Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Bill Clinton passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). The Aid to Dependent Children (AFDC), a federal entitlement program, was replaced by the welfare reform legislation with a block grant, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) that went to the states. This paper will discuss the changes that have been made to the welfare system under this new law and why welfare reform has been a much-needed step in the right direction. Finally, the paper will…

are unable to find work, or they have a hard time paying for even the necessities with a job. Due to this the government made the welfare assistance program. The welfare assistance program combines Food Stamps, Medicaid, HUD homes programs and Supplemental Security Income or SSI. The welfare program also includes the use of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, or TANF (US Welfare System (n.d). This part of the program is normally aimed toward single parents with dependent children. In…

In journal “Native Women, Mean-Spirited Drugs, and Punishing Policies” by Luana Ross, she states psychological distress and violence are factors that lead to drug abuse among Native American women. Once Ronald Reagan declared the drug war the 1980s, there were a higher percentage of Native American and African American women than men incarcerated in prison for drug charges. In the article “Punishing Drug Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color, Equality, and the Right of Policy” by Dorothy…

government assistance, abuse and depend on the program. Welfare reform will not only eliminate the program abusers, it will also save taxpayers billions in dollars, strengthen the economy, and reduce the income gap and form better communities – decreasing social instability.…

thinking about families often they are associated with the private sphere of life, isolated from the effects of the public sphere. However, this could not be further from the truth as everything in the public sphere effects and dictates how families function, especially government policy. In order, to be aware of this fact policymakers use a method called the Family Impact Analysis. A 36 question analysis which measures the effects of a particular policy through five overall principles; family…

taken advantage of. The most devastating and easiest to abuse is the welfare system. So many families take advantage of the system that actually assists so many people actually in need. The Medicaid program has more participants than any other welfare system (Welfare 5). Welfare programs where introduced to assist families in need to live a good quality lifestyle, and also to help support their children. Families abusing the welfare circumstances clearly have no incentive to increase their work…

All over the country states are interpreting the constitutional privacy in different ways. The focus has fallen to the privacy rights of welfare recipients. Is it unconstitutional to drug test recipients to receive their benefits? The Buzz Hornet’s Nest show bring on guests to talk about this controversial issue, including Russell Mendelson and Larry Jackson. Each of these guests argues a separate side of the debate. Russell Mendelson is a member of the Freedom and Liberty Group, an…

time. Since the late 1980s, low-income mothers are in need to dedicate most of their time working. Poor women have to resort to government assistance in order to support the family. When not working at home and having to tend to children and chores, the problem of unpaid time used causes a major bind. Despite having programs to support individuals and families, the fact of those programs most likely to terminate due to the pricing of paid work and forgotten unpaid time is concerning. Randy…

our tax dollars into the healthcare program. Healthcare is expensive to begin with, and many low-income families are without health insurance. Medicaid was created to assist families in need of health insurance. Government assists families of low-income by providing a free service of healthcare. Medicaid is one program that the government funds for the financially disadvantaged families. Families of low-income have to qualify for the services that Medicaid provides. Medicaid allows short…

“Of course, nothing helps families make end meets like higher wages…If you truly believe you could work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, go try it. If not, vote to give millions of hardest-working people in America a raise” President Obama, State of the Union Address, Jan. 20, 2015. We often hear the debate on the minimum wage. Is it yes or no increase the minimum wage? It is true that there is no consensus on the subject. Economists have contradictory arguments and…