Setting the Baseline:

A Report on

State Welfare Waivers

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Department of Health and Human Services

June, 1997

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Ann Rosewater, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

State Welfare Waivers: An Overview

Section 1: Work Requirements

Table I.A, Section 1115 Waivers Affecting JOBS Exemptions

Table I.B, Changes to JOBS Sanctions under Section 1115 Waivers

Section 2: Time Limits

Table II.A, States with Time Limit Waivers

Table II.B, Section 1115 Waivers with Time Limits

Table II.C, When Will Recipients Begin to Reach Time Limits?

Section 3: Penalties for Subsequent Births

Table III, Family Cap Policies by State

Section 4: Earnings

Table IV, Section 1115 Waiver Modifications to Earned Income Disregards

Section 5: Assets

Table V, Section 1115 Waivers Affecting Resource Restrictions

Section 6: Child Care and Medical Coverage

Table VI, Section 1115 Waivers Affecting Transitional Child Care and Medicaid

Section 7: Variations in the Unemployed Parent Program

Table VII, State Plan Options and Waiver Provisions Affecting the AFDC-UP Program

Section 8: Child Support Requirements

Table VIII.A, States with Waivers with Child Support Implications

Table VIII.B, Section 1115 Waivers with Child Support Implications