From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): August 26, 2016 | Stephanie Land Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2016/08/26/people-poverty-work-paul-ryan-misunderstands-poverty/ In this March 1, 2016, photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at a news conference … Continued
Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2016/08/22/rep-doggett-time-fix-broken-welfare-system/ August 22, 2016 | Representative Lloyd Doggett (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Twenty years ago today, legislation promising to “end welfare as we know it” became law. I voted for that bill, which created a program called Temporary Assistance for Needy … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): August 22, 2016 | Rebecca Vallas & Jeremy Slevin What’s TANF? In 1996, Congress replaced the New Deal-era Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with a new program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), under … Continued
By: Kate Giammarise Published: August 22, 2016 Twenty years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law. The sweeping overhaul was meant to move people from welfare to work and to end what critics saw as a cycle … Continued
From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): Monday, August 22nd marks 20 years since Bill Clinton signed the “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.” This historic legislation dismantled the United States’ safety net for poor single mothers and children, replacing it … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Monday, August 22, marks the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. In an article published by the Sargent Shriver Center for Poverty Law’s Clearinghouse Review, CLASP’s Olivia Golden recalls … Continued