The new world of welfare /
Congress must reauthorize the sweeping 1996 welfare reform legislation by October 1, 2002. A number of issues that were prominent in the 1995-96 battle over welfare reform are likely to resurface in the debate over reauthorization. Among those issues are the five-year time limit, provisions to reduc...
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
©2001
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Contents
- PART I: Overview and Policy Recommendations
- Welfare Reform: An Agenda for Reauthorization
- PART II: The Biggest Issues
- Implementation of the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996
- Work, Wages, and Welfare
- Effects of Welfare Reform on Family Income and Poverty
- Family Formation
- The Politics of Welfare Reform
- The Politics of Conservative Welfare Reform
- PART III: Specific Issues and Policies
- Improving Employment Outcomes under TANF
- State Sanctions and Time Limits
- Financial Work Incentives for Low- Wage Workers
- Work Experience under Welfare Reform
- Will TANF Work for the Most Disadvantaged Families?
- Supporting Work through Medicaid and Food Stamps
- Welfare Reform and Immigration
- Welfare Reform and Children's Well- Being
- PART IV Associated Program Reforms
- Fathers, Marriage, and Welfare Reform
- Child Support in the New World of Welfare
- Child Care after Welfare Reform
- Effects of the 1996 Welfare Reform Changes on the SSI Program
- Contributors
- Index