Many studies stated that welfare had not seen a major change since the 1935 Social Security Act. In 1996 the Personal Responsibility Act became known as welfare reform (D. O’Neill & J. O’Neill, 1997). Nevertheless, welfare reform brought about time limits, work requirements, ended the entitlement status of welfare and mandated states to reduce their rolls by 2002. Although the welfare process began with mothers being able to stay home; it then progressed to mothers having to gain employment. The majority of welfare cases started with the father’s death or disability; consequently, as the year’s progressed female-headed families became the reason for the high increase in AFDC recipients. The policymakers rejected the view that providing
