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Migration Policy Institute senior fellow Mark Greenberg talked about Afghan refugee processing and resettlement programs in the U.S.

The American Bar Association held a virtual discussion on the legal challenges as the rise of unaccompanied migrant children to the U.S. southern border continued. Other topics included the …

Officials from the Justice Department, Health and Human Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services testified on the Obama administration’s p…

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell briefed reporters and responded to questions on her agency’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. Included in the budget was a biomedical resea…

Panelists talked about the results of a data collection project from the Family and Youth Services Bureau’s Street Outreach Program that researched homeless youth in 11 cities.

Officials from the Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Justice, and State Departments testified on actions their agencies were taking in response to the influx of unaccompanied imm…

Secretary Jeh Johnson and other officials briefed reporters on the federal government’s response to an increase in the number of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the U.S.-Mexico bor…

Panelists talked about the impact of decreasing federal, state, and local budgets on government programs for low-income people, and the role families can play in ending inter-generational po…

Activists and analysts participated in a panel discussion on new policies and programs for combating poverty amidst a deepening recession. Among the topics they addressed were the need for b…

The guests debated U.S. poverty issues, included recently issued Census Bureau poverty figures. They noted that the nation’s household median income rose to $48,200 in 2006 but median income…

As part of a symposium on “Welfare Reform at 10: Marking the Milestone,” the first panel, moderated by Kate O’Beirne, discussed the 1996 welfare reform legislation and analyzed its successes…

The panelists talked about recent reforms in welfare programs and their effects on welfare recipients. They discussed the details of various kinds of reforms and their results.

Subcommittee members heard testimony from an administration official and representatives which specialize in welfare policy for various organizations concerning the implementation of the wel…

Participants spoke about the impact of block grants on state governments.

A panel testified during a regional hearing of the President’s Working Group on Welfare Reform. The panelists discussed Time-Limited Assistance and Work Requirements.

The guests discussed new proposals for welfare reform under the Clinton administration.