Welfare Policymaking in the States
Subtitle: The Devil in Devolution (American Governance and Public Policy,)
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780878408917
Subjects: Central government policies; Local government; Social welfare & social services; United States; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Texas; USA; Public Policy - Social Policy; Government - State & Provincial; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; North Dakota; Maryland; Public welfare
First sentence: On August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), which abolished Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).