Center for Civic Partnerships

Welfare to Work

Online Resources and Tools

California Department of Social Services
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov
Provides information on TANF, child welfare services, CalWORKS, employment training and other state welfare reform efforts.

Welfare Information Network
http://www.welfareinfo.org/
A clearinghouse for information, policy analysis and technical assistance on welfare reform.

The Welfare to Work Partnership
http://www.welfaretowork.org
Assists private businesses in hiring people on public assistance.

The World Wide Web Employment Office
http://www.employmentoffice.net
Employment site on the web that lists job opportunities, publications, tips, a newsletter and career and financial resources.

Suggested Readings

Bay Area Social Services Consortium, 1997. Social Welfare at a Crossroads. To order call the San Francisco Study Center Inc. at 1-800-484-4173 ext. 1073.

Legal Action Center, 1997. Making Welfare Reform Work: Tools for Confronting Alcohol and Drug Problems Among Welfare Recipients. To order, call the Legal Action Center at 212-243-1313.

National Alliance of Business, 1987. The Fourth R: Workforce Readiness. To order call the National Alliance of Business at 202-457-0040

United States Department of Labor, 1995. What’s Working (and What’s Not): A Summary of Research on the Economic Impacts of Employment and Training Programs. To order call the United States Department of Labor.

United States General Accounting Office; Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 1997. Welfare Reform: States’ Early Experiences with Benefit Termination. To order call the General Accounting Office at 202-512-6000.

The Welfare to Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business. Blueprint for Business; Reaching a New Work Force. To order call The Welfare to Work Partnership at 202-955-3005.