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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Division of State and Community Assistance

State Team Building Workshop:Resource Notebook

Arlington, Virginia
July 16-17, 1997

Table of Contents

Workshop Agenda

Speaker Biographies

Workshop Participant List

Calendar of Welfare Reform Events and Activities

Prepared by the Welfare Reform Information Network

CSAT Staff Directory

List of ACF Regional Offices

It's About More Than Welfare:Nuts and Bolts
Nolia Brandt

The WAGES System
Wages and Substance Abuse-Possible Interventions
Recommended Items to be Produced

The Federal Laws

Lorinda Daniel
Laura Feig
Mack Storrs

Response Panel

The Race to Welfare Reform: A Recent History

Prepared by the American Public Welfare Association

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Analysis of PRWORA prepared by the American Public Welfare Association, the National Governors' Association, and the National Conference of State Legislatures

Comparison of Prior Law and PRWORA
Prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of th Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Summary of State TANF Plans
Prepared by the National Governors' Association

State Options
Prepared by the National Governors' Association

New State Requirements
Prepared by the National Governors' Association

Federal Role
Prepared by the National Governors' Association

Announcement for NASADAD Report on Welfare Reform & SA Treatment
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors

Responses to Welfare Reform: Practical Applications

NIDA Work Readiness Assessment Instrument
Georgia Karuntzos

Vocational Preparations as Part of Treatment
Gale Saler

Confidentiality Issues
Ellen Weber

Implications for the Children of Substance Abusers on Welfare
Nancy Young

Implications and Options for the Criminal Justice System Client
Gwen Rubinstein

Assignment for the Working Groups: Getting Down to Nuts and Bolts

Welfare Reform in the States

Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia



Lewin Group Report

Information Resources on the Internet

Additional Resource Materials


The New Framework: Alternative State Funding Choices Under TANF
The Center for Law and Social Policy

Annotated Bibliography of Welfare Reports

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