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Bookmark or Share- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act - WikipediaThe Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) is a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The bill implemented major changes to U.S. social welfare policy, replacing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with ...
- How Bill Clinton’s Welfare Reform Changed America - HISTORYBill Clinton‘s 1992 presidential campaign placed welfare reform at its center, claiming that his proposal would “end welfare as we have come to know it.”
- Welfare Reform at 20: Why Bill Clinton Signed the Bill | TIMEAs TIME explained, that bill limited welfare to five years, required recipients to work, required unwed teenage mothers to live with their parents, and much more. Today that bill is seen by some...
- Welfare Reform in the United States - ThoughtCoWelfare reform is the term used to describe the U.S. federal government’s laws and policies intended to improve the nation’s social welfare programs. In general, the goal of welfare reform is to reduce the number of individuals or families that depend on government assistance programs like food stamps and TANF and help those recipients ...
- Welfare Reform, Success or Failure? It Worked - BrookingsWelfare reform has been a triumph for the federal government and the states — and even more for single mothers. Article by Ron Haskins, APHSA Policy & Practice (03/06)
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