Other NCLEJ Resources
The following resources on various litigation issues include articles prepared by NCLEJ staff or by others for Welfare News, a Center newsletter that is no longer published. Please note that there may have been subsequent developments on the issues or matters discussed in these materials.
2003
Recent Litigation Challenging Implementation of State Medicaid Cuts Protects Medicaid for Tens of Thousands
(from July 2003 Welfare News)
Miami Workers Centerand Its Allies Win Comprehensive Grievance Policy
(from July 2003 Welfare News)
2002
Welfare Law Center and Other Legal Advocates File OCR Complaint Against New York City Welfare Agency for Discriminating Against Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
(from April 2002 Welfare News)
2001
Washington, Kentucky, Ohio and Nebraska Advocates Use Administrative Advocacy to Protect Due Process Rights of TANF, Food Stamps, and Medicaid Beneficiaries
(from Dec. 2001 Welfare News)
City's Poor Don't Need More Belt-Tightening
by Marc Cohan, WLC Litigation, Director (Newsday, October 12, 2001)
Victory in Colorado TANF Due Process Case (from July 2001 Welfare News)
For an earlier article, see Colorado Court Rules That Due Process Applies to TANF Benefits
(from June 1999 Welfare News)
1999
Tennessee Advocates Project to Improve Welfare Notices
- Making Written Notices Understandable: a Collaborative Approach
(from April 1999 Welfare News) - Revised Tennessee Notice of Appeal Rights
(provided by Tennessee Justice Center) (from April 1999 Welfare News) - How To Make Written Materials More "Reader-Friendly" for Clients
(from April 1999 Welfare News)
The Role of the Courts in Securing Welfare Rights and Improvements in Welfare and Related Programs
(Welfare Law Center, 1999)
1998
Organizing and Litigation: Joint Strategies to Secure Protections for Workfare Workers
(from Nov. 1998 Welfare News)
Due Process and Fundamental Fairness in the Aftermath of Welfare Reform
(from Sept. 1998 Welfare News)
Docket of Selected Recent Welfare and Related Cases
(Welfare Law Center, 2nd Ed., April 1998)
Work Program for Homeless Violates Minimum Wage Law
(from April 1998 Welfare News)
1997
Welfare Litigation Developments Since the PRA
(Welfare Law Center, October 1997)