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January 17, 2010
Mickeal M. Donald
According to the Child Welfare League, the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which includes all 50 states, was $16.5 billion dollars with an additional $319 million of supplemental grants going to 17 states. Even though the last welfare reform act was meant to lower the percentage of people on welfare, government assistance needs a new reform act not only because of the many people who have learned how to bypass limitations to receive assistance, but for the public assistance programs that have failed many people who genuinely need temporary help. While it seems that the federal government tried to lower the welfare deficit, what happened instead was the money was spent on programs related to welfare, for instance child care.
President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which is also known as 1996 Welfare Reform Act on August 22, 1996. To put it simply, what the reform means is that instead of receiving a check monthly if you live in poverty, you will now be required to search and obtain job related income within a specified amount of time. Over a six year period $60 billion dollars of funding would be cut from the programs that supply cash assistance and food stamps. Once the reform act was enforced, the entitlement of welfare to the poor ended, a lifetime limit of aid was imposed, and a requirement of finding work within two years or performing community service, both consisting of 30 hours per week and rewarding states that reduce caseloads with financial bonuses was enforced. The foundation of the policy is that the head of the household must be working within two years or lose their benefits. The lifetime limitation of receiving welfare is five years.
When the 1996 Welfare Reform Act was passed, the president placed most of the responsibilities within each state to...
COM/220
January 17, 2010
Mickeal M. Donald
According to the Child Welfare League, the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which includes all 50 states, was $16.5 billion dollars with an additional $319 million of supplemental grants going to 17 states. Even though the last welfare reform act was meant to lower the percentage of people on welfare, government assistance needs a new reform act not only because of the many people who have learned how to bypass limitations to receive assistance, but for the public assistance programs that have failed many people who genuinely need temporary help. While it seems that the federal government tried to lower the welfare deficit, what happened instead was the money was spent on programs related to welfare, for instance child care.
President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which is also known as 1996 Welfare Reform Act on August 22, 1996. To put it simply, what the reform means is that instead of receiving a check monthly if you live in poverty, you will now be required to search and obtain job related income within a specified amount of time. Over a six year period $60 billion dollars of funding would be cut from the programs that supply cash assistance and food stamps. Once the reform act was enforced, the entitlement of welfare to the poor ended, a lifetime limit of aid was imposed, and a requirement of finding work within two years or performing community service, both consisting of 30 hours per week and rewarding states that reduce caseloads with financial bonuses was enforced. The foundation of the policy is that the head of the household must be working within two years or lose their benefits. The lifetime limitation of receiving welfare is five years.
When the 1996 Welfare Reform Act was passed, the president placed most of the responsibilities within each state to...