Welfare-Reform Legislation Since 1996
A Time of Radical Change
The summer of 1996 brought about profound and controversial changes in the way America handles its welfare programs. Much criticism had b...
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Welfare Reform—The First Eight Years
Eight years after the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA; PL 104-193), welfare reform remained a hotly d...
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Welfare recipients have been pushed to work towards independence and self-reliance by the nineteen ninety-six Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. With the creation of th...
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The people that are on Welfare should be the only ones that need it. With this new proposal President Busch is cutting down those that are just sitting around soaking up the wealth. With the 70% mor...
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Requiem for Welfare, by Evelyn Z. Brodkin examines the welfare dilemma. Brodkin explains that welfare reform may lower caseloads, but does not diffuse the need for welfare which, in the end, leads to...
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Wisconsin's landmark welfare reform program was dealt a setback Tuesday by a state appeals court that said the state must continue giving assistance to participants who are ready to enter the work ...
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Susan Gramza credits Wisconsin's groundbreaking welfare reform program with helping her land a job as a housekeeping manager, support her four children and put away money, too. But another mother, ...
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Susan Gramza credits Wisconsin's groundbreaking welfare reform program with helping her land a job as a housekeeping manager, support her four children and put away money, too. But another mother, ...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
THE POOR GET RICHER (The Wall Street Journal, New York)
It's been a rough week for John Edwards, and now comes more bad
news for his ''tw...
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for president on her husband's White House record, and it's a strategy that cuts both ways.The New York senator and her husband, former President Bill Clinton...
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Wade Horn, the Bush administration's point man for welfare reform, Head Start and abstinence education, resigned Monday as assistant secretary for children and families.In the Department of Health ...
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Copenhagen (dpa) - Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Wednesday announced new elections to be held November 13, citing the
need to create "stability" for a recently...
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LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Burger chain McDonald's was among
several high-profile companies given a green light on Monday to
provide national qualifications to their employees, part of a
shake-up ...
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Federal funding for abstinence education will likely fall considerably this year as Democratic leaders said Wednesday they will let a $50 million grant program expire on June 30.The program, known ...
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a divorced, billionaire dad, said Tuesday that unwed fathers increase poverty and the government should take steps to get them back with their families.The potenti...
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Welfare-Reform Legislation Since 1996
Welfare Reform
Court setback for Wis. welfare reform
