Friday, August 14, 2009

[IWS] 2008 GREEN BOOK (current through July 2009) 3 NEW UPDATES IN 2009

IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016
-------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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U.S. Congress
House Ways and Means Committee


2008 Green Book (current through July 2009)
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Documents.asp?section=2168

This 2008 edition of "Background Material and Data on the Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means," informally known as the Green Book.

The Green Book provides updated data and information on programs within the Committee's jurisdiction, such as Medicare, Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, Foster Care and welfare.  Additionally, it includes a discussion of related issues, such as the well-being of the elderly and of children and families.  Since its first publication in 1981, the Green Book has become a valued reference guide for legislators, administrators, researchers and interested citizens.


PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS (recent updates in RED)


Social Security
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/ssgb.pdf

Supplemental Security Income
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/ssi.pdf

Unemployment Compensation
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/uc.pdf

Earned Entitlements for Railroad Employees
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/RBene.pdf

Trade Adjustment Assistance
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/taa1.pdf

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/tanf.pdf

Child Support Enforcement Program (Last Revised 3/17/2009)
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/cse.pdf

Child Care
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/ccare.pdf

Title XX - Social Services Block Grant Program
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/ssbg.pdf

Social Welfare Programs the Territories (Last Revised 7/8/2009)
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/gb12.pdf

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/pension.pdf

Other Programs

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/food.pdf

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/lowincome.pdf

Federal Housing Assistance
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/hap.pdf

Veterans Benefits and Services
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/vbs.pdf

Head Start
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/head.pdf

Workers` Compensation
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/wcss8.pdf

School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/15school.pdf

Workforce Investment Act
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/wia.pdf

APPENDICES      

Data on Children, Youth, and Their Families
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/appC.pdf

Data on Unemployment, Displaced Workers, Earnings, and the Minimum Wage
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/appD.pdf

Poverty, Income Distribution and Antipoverty Effectiveness (Last Revised 7/9/2009)
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/appE.pdf

Welfare Benefits for Noncitizens
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/apph.pdf

Spending for Need-Based Benefits, Fiscal Years 1968-2004
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/appI.pdf

The Experimental Evidence of Welfare-Related Initiatives
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/appj.pdf


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Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
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New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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