As a result, many types of mandatory welfare-to-work programs were evaluated in the early 1990s.
States that were granted waivers from AFDC program rules to run mandatory welfare-to-work programs were also required to rigorously evaluate the success of their programs. The 27 percent increase in caseloads between 19 accelerated the push by states to implement more radical welfare reform. Beginning with President Ronald Reagan's administration and continuing through the first few years of the Clinton administration, growing dissatisfaction with AFDC, particularly the rise in welfare caseloads, led an increasing number of states to seek waivers from AFDC rules to allow states to more stringently enforce work requirements for welfare recipients. Some people also argued that TANF is detrimental to its recipients because using these programs have a stigma attached to them, which makes the people that use them less likely to participate politically to defend this program, and thus the programs have been subsequently weakened. Some argued that such programs were ineffective, promoted dependency on the government, and encouraged behaviors detrimental to escaping from poverty. Prior to TANF, Aid to Families with Dependent Children was a major federal assistance program that was coming under heavy criticism. TANF funds may be used for the following reasons: to provide assistance to needy families so that children can be cared for at home to end the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work and marriage to prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies and to encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. Failure to comply with work requirements could result in loss of benefits. The TANF grant has a five-year lifetime limit and requires that all recipients of welfare aid must find work within three years of receiving aid, including single parents who are required to work at least 30 hours per week (35 for two-parent families). The TANF program, emphasizing the welfare-to-work principle, is a grant given to each state to run its own welfare program and designed to be temporary in nature and has several limits and requirements. TANF is often simply referred to as welfare. It began on July 1, 1997, and succeeded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, providing cash assistance to indigent American families through the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ( TANF / t æ n ɪ f/) is a federal assistance program of the United States.
Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
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