Coalition Partners
NATIONAL PARTNERS
TANF Workforce Coalition - Chair, NASW
Coalition of national labor, civil rights, and advocacy organizations concerned with improving the quality of the welfare workforce.
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) - www.c-c-d.org
Coalition of approximately 100 national consumer, advocacy, provider and professional organizations advocating on behalf of individuals with physical and mental disabilities and their families.
TANF Task Force - Co-Chairs: The Arc; Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law; Research Institute for Independent Living
Coalition of more than 185 national organizations representing persons of color, women, children, labor unions, individuals with disabilites, older Americans, major religious groups, gay men and lesbians advocating for civil liberties and human rights.
Welfare Task Force - Chair: National Partnership for Women and Families
Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) - www.chn.org
Coalition of over 100 national advocacy, civil rights, religious, labor, and professional organizations working together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations.
TANF Coordinating Committee - Chair: CHN
Senior-level staff of CHN member organizations charged with developing overall legislative, political, and grassroots strategies for welfare reauthorization.
Poverty Reduction Working Group - Co-Chairs: Coalition on Human Needs; RESULTS; National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support
Lobbying group of CHN member organizations promoting poverty reduction as a major goal of welfare reauthorization.
Welfare Advocates - Co-Chairs: Coalition on Human Needs (CHN); American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
A national coalition of advocacy, union, religious, civil rights, and professional organizations promoting policies that address the needs of low-income populations and following implementation of those policies.
Building Opportunities Beyond (BOB) Welfare Coalition - Chair: NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDEF)
A coalition of national organizations promoting women's perspectives in welfare reauthorization.
Subcommittee on Barriers - Chair, NOW LDEF
Organizations promoting greater access to services for women and families facing barriers to self sufficiency, including mental health, substance abuse, sexual and domestic violence, among others.
GRASSROOTS PARTNERS
Grassroots Organizing for Welfare Leadership (GROWL) - www.ctwo.org/growl
A national movement of close to 50 welfare rights and economic justice organizations that challenges the dominant framework around welfare reform from a grassroots perspective.
National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support - www.maketanfwork.org
A national coalition of 1000 grassroots organizations in 40 states working to advance an anti-poverty agenda at the state and national levels.
Welfare Made a Difference Campaign (WMAD) - www.wmadcampaign.org
The Campaign seeks to reshape public perception about and public policy relating to welfare by documenting and disseminating the stories of the diverse group of people who have received welfare and struggled out of poverty with the help of welfare.
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