A July 27, 2006, Economist story calls welfare reform a success but points to difficulties faced by the working poor.

A May 1, 2016, New York Times story discusses the “Back to the Future” view on welfare that was taken on by the Clinton administration and, now, the Trump administration as poverty persists.

An Aug. 10, 2006, Seattle Post-Intelligencer story looks at potential problems for Washington state from changes in welfare rules.

The Heritage Foundation featured U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt at a 10th anniversary presentation on June 13, 2006, about welfare reform that can be viewed online or downloaded.

The Washington, D.C., policy research group the Urban Institute convened a roundtable on July 25, 2006, to mark the 10th anniversary of welfare reform. At the event, experts with varied views acknowledged the watershed transformation of public assistance for very poor people and offered suggestions to further promote well-being for the economically vulnerable.

Read a short primer on poverty statistics from the federal government.

The Office of Family Assistance in the Administration for Children and Families (within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) administers welfare and keeps statistics.

Fortunate Families is an organization for Catholic families with LGBT sons and daughters. It is primarily for parents but has resources for getting youth to talk about their sexuality with their parents. It is based in Rochester, N.Y.

Malcolm Potts is an obstetrician and reproductive scientist and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He has studied oral contraceptives since the 1960s and says the Catholic Church needs to recognize the health benefits – aside from contraception – of the birth control pill.