Multiple Agencies
A Review of Welfare Reform Implementation
Report Number 97-076
August 1997
Overall Conclusion
In a review of the State's implementation of Federal Welfare Reform, we found that state agencies are generally planning and managing welfare reform changes as reasonably as can be expected in the absence of final federal regulations and interpretive guidance of the welfare reform legislation.
While the agencies have some form of planning efforts in place to help them individually meet the requirements of the federal legislation, a comprehensive statewide implementation plan does not exist. Without a comprehensive plan, we cannot be certain that:
All critical areas of Federal Welfare Reform are being addressed
Duplication of effort is being avoided
Agency-specific welfare plans are in alignment with state and national welfare goals Development and monitoring of a comprehensive plan by an oversight entity such as the Governor's Office would ensure interagency coordination across functional lines and alignment with state and national welfare goals.
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