This category is devoted to links to sites which voice an opinion about the viability of the social welfare or its alternative, workfare, both of which seek to better the lot of those who are having a difficult time, economically. Also appropriate to be listed in this category are those sites which offer an opinion about other methods that might work better or faults in the programs as they exist today.
Recommended Resources
The Affirmative Options Coalition is a non-profit organization working for a comprehensive approach to welfare reform and economic security in the state of Minnesota.
http://www.affirmativeoptions.org/
The US Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration is responsible for the regulation of pension and welfare benefit plans.
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/
HandsNet is a non-profit organizations concerned with low-income issues; web site includes articles and alerts which relate to welfare and workfare.
http://www.handsnet.org/
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
A non-profit organization which works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support.
http://www.nclej.org/
WROC, the Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition, is a non-profit organization of temporary assistance recipients; includes fact sheets.
http://www.wroc.org/
