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A Safety Net for the Future: Overcoming the Root Causes of Poverty
The 1996 welfare reform law replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, shifting the safety net toward work requirements, time limits, and greater state flexibility and accountability. Following these reforms, welfare caseloads fell sharply, employment among single mothers increased, and child poverty declined. However, many other programs subsequently expanded due in part to their lack of similar pro-work features, contributing to a complex system of rising spending on over 80 federal means-tested programs. Federal reforms should refocus the broader safety net on promoting work and marriage, strengthen state incentives to move recipients into employment, and reform refundable tax credits to better reward work while encouraging state innovation and accountability.
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American Renewal: A Conservative Plan to Strengthen the Social Contract and Save the Country’s Finances
The purpose of American Renewal: A Conservative Plan to Strengthen the Social Contract and Save the…