Knab, Jean; McLanahan, Sara; Garfinkel, Irv - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2007
In 1996 the U.S. Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), substantially reducing a family’s rights to income support. PRWORA removed the entitlement to government-provided cash assistance and increased states’ incentives to reduce...