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New Jersey High Court Upholds State's "Family Cap" Welfare Law; ACLU and Family Advocates Vow to Hold State to Promise of Aid for Needy (08/04/2003)
TRENTON-Attorneys and advocates for women and children expressed disappointment with a ruling today by the New Jersey Supreme Court that the state can deny benefits to children born into families already receiving welfare. The groups vowed to hold the state to its promise to insure the "health and safety of families in need."

Welfare Reform Must Aim to Eliminate Poverty and Protect Civil Rights; Current Legislation Not Up to Task, ACLU Says (02/13/2003)
WASHINGTON - Saying that an effective welfare system must have poverty reduction as its highest priority, the American Civil Liberties Union today warned Congress that welfare reform legislation set for consideration this afternoon in the House is not up to the task and would, in many cases, open doors in the states to significant violations of the core civil liberties of welfare recipients.

In Legal First, NJ Supreme Court to Consider Law Denying Aid to Children of Families on Welfare (01/21/2003)
TRENTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union will tomorrow urge the New Jersey Supreme Court to reject a state law that denies welfare benefits to children born into families already receiving welfare.

ACLU Testimony on TANF (02/24/2005)
WRP recently submitted written testimony on welfare reform reauthorization proposals to Subcomittee on Human Resources of the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Supplemental brief in Sojourner v. NJ Department of Human Services (01/21/2003)

Reply brief in Sojourner v. NJ Department of Human Services (01/21/2003)

Amicus brief in Sojourner v. NJ Department of Human Services (01/21/2003)

ACLU's Written Statement Submitted for the February 24, 2005 Hearing On Welfare Reform Reauthorization Proposals (02/22/2005)
Testimony Written by the ACLU Submitted to the Subcommitee on Human Resources of the House Committee On Ways and Means.

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Support for H.R. 2282, the Equal Access to Justice Reform Act (03/11/2004)

Coalition Letter to Congressman John D. Dingell Supporting the FamilyCare Act of 2004 (02/13/2004)

Testimony of CCLU Legal Director Philip Tegeler Before the House Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee on Fighting Discrimination Against the Disabled and Minorities Through Fair Housing Enforcement (06/25/2002)

Letter to the House Regarding HR 4700, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002 (05/14/2002)

Background Briefing: The Civil Liberties Issues of Welfare Reform (04/01/1995)
Promoting Reproductive Freedom for Low-Income Women

Access Denied: Origins of the Hyde Amendment and Other Restrictions on Public Funding for Abortion (12/01/1994)
Promoting Reproductive Freedom for Low-Income Women

Public Funding for Abortion (07/21/2004)
Promoting Reproductive Freedom for Low-Income Women

Child Exclusion Policies in Welfare Reform (04/01/1997)
Promoting Reproductive Freedom for Low-Income Women