WELPAN The Midwest Welfare Peer Assistance Network
The Midwest Welfare Peer Assistance Network (WELPAN) is a network of senior
welfare officials from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,
and Wisconsin which since 1996 has been meeting regularly to share ideas
and compare notes on what it takes to make welfare reform work. The meetings
are coordinated by IRP and are funded by the Joyce
Foundation.
WELPAN products that are currently available:
- Implementation of the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005: Concerns about the Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) Work Verification Plan Requirements, May 2007 (pdf 2 pp.)
- The Importance of
Out-of-State New Hire and Wage Record Data in Assessing TANF Performance:
A Consensus Statement, September 2005 (pdf 2 pp.)
- Reflecting on the Next
Generation of Information Systems for TANF and Related Programs: A
Consensus Statement, August 2005 (pdf 2 pp.)
- Developing a Workable Cross
Systems Waiver Authority: Perspectives of the WELPAN Network, June
2002 (pdf 2 pp.)
- Recreating Social Assistance:
Or, How to Use Waiver Authority to Eliminate Program Silos, May
2002 (pdf 3 pp.)
- Eliminating the Silos:
Or, It's Not Just Welfare Anymore, January 2002 (pdf 16 pp.)
- The New Face of Welfare: Perspectives
of the WELPAN Network, October 2000 (pdf 7 pp.)
- Aligning TANF & Food
Stamps: A Clash of Program Cultures, a WELPAN joint statement,
September 1999 (pdf 7 pp.)
- Welfare Reform: How Will
We Know if It Works?, January 1998.
[Adobe Acrobat format (12 pp.)]
WELPAN-member State Government Sites
Illinois
| Indiana
| Iowa
| Michigan
| Minnesota
| Ohio
| Wisconsin
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