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ACLU Says Current Welfare Reform Measure Ineffective, Calls for Civil Rights Protections, Better Poverty Elimination Efforts (09/10/2003)
WASHINGTON - As the Senate Finance Committee considers a key welfare reauthorization bill, the American Civil Liberties Union today reiterated its insistence that an effective welfare system must have poverty reduction as its highest priority. The ACLU also said that the welfare reform legislation would, in many cases, open doors in the states to significant violations of the core civil liberties of welfare recipients.

ACLU Joins Chorus Against Marriage Promotion in Welfare Reform; Says Policy Threatens Increased Spousal Abuse, Undercuts Privacy (07/17/2003)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today stood with a group of conservative libertarians, progressive advocates and lawmakers in calling for the removal of provisions in the Republican version of welfare reform legislation that authorize and allocate funds for marriage promotion schemes in the states.

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.

Welfare Must Work at Eliminating Poverty, Protecting Civil Rights; ACLU Warns Senate Most Reform Schemes Not Up to Task (06/26/2002)
WASHINGTON - Saying that an effective welfare system must have poverty reduction as its highest priority, the American Civil Liberties Union today warned a Senate committee that most current reform plans are not up to the task and would, in many cases, encourage the ongoing state-level violation of welfare recipients' core civil liberties.

Welfare Must Work at Eliminating Poverty and Protecting Civil Rights; Current Reform Scheme Not Up to Task, ACLU Says (05/16/2002)
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 a vote 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. 

Marchwinski v. Howard, ACLU Appellate Court Brief (03/01/2001)

Marchwinski v. Howard, Appellate Court Amicus Brief (03/01/2001)

Marchwinski v. Howard, Court Decision (09/01/2000)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Expressing Concerns about the Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone Act of 2003 (PRIDE), the reauthorizing legislation for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Programs (03/31/2004)

Letter to the Senate Finance Committee Urging Opposition to Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone Act of 2003 (PRIDE) (09/10/2003)

ACLU Comments on the Proposed Charitable Choice Provisions Applicable to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (RIN 0970-AC12) (02/18/2003)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to The Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003/H.R. 4 (02/12/2003)

Letter to the Senate on the Work, Opportunity, and Responsibility for Kids (WORK) Act of 2002 (06/26/2002)