[19961121]96-687EPW_新福利法：1996年《个人责任和工作机会和解法》.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web96-687 EPWUpdated November 21, 1996New Welfare Law: The Personal Responsibilityand Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996Vee Burke, Joe Richardson, Carmen Solomon-Fears, Karen Spar, and Joyce VialetEducation and Public Welfare DivisionThis report briefly summarizes provisions of The Personal Responsibility and WorkOpportunity Reconciliation Act, signed into law August 22, 1996 (Public Law 104-193).This Act dramatically reshapes cash and food welfare programs, affecting Aid to Familieswith Dependent Children (AFDC), Food Stamps, Supplemental Security Income (SSI),child support enforcement, child care, child nutrition, and Title XX social services. It alsoimposes a citizenship requirement for many benefits.The Act replaces the AFDC program with capped block grants to states for aprogram called Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). It imposes a general5-year time limit on duration of family cash welfare, requires work in order to receivebenefits after 2 years, establishes a new work requirement for Food Stamps, cuts foodstamp benefits, expands states authority over fo