Congress Should Take Action to Restore Flexibility Lost in 2006 Welfare

from The Center for Law and Social Policy

Here's a link to a position paper from The Center for Law and Social Policy. According to the Center, in January 2006, after over three years of short-term extensions, Congress reauthorized the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant as part of the consolidated Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA). Instead of rewarding states for their efforts to help welfare recipients achieve self sufficiency, the new law acted as if the past decade of welfare reform had never happened. It substantially increased effective work requirements, while providing only a minimal increase in funding for child care.

Congress Should Take Action to Restore Flexibility Lost in 2006 Welfare