Creating a New Welfare Reality

Early Implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Bibliographic Data

ID10219746
AuthorsLaDonna A Pavetti, LaDonna Pavetti (Mathematica Policy Research, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume56
Issue4
Pages601-616
Publication date2000-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0022-4537.00187
OpenAlexW2014250986
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This article describes the new welfare reality that has emerged since the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The author focuses on four key dimensions of this new system: conditional availability of cash assistance, the promotion of rapid entry into the labor market, an increased emphasis on the provision of work supports, and limited expansion of services for nonworking Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) recipients. Stringent work mandates reinforced with tough financial penalties for noncompliance and limits on the number of months families can receive assistance have created a cash assistance system that requires significantly more of families than the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Although it is true that more is expected of families, many states have also substantially increased the support provided to families as they make the transition to paid employment

Aid to Families with Dependent Children · Business · Cash · Economics · Labour economics · Political science · Promotion (chess · Public assistance · Welfare · Welfare reform · Welfare system · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Finance · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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