Welfare Reform Research: What Do We Know About Those Who Leave Welfare?
Description:
Cash welfare caseloads have declined 57% since peaking in 1994 at 5.1 million cases, with the largest declines occurring since the passage of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). PRWORA ended the entitlement program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC), and replaced it with a block grant program to the states, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Unlike AFDC, under TANF most
adults are required to work as a con…
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Date:
March 13, 2001
Creator:
Devere, Christine
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