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Improving Human Services Using Virtual Technical

Improving Human Services Using Virtual Technical Assistance

HHS and other federal agencies support a wide range of technical assistance (TA) initiatives – including both virtual and in-person efforts – to support their significant investment in local communities working to improve economic resilience and well-being. Virtual TA is a form of planned and ongoing TA delivered remotely with built-in opport
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Providing TA to Local Programs and Communities:

Providing TA to Local Programs and Communities: Lessons from a Scan of Initiatives Offering TA to Human Services Programs

This scan of public and private technical assistance (TA) initiatives synthesizes lessons, challenges, and best practices for providing federal TA to human services programs working to address poverty and child well-being. The scan, encompassing 18 TA initiatives, is intended to inform decisions about how best to target TA efforts for different si
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Housing Assistance and Supportive Services in

Housing Assistance and Supportive Services in Memphis

Background
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Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. Endnotes

1 Information in this section is from Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government field reports written by John Hall et. al. (1997 and 2002) , public documents, and interviews with state officials.
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Other Federal Social Welfare Programs

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. Other Federal Social Welfare Programs

West Virginia spends more on its Medicaid program than any other single area of the state budget except for elementary and secondary education. Several state officials characterized the Medicaid program as an integral part of the West Virginia's health care system. It funds approximately 55 percent of the state's births. West Virginia's Medicaid p
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West Virginia's Response to Federal Welfare

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. West Virginia's Response to Federal Welfare Reform(3)

West Virginia's response to federal welfare reform encompassed three phases. In the first phase, West Virginia officials designed the state's early TANF program to reduce caseloads to minimize financial risks associated with the new block grant structure of TANF and federal penalties for not meeting federal work participation rates. The state expe
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State Budget Development and Implementation

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. State Budget Development and Implementation

West Virginia's executive budgeting model provides the governor and executive agencies with much authority in budget development and implementation. Significant gubernatorial authority includes sole responsibility for establishing revenue estimates, line item veto, and the ability to extend the legislature's regular session if they do not enact a
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West Virginia

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. West Virginia

Population (July 2003): 1.8 Million Total State Expenditures - SFY 2002: $8,150 Million (US Total: $1,073,816 Million) TANF Expenditures - SFY 2002 (% of total): 2.5 % (US: 1.3%) Medicaid Expenditures - SFY 2002 (% of total): 19.8 % (US: 20.8%) (Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau and NASBO 2002 State Expenditure Report)
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Other Federal Social Welfare Programs

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. Other Federal Social Welfare Programs

The state's Medicaid program plays a central role in South Carolina. It provides benefits to 20 percent of the population-including 40 percent of all children-and pays for 50 percent of all births. One-third of the state's senior citizens receive support from the program, and 75 percent of all nursing home beds are paid for by Medicaid.
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South Carolina's Response to Federal Welfare

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. South Carolina's Response to Federal Welfare Reform

South Carolina's welfare reform program - known as the Family Independence Program (FIP) - was implemented in October 1996 as an AFDC waiver. The waiver remained in effect until September 2003. The cash assistance program is limited in duration to 24 months out of 10 years and no more than 60 months in a lifetime. To qualify, a family of two must
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State Budget Development and Implementation

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. State Budget Development and Implementation

South Carolina's budget process is dominated by the legislature. The governorship is one of the weakest in the nation. Until 1977, governors served only one term, so legislators were around much longer and exerted greater influence. In 1993, the Restructuring Act created eight appointed cabinet positions (the positions were elective before then).
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South Carolina

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. South Carolina

Population (July 2003): 4.1 Million Total State Expenditures - SFY 2002: $14,894 Million (US Total: $1,073,816 Million) TANF Expenditures - SFY 2002 (% of total): 0.2 % (US: 1.3%) Medicaid Expenditures - SFY 2002 (% of total): 22.6% (US: 20.8%) (Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau and NASBO 2002 State Expenditure Report)
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Other Federal Social Welfare Programs

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. Other Federal Social Welfare Programs

When research staff interviewed state officials for this project in September 2003, many cited New Mexico's growing Medicaid program as the most pressing issue for the state's social welfare programs. In 2002, Medicaid was one of the largest programs in the state budget, second only to k-12 education spending. In that same year, the program provid
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New Mexico's Response to Federal Welfare

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. New Mexico's Response to Federal Welfare Reform

Welfare reform in New Mexico was a legal and philosophical struggle between the executive and legislative branches of government. The Johnson administration started work on its welfare reform proposal before the federal government enacted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
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State Budget Development and Implementation

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. State Budget Development and Implementation

New Mexico's budget cycle begins with the executive budget agency sending funding targets to state agencies for their budget requests. The executive budget proposal typically includes agency budget recommendations by functional category. The Legislative Finance Committee, the fiscal arm of the state legislature, releases its budget proposal at the
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New Mexico

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. New Mexico

Population (July 2003): 1.9 Million Total State Expenditures - SFY 2002: $8,981 Million (US Total: $1,073,816 Million) TANF Expenditures - SFY 2002 (% of total): 1.8% (US: 1.3%) Medicaid Expenditures - SFY 2002 (% of total): 19.4% (US: 20.8%) (Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau and NASBO 2002 State Expenditure Report)
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Other Federal Social Welfare Programs

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. Other Federal Social Welfare Programs

Prior to FY 2005 the DHS's Division of Economic Assistance administered the Medicaid Program. However, the Division of Medicaid operating within the office of the Governor determines the Medicaid eligibility for the poverty level aged and disabled and for nursing home residents. Mississippi's spending per Medicaid enrollee is below the national av
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Mississippi's Response to Federal Welfare

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. Mississippi's Response to Federal Welfare Reform

Mississippi began to reform its welfare programs with passage of a bill in late 1992, though its AFDC waiver request was not approved by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services until mid-1995. The waivers involved two programs, Work First and Work Encouragement. Work First, the larger program, made benefits contingent on fulfilling work requi
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State Budget Development and Implementation

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. State Budget Development and Implementation

The governorship has traditionally been weak in Mississippi. The office has no line item veto power. Thus, even though the state legislature only meets 90 days per session in the early spring, the legislature has long played the dominant role in developing and enacting the budget. However, the governor has significant control over its implementati
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Mississippi

Spending on Social Welfare Programs in Rich and Poor States. Final Report.. Mississippi

Population (July 2003): 2.9 Million Total State Expenditures - SFY 2002: $10,521 Million (US Total: $1,073,816 Million) TANF Expenditures - SFY 2002 (% of total): 0.7 % (US: 1.3%) Medicaid Expenditures - SFY 2002 (% of total): 26% (US: 20.8%) (Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau and NASBO 2002 State Expenditure Report)

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