Expand All Collapse All Extent 238 folders, approximately 15,248 pages Summary Jeremy Ben-Ami served as Chief of Staff to the Domestic Policy Council from 1993 through 1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy from 1995 through 1997. This collection consists of agendas, drafts, legislation, letters, memos, news clips, notes, reports, speech transcripts and talking points. The subject matter in this collection covers AIDS policy, adoption, affirmative action, aging, budget, children’s issues, the Common Ground initiative, disability policy, the economy, education, empowerment zones, family leave, farm workers, the FDR Memorial, gambling, gay marriage, health care, homelessness, immigration, labor, media violence, Medicaid, national service, social security, urban policy, veterans, welfare reform, the What’s Right with America initiative, and youth issues. Scope and Content Note Jeremy Ben-Ami served as Chief of Staff to the Domestic Policy Council from 1993 through 1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy from 1995 through 1997. During his tenure he worked closely with both Carol Rasco and Bruce Reed in setting goals and achieving the milestones in many areas of domestic policy of the Clinton Administration. The subject matter in this collection covers AIDS policy, adoption, affirmative action, aging, budget, children’s issues, the Common Ground initiative, disability policy, the economy, education, empowerment zones, family leave, farm workers, the FDR Memorial, gambling, gay marriage, health care, homelessness, immigration, labor, media violence, Medicaid, national service, social security, urban policy, veterans, welfare reform, the What’s Right with America initiative, and youth issues. The records consist of agendas, drafts, legislation, letters, memos, news clips, notes, reports, speech transcripts and talking points. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records of this series were found in Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Domestic Policy Council. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Processed by Staff Archivist, FY 2012. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Container List Following is a list of folders processed: Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council Ben-Ami, Jeremy Subject Files Box 1 AIDS Conference [OA 8360] AIDS DOD Authorization [1] [OA 8360] AIDS DOD Authorization [2] [OA 8360] AIDS DOD Authorization [3] [OA 8360] AIDS Issues [1] [OA 8360] AIDS Issues [2] [OA 8360] AIDS Issues [3] [OA 8360] AIDS Issues [4] [OA 8360] AIDS National Strategy [1] [OA 8360] AIDS National Strategy [2] [OA 8360] AIDS National Strategy [3] [OA 8360] Box 2 AIDS Needle Exchange [OA 8360] AIDS Ryan White [OA 8360] Adoption [OA 8360] Adoption/Foster Care [OA 8360] Advertising Council [OA 8360] Affirmative Action [OA 8360] Aging Policy/Issues [OA 8360] Assisted Suicide [OA 8360] Back to School [1995] [OA 8360] Business Outreach [1] [OA 8361] Business Outreach [2] [OA 8361] Charles Murray [OA 8361] Child Care [1] [OA 8361] Child Care [2] [OA 8361] Child Support Information [OA 8361] Childhood Disability Commission [OA 8360] Common Ground [Initiative] [1] [OA 8360] Box 3 Common Ground [Initiative] [2] [OA 8360] Common Ground [Initiative] [3] [OA 8360] Communications-Old Info (HHS) [Health and Human Services] [1] [OA 8361] Communications-Old Info (HHS) [Health and Human Services] [2] [OA 8361] Coordination-Training Program [OA 8361] Delta Project [1] [OA 8360] Domestic Policy Council Ben-Ami, Jeremy Subject Files Delta Project [2] [OA 8360] Dredging [OA 8360] EITC [Earned Income Tax Credit] [OA 8361] Economic Development [1] [OA 8361] Economic Development [2] [OA 8361] Economic Development [3] [OA 8361] Economic Development [4] [OA 8361] Economic Development [5] [OA 8361] Box 4 Education and Training [1] [OA 8361] Education and Training [2] [OA 8361] Education Budget 1995 [1] [OA 8360] Education Budget 1995 [2] [OA 8360] Education Issues [1] [OA 8360] Education Issues [2] [OA 8360] Education Issues [3] [OA 8360] Education Issues [4] [OA 8360] ETR [Education, Training, and Reemployment] [1] [OA 8360] ETR [Education, Training, and Reemployment] [2] [OA 8360] Emergency Assistance [OA 8361] Emerging Diseases [OA 8360] Box 5 Empowerment Zones [OA 8360] English Only [OA 8360] Events-ASNE [American Society of Newspaper Editors] and NEA [National Education Association] April 7-8, 1995 [1] [OA 8360] Events-ASNE [American Society of Newspaper Editors] and NEA [National Education Association] April 7-8, 1995 [2] [OA 8360] Events-Carbondale IL [September 11, 1995] [1] [OA 8360] Events-Carbondale IL [September 11, 1995] [2] [OA 8360] Events-Charlotte NC [August 9, 1995] [1] [OA 8360] Events-Charlotte NC [August 9, 1995] [2] [OA 8360] Events-Family Reunion [June 24, 1996] [OA 8360] Events-Iowa Trip [February 10, 1996] [OA 8360] [Events] Kansas City [June 14, 1994] [1] [OA 8361] [Events] Kansas City [June 14, 1994] [2] [OA 8361] Events-Pueblo CO [September 20, 1995] [OA 8360] Events-San Diego CA Charter School [September 22, 1995] [OA 8360] Events-School to Work, May 17 [1995] [OA 8405] Box 6 Domestic Policy Council Ben-Ami, Jeremy Subject Files Events-Teen Pregnancy [June 13, 1996] [1] [OA 8405] Events-Teen Pregnancy [June 13, 1996] [2] [OA 8405] Events-Youth Drug Conference [March 7, 1996] [1] [OA 8405] Events-Youth Drug Conference [March 7, 1996] [2] [OA 8405] Family Executive Order [OA 8405] Family Friendly Work [OA 8405] Family Planning [OA 8405] Family Reunion VI [OA 8405] Farmworkers [1] [OA 8405] Farmworkers [2] [OA 8405] Fatherhood [OA 8405] Finance Project [OA 8405] FDR [Franklin D. Roosevelt] [Memorial Commission/Disability Controversy] [OA 8405] Gambling [OA 8405] Gay Marriage [OA 8405] Head Start [OA 8405] Health Care [1] [OA 8405] Health Care [2] [OA 8405] Box 7 Health Care [3] [OA 8405] Health Care [4] [OA 8405] Health Care [5] [OA 8405] Health Care [6] [OA 8405] Hispanic Education Commission [OA 8405] Homeless [1] [OA 8405] Homeless [2] [OA 8405] Homeless [3] [OA 8405] Homeless [4] [OA 8405] Homeless [5] [OA 8405] Housing Policy [1] [OA 8405] Housing Policy [2] [OA 8405] Housing Policy [3] [OA 8405] Human Serve [OA 8405] Box 8 Immigration [Folder 1] [1] [OA 8405] Immigration [Folder 1] [2] [OA 8405] Immigration [Folder 1] [3] [OA 8405] Immigration [Folder 1] [4] [OA 8405] Immigration [Folder 2] [1] [OA 8405] Immigration [Folder 2] [2] [OA 8405] Immigration [Folder 2] [3] [OA 8405] Domestic Policy Council Ben-Ami, Jeremy Subject Files Immigration [Folder 2] [4] [OA 8405] Immunization [OA 8405] Improving Government Assistance [OA 8361] IDEA [Individuals with Disabilities Education Act] Reauthorization [OA 8360] Labor Issues [OA 8405] Legislation [1] [OA 8361] Legislation [2] [OA 8361] Legislation [3] [OA 8361] Box 9 Legislative Letters, Statements, Reports [1] [OA 8404] Legislative Letters, Statements, Reports [2] [OA 8404] Legislative Letters, Statements, Reports [3] [OA 8404] Legislative Outreach [1] [OA 8404] Legislative Outreach [2] [OA 8404] Low Income Programs Policy Review [1] [OA 8405] Low Income Programs Policy Review [2] [OA 8405] Mainstream Bill-1995 [1] [OA 8361] Mainstream Bill-1995 [2] [OA 8361] Make Work Pay [OA 8404] Media Violence [OA 8405] Medicaid [OA 8405] Montana Town Hall [OA 8405] Box 10 MADD [Mothers Against Drunk Driving] [OA 8405] NDPR [National Disability Policy Review]-1995 [OA 8360] NDPR [National Disability Policy Review] Start-Up [1] [OA 8360] NDPR [National Disability Policy Review] Start-Up [2] [OA 8360] NDPR [National Disability Policy Review] Start-Up [3] [OA 8360] National Service Information [OA 8405] Native American Issues [OA 8405] Oregon Benchmarks [OA 8405] Other Comments [Welfare Reform] [1] [OA 8404] Other Comments [Welfare Reform] [2] [OA 8404] Outreach-Groups [1] [OA 8404] Outreach-Groups [2] [OA 8404] Box 11 Outreach-Intergovernmental [1] [OA 8361] Outreach-Intergovernmental [2] [OA 8361] Outreach-Intergovernmental [3] [OA 8361] Outreach-Intergovernmental [4] [OA 8361] Domestic Policy Council Ben-Ami, Jeremy Subject Files Outreach-Labor Unions [OA 8404] Polling [Welfare Reform] [OA 8404] Prevention Council [OA 8405] Reinventing Government [OA 8405] Religious Liberty [OA 8406] Republican Plan [Welfare Reform] [1] [OA 8404] Republican Plan [Welfare Reform] [2] [OA 8404] Republican Plan [Welfare Reform] [3] [OA 8404] Retirement Planning [OA 8406] Box 12 Rollout [Welfare Reform] [1] [OA 8404] Rollout [Welfare Reform] [2] [OA 8404] Shalala Confirmation Materials [OA 8406] Site Visit-Baltimore MD [OA 8406] Site Visit-Detroit MI [OA 8406] Site Visit-St Louis MO [OA 8406] Social Security [1] [OA 8406] Social Security [2] [OA 8406] Social Security Budget Issues [1] [OA 8406] Social Security Budget Issues [2] [OA 8406] Social Security Budget Issues [3] [OA 8406] Social Security Earnings Limit [OA 8406] Social Security Entitlement Review 1994 [OA 8406] Social Security-Independent Agency [1] [OA 8406] Social Security-Independent Agency [2] [OA 8406] Box 13 [Social Security] Signing Ceremony [OA 8406] Specifications/Issues [Welfare Reform] [1] [OA 8404] Specifications/Issues [Welfare Reform] [2] [OA 8404] Specifications/Issues [Welfare Reform] [3] [OA 8404] State Waiver - Option Memo [Welfare Reform] [OA 8404] Substance Abuse [OA 8404] Subvention [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] Backlog [1] [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] Backlog [2] [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] Children [1] [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] Children [2] [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] DA & A [Drug Addiction and Acoholism] [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] DI [Disability Insurance] Re-engineering [1] [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] DI [Disability Insurance] Re-engineering [2] Domestic Policy Council Ben-Ami, Jeremy Subject Files [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] DI [Disability Insurance] Re-engineering [3] [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] DI [Disability Insurance] Re-engineering [4] [OA 8406] Box 14 SSI [Supplemental Security Income] Zebley Info From C.L.S. [Community Legal Services] [1] [OA 8406] SSI [Supplemental Security Income] Zebley Info From C.L.S. [Community Legal Services] [2] [OA 8406] Talking Points [1] [OA 8361] Talking Points [2] [OA 8361] Talking Points [3] [OA 8361] Talking Points-Info for Presentations [OA 8404] Tobacco [OA 8406] Urban Initiative '95 [OA 8406] Urban Policy [OA 8406] Urban Policy-Community Reinvention [1] [OA 8406] Urban Policy-Community Reinvention [1] [OA 8406] Veterans' Budget Fiscal Year 1996 [OA 8406] Veterans' Issues [1] [OA 8406] Veterans' Issues [2] [OA 8406] Veterans' Issues [3] [OA 8406] Box 15 Veterans Outreach Meetings-Initial Materials [1] [OA 8406] Veterans Outreach Meetings-Initial Materials [2] [OA 8406] Welfare-Arkansas History [1] [OA 8361] Welfare-Arkansas History [2] [OA 8361] Welfare-Current [1] [OA 8361] Welfare-Current [2] [OA 8361] Welfare-JBA [Jeremy Ben-Ami] and PO [Paul Offner] Drafts [1] [OA 8404] Welfare-JBA [Jeremy Ben-Ami] and PO [Paul Offner] Drafts [2] [OA 8404] Welfare-JBA [Jeremy Ben-Ami] and PO [Paul Offner] Drafts [3] [OA 8404] Welfare Reform-1994 CBO [Congressional Budget Office] Estimate [OA 8361] Welfare Reform-1995 [1] [OA 8361] Welfare Reform-1995 [2] [OA 8361] Welfare Reform-1995 [3] [OA 8361] Box 16 Welfare Reform-1995 [4] [OA 8361] [Welfare Reform] Waivers [1] [OA 8406] Domestic Policy Council Ben-Ami, Jeremy Subject Files [Welfare Reform] Waivers [2] [OA 8406] [Welfare Reform] Waivers [3] [OA 8406] [Welfare Reform] Work Specifications [1] [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Work Specifications [2] [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Work Specifications [3] [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Work Specifications [4] [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Working Group 1993 Handouts [1] [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Working Group 1993 Handouts [2] [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Working Group 1993 Handouts [3] [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Working Group Announcement [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Working Group-Broad Proposals [1] [OA 8361] Box 17 [Welfare Reform] Working Group-Broad Proposals [2] [OA 8361] [Welfare Reform] Working Papers [1] [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Working Papers [2] [OA 8404] [Welfare Reform] Working Session-Blair House-January 28, 1995 [OA 8361] What's Right With America [1] [OA 8406] What's Right With America [2] [OA 8406] Youth Consolidation [OA 8406] Youth Initiative [1] [OA 8406] Youth Initiative [2] [OA 8406] Youth Initiative [3] [OA 8406] Youth Initiative [4] [OA 8406] Youth-Urban Policy Subgroup '94 [OA 8406]