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Addressing Domestic Violence as a Barrier to Work: Building Collaborations Between Domestic Violence Service Providers and Employment Services Agencies, Lisa McKean, PhD, Center for Impact Research, Chicago, IL: October 2004.

 
Are You a victim of domestic violence? know your rights under the food stamp program! National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, Washington, DC: March 2003.

 
Child Care Assistance Policies 2001-2004: Families Struggling to Move Forward, States Going Backward, Karen Schulman and Helen Blank, Issue Brief, National Women’s Law Center, Washington, DC: September 2004. Copyright © 2004 National Women’s Law Center.

 

CHUTES AND LADDERS: THE SEARCH FOR SOLID GROUND FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE – AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS AND SINGLE MOTHERS IN THE UNITED STATES, Women Work! The National Network for Women’s Employment, Washington, DC: 2005.

DISTANCE LEARNING CAN HELP LOW-INCOME PARENTS ATTEND SCHOOL: TANF AGENCIES SHOULD ADOPT SUPPORTIVE POLICIES, Matt Lewis, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, DC: March 11, 2008. Copyright © 2008 Center for Law and Social Policy.

 
Domestic Violence and Family Support Programs: Creating Opportunities to Help Young Children and Their Families, Nilofer Ahsan, MPP, and Susan Schechter (editor), Paper #3 in the Series – Early Childhood, Domestic Violence and Poverty: Helping Young Children and Their Families, School of Social Work – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: January 2004. Copyright © 2004 The University of Iowa.

 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS, NCH Fact Sheet #8, National Coalition for the Homeless, Washington, DC: April 1999.

 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CUTS EMPLOYMENT GAINS BY WOMEN ON WELFARE, University of Michigan News Service, Ann Arbor, MI: September 26, 2005.

 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WELFARE AND POVERTY BIBLIOGRAPHY, compiled by Nancy Flanakin, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX: July 2004.

The Dynamics of Families Who are Homeless: Implications for Early Childhood Educators, Kevin J. Swick, Childhood Education, Association for Childhood Education International, Olney, MD: March 22, 2004 (number 3, volume 80; page 116; ISSN: 0009-4056 IAC-ACC-NO: 114008352). Copyright © 2004 Gale Group, Inc. ASAP.  Copyright © 2004 Association for Childhood Education International.

 
Early Childhood, Domestic Violence and Poverty: Helping Young children and their families Paper Series, introduction by Susan Schechter and Jane Knitzer, EdD, School of Social Work – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Copyright © 2004 The University of Iowa.

 

EFFORTS TO FIGHT POVERTY ARE ON THE RISE IN A GROWING NUMBER OF STATES, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, Washington, DC: April 17, 2008. Seizing the Moment: State Governments and the New Commitment to Reduce Poverty in America.

Expanding Solutions for Domestic Violence and Poverty: What Battered Women with Abused Children Need from Their Advocates, Susan Schechter, Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence, Publication #13 – A Vision Paper, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA: December 2000.

 
FACT SHEETS BASED ON THE GROUNDBREAKING REPORT, "EVERY DOOR CLOSED FOR EX-OFFENDER PARENTS TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AND FAMILIES." Developed by the Center for Law and Social Policy and Community Legal Services, Inc., Washington, DC: October 2003. The new fact sheets cover ex-offenders' problems with obtaining jobs, housing, financial aid for higher education, and public benefits, in addition to their struggles with child support obligations, maintaining contact with their children while incarcerated, and keeping immigrant families together.

Families’ Real Enemies: Violence and Poverty – Editorial, Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY: June 18, 2006. Copyright © 2006 Lexington Herald-Leader.

 
Family Violence Option – State-By-State Summary, Legal Momentum, New York, NY: July 2004.

 
FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT, Jill Davies, JD, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA.

 
FOOD STAMP PRE-SCREENING TOOL, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC: July 2003.

 
FROM POVERTY TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY: ROLE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN WELFARE REFORM, Center for Women Policy Studies, Washington, DC: 2003.

 
From Welfare to the Low-Wage Labor Market, Sheldon Danziger and Rucker C. Johnson, Russell Sage Foundation Forum on the Future of Work, May 27, 2004.

 
GETTING THERE SAFELY!  TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS, prepared by Nancy Flanakin, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, August 2003.

 
Helping Young Children Affected by Domestic Violence: The Role of Pediatric Health Settings, Betsy McAlister Groves, MSW, Kenneth Fox, MD, and Susan Schechter (editor), Paper #1 in the Series – Early Childhood, Domestic Violence and Poverty: Helping Young Children and Their Families, School of Social Work – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: January 2004. Copyright © 2004 The University of Iowa.

 
Implementing the TANF Changes in the Deficit Reduction Act: “Win-Win” Solutions for Families and States – Executive Summary, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, DC: May 9, 2006.

 
IMPOVERISHED WOMEN IN VIOLENT PARTNERSHIPS: DESIGNING SERVICES TO FIT THEIR REALITY, Patricia R. Cole. Violence Against Women – An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, (volume 7, number 2, pages 222-233), February 2001. Copyright © 2001 Sage Publications, Inc. Posted with permission of Sage Publications, Inc.

 
Improving TANF For Teens, Jodie Levin-Epstein and Angie Schwartz, Clearinghouse REVIEW Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: July-August 2005. Copyright © 1996-2005 Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.

 
INCOME, EARNINGS, AND POVERTY FROM THE 2004 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, Peter Fronczek, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC: August 2005.

 
Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA: September 2006.

 
INTEGRATING ANTI-POVERTY WORK INTO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCACY: IOWA’S EXPERIENCE, Amy Correia and Katie M. Ciorba VonDeLinde, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA: October 2002.

 
Job Market in W.Va. Defies Efforts to Reform Welfare, Evelyn Nieves, Washington Post, Washington, DC: July 24, 2005. Copyright © 2005 The Washington Post.

 
Minnesota’s Family Cap on Welfare Draws Fire, Jennifer Friedlin, Women’s eNews, October 19, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Women’s eNews.

 
MORE ADVOCACY NEEDED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXCLUSION, WomenView (volume 9, issue 8), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: November 1, 2005.

 
New Challenges for the Battered Women’s Movement: Building Collaborations and Improving Public Policy for Poor Women, Susan Schechter, Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence, Publication #1 – A Vision Paper, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA: January 1999.

 
New TANF Rules: Less Flexibility, More Red Tape, WomanView (volume 10, issue 1), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: July 21, 2006.

 

Police in the Lives of Young Children Exposed to Domestic Violence, Miriam Berkman, JD, MSW, Dean Esserman, JD, and Susan Schechter (editor), Paper #4 in the Series – Early Childhood, Domestic Violence and Poverty: Helping Young Children and Their Families, School of Social Work – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: January 2004. Copyright © 2004 The University of Iowa.

PoVERTY AND Sexual ViolencE BUILDING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION RESPONSES: A GUIDE FOR COUNSELORS AND ADVOCATES, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Enola, PA. Copyright © 2007 Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape.

PoVERTY SCORECARD 2007 RATING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: March 2008.

 
PROCESS FOR GRANTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTIONS FROM TANF REQUIREMENTS, Patricia R. Cole, PhD, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX:

A Profile of the Working Poor, 2003, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC: March 2005.

PUBLIC SUPPORT GROWS FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND FOR GOVERNMENT ROLE IN FIGHTING POVERTY, WomanView (volume 10, issue 8), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: April 23, 2007. Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007.

 
Questions and Answers About the Chronic Homelessness Initiative, National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness, Washington, DC.

 

REACHING AND ASSISTING TANF RECIPIENTS WHO ARE IN VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS, Patricia R. Cole, PhD, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX: January 2000.

RECENT REPORTS ASSESS ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND DECLINE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WomanView (volume 10, issue 7), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: January 3, 2007.

RESEARCH AND NEWS REPORTER, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington, DC: June 2003.

 
RESILIENT AND REACHING FOR MORE: THE CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WELFARE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, Avis A. Jones-DeWeever, PhD and Barbara Gault, PhD, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington, DC: April 2006. Copyright © 2006 Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

 
SAFETY AND FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR BATTERED WOMEN: NECESSARY STEPS FOR TRANSITIONING FROM WELFARE TO WORK - ABSTRACT, Patricia Cole, PhD, and Sarah M. Buel, JD, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy, (volume VII, number 2), Summer 2000.

 

Safety in the Safety Net: TANF Reauthorization Provisions Relevent to Domestic Violence, Nisha Patel and Vicki Turetsky, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, DC: October 2004.

SCREENING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PUBLIC WELFARE OFFICES, Taryn Lindhorst, Marcia Meyers and Erin Casey, Violence Against Women (volume 14, number 1, pages 5-28): 2008. Copyright © 2008 Sage Publications.

SEIZING THE MOMENT: STATE GOVERNMENTS AND THE NEW COMMITMENT TO REDUCE POVERTY IN AMERICA, Jodi Levin-Epstein and Kristen Michelle Gorzelany, Center for Law and Social Policy and Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, Washington, DC: April 2008.

 
Self-Sufficiency and Safety: The Case for Onsite Domestic Violence Services at Employment Services Agencies, Lisa McKean, PhD, Center for Impact Research, Chicago, IL: October 2004.

 
SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR LOW-INCOME WOMEN NOT ENROLLED IN TANF, Patricia R. Cole, PhD, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX: January 2000.

The Status of Women in the States – Women’s Economic Status in the States: Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Region, Amy Caiazza, PhD, April Shaw and Misha Werschkul, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington, DC: April 2004.

STRATEGIES TO EXPAND BATTERED WOMEN'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, Amy Correia, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA: January 2000.

STRENGTHENING POLICIES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES WHO EXPERIENCE TRAUMA, Janice L. Cooper, Rachel Masi, Sarah Dababnah, Yumiko Aratani, and Jane Knitzer, National Center for Children in Poverty, New York, NY: July 2007.

 
STUDY: WELFARE CLOCK SHOULD STOP FOR COLLEGE MOMS, Juliette Terzieff, Women’s eNews, New York, NY: April 20, 2006. Copyright © 2006 Women’s eNews. Resilient and Reaching for More: The Challenges and Benefits of Higher Education for Welfare Participants and their Children.

 
SUMMARY OF TANF CHANGES IN THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL AND INITIAL THOUGHTS ON STATE-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION, Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg and Margy Waller, Center for Community Change, Washington, DC: January 6, 2006.

 
TANF – STATE APPROACHES TO SCREENING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COULD BENEFIT FROM HHS GUIDANCE, Report to the Congressional Requesters, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC: August 2005.

 
TANF IMPLEMENTATION IN TEXAS, Patricia R. Cole, PhD, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX: January 2000.

TANF Reauthorization, testimony by Mark Greenberg, et al, Center for Law and Social Policy, to the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC: February 24, 2005.

 
TANF Reauthorization and Building Stronger Families, testimony by Lisalyn R. Jacobs, Legal Momentum, to the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC: February 10, 2005.

 
TEXAS AND TANF REAUTHORIZATION FACT SHEET, Coalition on Human Needs, Washington, DC: November 2003.

Uncle Sam Wants You to Get Married: Republican Marriage Promotion Programs Encourage Women to Stay in Abusive Relationships, Kiersten Stewart, The Gadflyer, September 17, 2004. Copyright © 2004 The Gadflyer.

 
UNEVEN IMPLEMENTATION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE OPTION, WomenView (volume 9, issue 7), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: October 20, 2005.

 

USING TANF TO REDUCE AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS: EFFECTIVE PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES, National Coalition for the Homeless, Washington, DC: 2000.

U,S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REVISES WIC FOOD PACKAGES TO INCLUDE HEALTHIER OPTIONS, WomenView (volume 11, issue 6), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: December 19, 2007.

Watching the Clock Tick: Factors Associated with TANF Accumulation, Kristin S. Seefeldt and Sean M. Orzol, National Poverty Center Working Paper, National Poverty Center, Ann Arbor, MI: May 2004.

 
WELFARE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND POLICIES, Patricia R. Cole, PhD, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX: January 2000.

Welfare and Domestic Violence Against Women: Lessons from Research, Eleanor Lyon, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA: August 2002.

WELFARE REFORM IN TEXAS HAS NOT WORKED, ACCORDING TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN RESEARCHERS, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,TX: January 29, 2008.

Welfare Series: Belva Elliott, Mother of Five, Speaks, Belva Elliott, Women’s eNews, September 2, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Women’s eNews.

 
Welfare Series: Block Grants Starve State Budgets, Jennifer Friedlin, Women’s eNews, September 3, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Women’s eNews.

 
Welfare Series: Child Care Promises Fall Through, Jennifer Friedlin, Women’s eNews, August 13, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Women’s eNews.

 
Welfare Series: Child Support Cash Kept by States, Jennifer Friedlin, Women’s eNews, August 22, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Women’s eNews.

 
Welfare Series: Law Drops Moms in Deeper Poverty, Jennifer Friedlin, Women’s eNews, August 6, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Women’s eNews.

 
Welfare Series: Services for Abused Women Scarce, Jennifer Friedlin, Women’s eNews, August 27, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Women’s eNews.

 
Welfare Series: Time for Congress to Act, Margy Waller, Women’s eNews, September 15, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Women’s eNews.

 
When Violence Hits Home: How Economics and Neighborhood Play a Role, Michael L. Benson and Greer Litton Fox, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: September 2004.

 
WIC in the States: Thirty-One Years of Building a Healthier America, Geri Henchy, Food Research and Action Center, Washington, DC: 2005. Copyright © 2005 Food Research and Action Center.

 

WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS: FAMILY VIOLENCE OPTION AND ABUSED WOMEN’S NEEDS, Laura Lein, Susan E. Jacquet, Carol M. Lewis, Patricia R. Cole, and Bernice B. Williams. Violence Against Women – An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, (volume 7, number 2, pages 193-210), February 2001. Copyright © 2001 Sage Publications, Inc. Posted with permission of Sage Publications, Inc.

WOMEN RARELY RECEIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES IN WELFARE OFFICES, WomanView (volume 11, issue 12), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: May 21, 2008.

 
Women’s Earnings Fall; U.S. Census Bureau Finds Rising Gender Wage Gap, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington, DC: August 27, 2004. Income Stable, Poverty Up, Numbers of Americans With and Without Health Insurance Rise, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC: August 26, 2004.

 
Women’s Economic Status in the States: Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity and Region, Amy Caiazza, PhD, April Shaw and Misha Werschkul, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington, DC: July 2004.

 
Women’s Poverty Deepens Amid Slow 2003 Recovery, Marianne Sullivan, Women’s eNews, August 30, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Women’s eNews.

 
WORKING WITH LOCAL TANF-RELATED AGENCIES, Patricia R. Cole, PhD, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX:

Working with Young Children and Their Families: Recommendations for Domestic Violence Agencies and Batterer Intervention Programs, Abigail Gewirtz, PhD, Resmaa Menakem, MSW, and Susan Schechter (editor), Paper #5 in the Series – Early Childhood, Domestic Violence and Poverty: Helping Young Children and Their Families, School of Social Work – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: January 2004. Copyright © 2004 The University of Iowa.

 
Young Children Living with Domestic Violence: The Role of Early Childhood Programs, Elena Cohen, MEd, ACSW, Jane Knitzer, EdD, and Susan Schechter (editor), Paper #2 in the Series – Early Childhood, Domestic Violence and Poverty: Helping Young Children and Their Families, School of Social Work – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: January 2004. Copyright © 2004 The University of Iowa.

 
Young Children’s Exposure to Adult Domestic Violence: Toward a Developmental Risk and Resilience Framework for Research and Intervention, Abigail Gewirtz, PhD, Jeffrey L. Edleson, PhD, and Susan Schechter (editor), Paper #6 in the Series – Early Childhood, Domestic Violence and Poverty: Helping Young Children and Their Families, School of Social Work – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: January 2004. Copyright © 2004 The University of Iowa.


 

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