FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Contact: (202) 225-1025
August 17, 1998
No. HR-18
Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., (R-FL), Chairman, Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a field hearing on welfare reform and child support impacts. The hearing will take place on Monday, August 24, 1998, in the Nevada State Capitol, Room 2134 of the Legislative Building, Carson City, Nevada, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Oral testimony at this hearing will be from invited witnesses only. Witnesses will include State legislators, local welfare program administrators, and private sector social service providers. However, any individual or organization not scheduled for an oral appearance may submit a written statement for consideration by the Committee and for inclusion in the printed record of the hearing.
BACKGROUND:
The field hearing is part of a series of hearings the Subcommittee has been conducting to study the impacts of the 1996 welfare reform law. Conducting a hearing in Nevada will provide the Subcommittee with the opportunity to study the implementation of welfare and child support changes in a State that has a strong record in welfare reform and child support enforcement and also faces several important hurdles in implementing reform, most notably rapid population growth.
In announcing the hearing, Chairman Shaw stated: "Our Subcommittee has closely monitored welfare reform impacts across the country, and this hearing allows us to examine specific effects in a State that faces special challenges under both the new TANF block grant program and the child support program."
FOCUS OF HEARING:
The field hearing will focus on the impact of the new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and child support changes made in the 1996 welfare reform law (P.L. 104-193) on low-income families in Nevada.
The Subcommittee is interested in learning about cash welfare and child support policies adopted by State officials. The hearing will provide an opportunity for the Subcommittee to hear directly from legislators who designed the programs, administrators who are implementing the programs, and parents who are participating in or benefitting from the programs.
DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMMENTS:
Any person or organization wishing to submit a written statement for the printed record of the hearing should submit six (6) single-spaced copies of their statement, along with an IBM compatible 3.5-inch diskette in WordPerfect 5.1 format, with their name, address, and hearing date noted on a label, by the close of business, Tuesday, September 8, 1998, to A.L. Singleton, Chief of Staff, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, 1102 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515. If those filing written statements wish to have their statements distributed to the press and interested public at the hearing, they may deliver 100 additional copies for this purpose to the Nevada State Capitol, Room 2134 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada, at least one hour before the hearing begins.
FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS:
Each statement presented for printing to the Committee by a witness, any written statement or exhibit submitted for the printed record or any written comments in response to a request for written comments must conform to the guidelines listed below. Any statement or exhibit not in compliance with these guidelines will not be printed, but will be maintained in the Committee files for review and use by the Committee.
1. All statements and any accompanying exhibits for printing must be submitted on an IBM compatible 3.5-inch diskette WordPerfect 5.1 format, typed in single space and may not exceed a total of 10 pages including attachments. Witnesses are advised that the Committee will rely on electronic submissions for printing the official hearing record.
2. Copies of whole documents submitted as exhibit material will not be accepted for printing. Instead, exhibit material should be referenced and quoted or paraphrased. All exhibit material not meeting these specifications will be maintained in the Committee files for review and use by the Committee.
3. A witness appearing at a public hearing, or submitting a statement for the record of a public hearing, or submitting written comments in response to a published request for comments by the Committee, must include on his statement or submission a list of all clients, persons, or organizations on whose behalf the witness appears.
4. A supplemental sheet must accompany each statement listing the name, company, address, telephone and fax numbers where the witness or the designated representative may be reached. This supplemental sheet will not be included in the printed record.
The above restrictions and limitations apply only to material being submitted for printing. Statements and exhibits or supplementary material submitted solely for distribution to the Members, the press, and the public during the course of a public hearing may be submitted in other forms.
The
Committee seeks to make its facilities accessible to persons with
disabilities. If you are in need of special accommodations, please
call 202-225-1721 or 202-226-3411 TTD/TTY in advance of the event
(four business days notice is requested). Questions with regard to
special accommodation needs in general (including availability of
Committee materials in alternative formats) may be directed to the
Committee as noted above.