economic reform in 1996
In August of 1996, a welfare reform was passed that took power away from the federal government and gave it to the states so that the states could develop their own personal ways of dispersing welfare. With the reform, each state is given a block grant by the Federal government and is met with little Federal regulation. In this reform, Clinton applied a “family cap” in hopes to discourage pregnancy among welfare recipients and also a few financial incentives for those who married. The new legislation also put limits on how long a person can be on the welfare program. The 1996 welfare reform changed welfare from what it use to be, a relatively liberal institution, to what it is now, a sort of middle ground between the liberal view and the conservative.With the devolution of power from the federal government to the state, there no longer is one basic welfare program. Welfare varies very much from one state to the next and in some cases, from one county to the next. The power is very much spread out and many of the approaches entail “subjective judgment”. “By and large, these responsibilities are falling to welfare caseworkers.”(Dan Froomkin) With welfare caseworkers making subjective judgments on
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Washington Post, Welfare Reform, welfare reform, federal government, 1996 welfare reform, 1996 welfare, caseworkers subjective, welfare reform 1996, subjective judgments, caseworkers subjective judgments, power federal government, dependent government, financial assistance, family cap, family caps, government assistance,
Approximate Word count = 863
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
