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From:Migration World Magazine (Vol. 26, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe Welfare Reform and Reconciliation Act of 1996 discriminates against immigrants in the distribution of social welfare benefits. It will be difficult for immigrants to qualify for benefits because the law restricts...
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From:Monthly Labor Review (Vol. 125, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedNearly 6 years after enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWO or simply "welfare reform") most analysts have found generally positive outcomes. Welfare dependence...
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From:Policy & Practice of Public Human Services (Vol. 59, Issue 4)Our welfare debate, which is resumed intensively every six years, is the debate about how well we are taking care of our poor. Though most observers will agree the 1996 TANF reforms were heading in the right direction,...
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From:Brookings Review (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedPres. Bill Clinton promised to make significant alterations to reform during his 1992 campaign. However, only in Aug. 1996 did Clinton finally sign a new welfare reform law, one that has been a subject of disapproval...
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From:Journal of Consumer Affairs (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedUniversity students on welfare, working with academic researchers, successfully lobbied for a state policy in Wyoming to define postsecondary education as work under the 1996 welfare reform law. This article describes...
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From:Community Living (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA less well publicised part of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 is the dismantling of the discretionary social fund. In April 2013 community care grants, and crisis loans for general living expenses, will be abolished and...
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From:Publius (Vol. 28, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThis article introduces the two main themes of this special issue of Publius: The Journal of Federalism, workfare and federalism. At this early stage in the history of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, these themes must be...
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From:Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (Vol. 27, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWelfare reform has been the recurrent subject of heated debate in the United States, culminating in far-reaching legislation in 1996.(1) Taking the measure of that legislation requires attention both to the broader...
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From:Family Economics and Nutrition ReviewPeer-ReviewedThe Welfare Reform Act establishes mandatory work requirements. Because of this, the law also contains child care provisions. This review article describes the child care provisions of the act. It addresses some of the...
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From:SIECUS Report (Vol. 30, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedEditor's note: As sexuality educators and professionals, we are all too aware of the federal government's abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. Since the largest of these programs, Section 510 of the Welfare Reform...
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From:Brookings Review (Vol. 15, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe welfare reform law of 1996 is changing approaches in addressing several problems such as unemployment and poverty. Liberals and democrats are taking initiatives to learn from each other and raise better answers to...
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From:Contemporary Economic Policy (Vol. 29, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAlthough there has been some research on the impacts of federal tax and transfer policies on poverty rates for immigrants, virtually no previous work investigates the most disadvantaged group of immigrants: refugees. We...
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From:Social Justice (Vol. 28, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed
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From:Policy & Practice of Public Human Services (Vol. 59, Issue 1)The Associated Press New York does not have enough child care slots to meet the growing demand brought about by welfare-to-work initiatives, according to a report released by the state comptroller. The report found...
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From:The American Enterprise (Vol. 9, Issue 1)The intervention of outsiders such as employers, philanthropists, churches, and neighbors can succeed in reducing the size of welfare rolls. The media reports suggesting that many of the people on welfare would find...
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From:Policy Review (Issue 87) Peer-ReviewedThe success of various state-initiated welfare reform strategies is illustrated by 25% reduction of the overall welfare caseload since March, 1994. Wisconsin has been the leader in both innovation and effectiveness in...
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 22, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis study sought to determine the effects of mothers' concerns about their preschool children's well-being and development on indicators of maternal role strain, depression symptoms, and feelings about work, using data...
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From:The Futurist (Vol. 33, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe ultimate goal of welfare reform should be to make welfare recipients independent. Doling out assistance without requiring input of any kind from welfare recipients encourages them to remain dependent. On the other...
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From:International Advances in Economic Research (Vol. 5, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedM. PETER VAN DER HOEK [*] The Dutch social protection system has been under reconstruction since the early 1980s. After describing the structure of the current system and addressing recent developments as to the...
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From:Social Justice (Vol. 21, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedEducator Dorothy Trujillo believes that a renewed emphasis on job training and higher education for welfare recipients may be the key to future welfare reform initiatives. Trujillo points to the success of the Mi Casa...