Legal Links -> Welfare

DOL Employment and Training Administration The Employment and Training Administration seeks to build up the labor market through the training of the workforce and the placement of workers in jobs through employment services.

DOL's Workforce Investment Act Website Includes state plans, guidances and links to law and regulations.

Department of Agriculture The USDA oversees the Food Stamp program and other nutrition programs, as well as the Rural Housing Program.

Department of Health and Human Services The federal agency overseeing health and human service programs.

Department of Labor Covers employment, unemployment compensation, Workforce Investment Act, workplace safety and discrimination issues.

Department of Veterans Affairs Responsible for providing federal benefits to veterans and their dependents. Operates nationwide programs of health care, financial assistance and national cemeteries for veterans and dependents.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Enforces employment discrimination laws.

HHS Administration for Familes and Children Oversees Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, child care, child support enforcement, child abuse and neglect, etc.

LII's Welfare Law Links to statutory and regulatory information on welfare programs; recent court decisions; agency and advocacy links

National Center on Youth Law he National Center for Youth Law uses the law to protect children from the harms caused by poverty, and to improve the lives of children living in poverty. Good articles and analyses from newsletters posted online.

National Employment Law Program NELP has advocated on behalf of the working poor, the unemployed, and other groups that face significant barriers to employment and government systems of support. Good issue papers on employment, unemployment compensation, welfare and low-wage workforce, etc.

National Immigration Law Center The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is a national support center whose mission is to protect and promote the rights of low income immigrants and their family members. NILC staff specialize in immigration law, and the employment and public benefits rights of immigrants.

Needy Meds.com information about drug company programs to provide prescription drugs to the needy

State Health Facts Online Health policy information in all 50 states. Includes state unemployment rates; health insurance premiums paid; and how many children are enrolled in State Children's Health Insurance Programs.

The Soros foundations network The numerous nonprofit foundations created by the philanthropist George Soros are linked together in an informal network known as the Soros foundations network. All of the national foundations share the common mission of supporting the development of open society.

Welfare Law Center The Welfare Law Center advocates with and on behalf of low-income people to get the basic subsistence, justice and fairness to which they are entitled. Includes case developments, issue papers, and links to other resources.