Statement of purpose / Richard E. Behrman -- Children and welfare reform: analysis and recommendations / Margie K. Shields and Richard E. Behrman -- The 1996 Welfare Law: key elements and reauthorization issues affecting children / Mark H. Greenberg, Jodie Levin-Epstein, Rutlege Q. Huston, Theodora J. Ooms, Rachel Schummacher, Vicki Turetsky, and David M. Engstrom -- Reforms and child development / Althea C. Huston -- Experimental studies of welfare reform and children / Martha J. Zaslow, Kristin A. Moore, Jennifer L. Brooks, Pamela A. Morris, Kathryn Tout, Zakia A. Redd, and Carol A. Emig -- Welfare reform and child care options for low-income families / Bruce Fuller, Sharon L Kagan, Gretchen L Caspary, and Christiane A. Gauthier -- Family economic resources in the post-reform era / Sheila Rafferty Zedlewski -- Welfare reform, fertility, and father involvement / Sara S. McLanahan and Marcia J. Carlson -- Welfare reform and parenting: reasonable expectation / P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale and Laura D. Pittman -- Five commentaries: looking to the future / Wendell E. Primus, Ron Haskins, Fernando A. Guerra, Eloise Anderson, and Barbara B. Blum.