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The National Commission on Child Welfare and Family Preservation (1990) of the
American Public Welfare Association has recommended a three-tiered framework.
Through the
American Public Welfare Association, state welfare commissioners have unveiled a time-limits proposal that builds on the current JOBS program and requires the federal government to provide 90 percent of the funds for reform.
Fraser was joined by representatives of the National Conference of State Legislatures, National Association of Counties, National Governors Association and
American Public Welfare Association in urging that welfare reform be broadly defined to attack the cycle of poverty.
In 1986, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, Bill Clinton was the governor of Arkansas and I was the deputy director at the
American Public Welfare Association, the predecessor of the American Public Human Services Association.
Don Jose also served as chair of American Public Human Services Association's (then the
American Public Welfare Association) National Council of Local Human Service Administrators.
In 1994, the
American Public Welfare Association (APWA) unveiled a bipartisan plan for reforming the welfare system, Responsibility, Work, Pride: The Values of Welfare Reform.
Throughout this period, members of the
American Public Welfare Association (APWA) were major players on the field of public human service policy.
The
American Public Welfare Association (APWA) began to emerge in a role that it maintains today--chief liaison between federal agencies and states.