The attached chart categorizes actions states have taken to provide nutritional assistance to vulnerable populations since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was signed into law on August 22, 1996.
Waivers expire after a maximum of one year, making it necessary for states to request renewals.
States marked on the chart are those who substantially renewed or expanded 1997 waivers in 1998 or who applied for new waivers in 1998. The Act also increased funding for employment and training programs targeted to adults subject to the three month cut off. Several states have earmarked state funds to partially restore nutritional assistance to legal immigrant populations. Some states are acting to supplement the federal grant through state appropriations for food or other support for emergency feeding organizations.