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The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) is a social services institution in United States of America. Since its inception in 1922, FPWA has sought to promote the social and economic well-being of greater New York's most vulnerable Protestants by strengthening human service organizations and advocating for just public policies.
The Welfare Reform Act of 1997 (the state response to the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996) created two programs, Family Assistance (FA) and Safety Net Assistance (SNA), to be state-directed and county-administered implementations of the constitutional mandate to aid, care and support the needy.
James Russelle Dumpson (April 5, 1909 – November 5, 2012) was Commissioner of the New York City Department of Welfare from 1959 to 1965. [1] At the time of his appointment he was the only African American welfare commissioner in the United States and also the first social worker to hold the position in New York City.
New York City Commissioner of Records and Information Services [28] New York City Commissioner of Sanitation [29] New York City Commissioner of Social Services - this Department was renamed from the Department of Welfare in 1967, [30] and split into the Department of Homeless Services and the Administration for Children's Services in 1993. [21]
Welfare, Democracy and the New Deal. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33379-5. Charles, Searle F. Minister of Relief: Harry Hopkins and the Depression (1963) Hopkins, June. "The road not taken: Harry Hopkins and New Deal Work Relief." Presidential Studies Quarterly 29, 2 (306–316). Howard, Donald S. The WPA and Federal Relief Policy ...
[6] [7] [3] In 1909 the Poor Law was consolidated in chapter 42, and the State Charities Law in chapter 55, of the Consolidated Laws of New York. [8] [9] The Public Welfare Law superseded the Poor Law in 1929. [10] [11] In 1931 they were renamed as the Department of Social Welfare and the State Board of Social Welfare.
MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research organization based in New York City; Washington, DC; and Oakland and Los Angeles, California.MDRC conducts rigorous studies of programs and policies that affect people with low incomes, actively disseminates the lessons to policymakers and practitioners, and works directly with programs and agencies to help improve their ...
Paul F. Lazarsfeld Center for the Social Sciences The Lazarsfeld Center, the oldest of the ISERP centers, is the catalyst for new research through its sponsorship of workshops, seminars, and conferences. The center is well known for playing a central role in the development of social network analysis and relational sociology.