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The federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 ushered in a new era of cash assistance and other supports for low-income families with children, colloquially known aswelfare. Designed to “end welfare as we know it,” according to President Bill Clinton, w...

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Published inEvaluation of the SB 1041 Reforms to California’s CalWORKs Program p. 1
Main Authors Lynn A. Karoly, Robert Bozick, Lois M. Davis, Sami Kitmitto, Lori Turk-Bicakci, Johannes M. Bos, Aleksandra Holod, Charles Blankenship
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LanguageEnglish
Published RAND Corporation 24.03.2015
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Summary:The federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 ushered in a new era of cash assistance and other supports for low-income families with children, colloquially known aswelfare. Designed to “end welfare as we know it,” according to President Bill Clinton, who signed the act, PRWORA replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program (in place since the 1930s) with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. As the name implies, TANF incorporated features designed to provide basic support for families in need, but the institution of lifetime time limits meant that the