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Table of Contents

1. Agenda

   Speaker Biographies

   Participants

   Internet Exhibit:The CSAT Treatment Improvement Exchange Home Page

   Calendar of Welfare Events and Activities

   Prepared by the Welfare Reform Information Network

   CSAT Staff Directory
   
   

   List of ACF Regional Offices
   

   Overview:Why We Are Here Today

   Welfare Reform,Substance Abuse Treatment and America's Workplace Nolia Brandt,
   M.S.W., A.C.S.W., M.A., C.E.A.P.

   The Federal Laws

   Temporary Assistance to Needy Families(TANF)
   Gwendolyn Jones

   Impact on the Substance Abuse Field
   Laura Feig, M.P.P.

   Impact on Child Welfare
   Nancy K.Young, PhD.

   Impact on the Criminal Justice System
   Gwen Rubinstein,M.P.H.

   Status of the States

   Alabama
   Arkansas
   Florida
   Georgia
   Kentucky
   Louisiana
   Missouri
   North Carolina
   Oklahoma
   Pennsylvania
   Puerto Rico
   South Carolina
   Tennessee
   Virgin Islands
   

   Lewin Group Report

   Beyond State Perspectives:Resource Materials

   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 the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
   

   Status of TANF Plans
   
   Prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
   

   Summary of Selected Elements of State Plans for Temporoary Assistance to Needy Families(TANF)
   
   Prepared by the National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices
   

   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
   

   Practical Applications:Responses to Welfare Reform

   NIDA Work Readiness Assessment Intrument
   
   Georgia T. Karuntzos, M.S.I.R.
   
   Vocatonal Preparation as Part of Treatment
   
   Gale Saler, M.A., C.R.C., -M.A.C., C.A.S., C.P.C.
   
   Welfare System Contact Points: Products and Services
   
   Nolia Brandt, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., M.A., C.E.A.P.
   
   Confidentiality and Other Legal Issues
   
   Susan Jacobs, J.D.
   
   Child Welfare Innovations(Waivers)
   
   Laura Feig, M.P.P.

   State Team Building-State Work Groups:Getting Down to Nuts and Bolts

   The Future
   

   Substance Abuse Treatment and Welfare Reform: Time for Action
   
   Nancy K. Young, PhD.
   
   Knowledge Development and Application
   
   Warren W. Hewitt, Jr.

   
   

   Information Resources on the Net

   Additional Resource Materials
   Glass Walls: Confidentiality Provisions and Interagency Collaborations
   

   Youth Law Center

   The New Framework: Alternative State Funding Choices Under TANF
   

   The Center for Law and Social Policy

   Tribal Guidance for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
   

   Administration for Children and Families

   Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996(HR 3734): Summary of Provisions
   

   Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

   Annotated Bibliography of Welfare Reports
   

   Policy.com

   
   

   Miscellaneous Publications

   Materials from the CSAT State Team-Building Workshop,Washington National Airport Hilton, Arlington, Virginia, July 16-17, 1997