support Disbursement
• Office of Child Support Enforcement Commissioner Appointed

• New Census Data Provide Additional Information on Poverty in the U.S.
• Early Results from Fragile Family Study Available for Oakland, CA
• Website Offers Bibliography of Marriage and Poverty Research
• Texas Passes Law Addressing Child Support Arrearages
• New Book Challenges Social Policies Aimed at Low-Income Fathers
• Taxpayers Protest Tax Rebate from President Bush
• New Research Released on Effects of Family Separation on Adolescents

• Two studies report troubling disparities by race and income
• Update on legislation
• President Bush's Faith- Based Initiative Stirs Controversy
• Two articles take marriage promotion efforts to task
• Wisconsin Supreme Court prohibits father from having more babies
• D.C. bill would criminalize child support nonpayment
• Research done by American Friends Service Committee shows that TANF falls short
• Two states extend TANF benefits past 60-month limit
• Two new policy briefs available from CFFPP

• Update on Fatherhood and Child Support Legislation
• House Holds Hearings on Welfare and Marriage
• National Effort to Ensure that Welfare Recipients Have Voice in Welfare Reform is Launched
• Opposition to Confirmation of Wade Horn as HHS Assistant Secretary Urged
• Racial Disparities in Health Coverage Reported
• Assessment of Child Support Arrearage Policies Available
• Two New Reports Detail Employment Barriers of Poor Men and Women

• Legislation Targeted at Low-Income Families Introduced in Senate; Bush Budget Proposals Released
• New Food Stamp Regulations Will Affect Child Support Payors
• Uninsured and Working Poor Facing Reduction in Access to Health Care Services
• Decline in Welfare Caseload Nationwide Reaching a Standstill
• Wisconsin Audit Finds Few Former Welfare Recipients Earning Above Poverty Wages
• Summary of Congressional Hearings on Workfare Available from NOW-LDEF
• Regulation to Establish Grievance Procedures for Child Support Program Are Issued

• Supreme Court Lifts Some Restrictions on Legal Representation of the Poor; Upholds Others
• Marriage Promotion Likely to Become Central Feature of Bush's Domestic Policy Agenda
• Bush's Tax Plan Excludes Low-Income Families
• Distribution Problems Continue to Plague Many State Child Support Systems
• Website Offers Samples Of Successful Proposals
• New Reports Reveal Additional Impacts of Welfare Reform on the Poor

• Child Support Assignment for Children Excluded from TANF Ruled Unconstitutional
• Surveys on Federal Spending Priorities Released
• New Leadership for House Ways and Means Committee and Human Services Subcommittee
• Wisconsin's Percentage-Expressed Child Support Orders Challenged by Federal Government
• Religious Community Expresses Concerns About Faith-Based Initiative
• TANF Case Closure Reported to be Caused Primarily by "Other"
• New Resources Available for Advocates and Practitioners