Ending Welfare as We Know It

by R. Kent Weaver

Book Overview

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Bill Clinton's first presidential term was a period of extraordinary change in policy toward low-income families. In 1993 Congress enacted a major expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working families. In 1996 Congress passed and the president signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. This legislation abolished the sixty-year-old Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and replaced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815792476
• ISBN13: 9780815792475
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"