MDRC - Multiple reports regarding welfare and welfare reform from this nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization Urban Institute - Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues. Social Policy: Welfare, Society and the State - Social policy is the study of the welfare state, and the range of responses to social need. This is a brief introduction to the subject. Welfare Rights Advocacy Pages - Addresses the failures of the social service system and offers advice for struggling clients. Almanac of Policy Issues: Welfare - Background information and links on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and U.S. federal welfare policy generally. Joint Center for Poverty Research - A national and interdisciplinary research institute that examines what it means to be poor in America. Features academic research written for a lay audience on a variety of topics, including welfare programs, education, health, housing, employment, and crime. Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance - The federal agency that administers the federal government's primary welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). National Center for Law and Economic Justice - Works with and on behalf of low-income people to ensure that adequate income support -- public funding provided on the basis of need -- is available whenever and to the extent necessary to meet basic needs and foster healthy human and family development.