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
How do the terms of debate in public discourse become established? How do they change? The answers to these questions bear on a long line of inquiry into the…>> (read more)
INTRODUCTION
Mysheda Autry sits on a linoleum floor, watching her three children play with toys from a nearby milk crate. She is pregnant. This photo, featured in…>> (read more)
I. INTRODUCTION
Just over ten years ago, Congress and the Clinton administration passed perhaps the most significant piece of domestic social legislation since the New Deal. The…>> (read more)
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