Welfare Reform
In the United States, large-scale public assistance programs for the poor—commonly referred to as welfare—began with the Social Security Act of 1935. Welfare reform legislation was enacted in 1996 with the goal of reducing rather than sustaining poverty.
In the United States, large-scale public assistance programs for the poor---commonly referred to as welfare---began with the Social Security Act of 1935. Responding to Americans' needs during the Great Depression, this act provided federal cash relief to the disabled, widowed, and single-parent families in a program that was later named…>> (read more)
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Welfare Reform in the News
I had the good fortune to participate in APHSA's December Policy Summit, organized to develop a human service agenda to present to the new federal administration. While a timely…>> (read more)
In his essay criticizing welfare reform ("Unfinished Business," Commonweal, February 29), Thomas Massaro says that assistance to low-income single mothers "has vanished from our collective radar." Massaro is upset…>> (read more)
TRENTON, N.J. - The state's once-troubled child welfare agency made "significant progress" on a broad reform plan last year, according to a federal monitor's report.
But the…>> (read more)
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