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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 28, 1996
Welfare to Work Act of 1996 - Revises various provisions of the recently enacted Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program under new part A of title IV of the Social Security Act. Includes among such revisions: (1) new program purposes, such as helping low income families attain work and economic self-sufficiency and breaking the cycle of dependency of needy parents on government benefits by requiring job preparation and work; (2) renaming the program as the Assistance for Needy Families Program; (3) requiring work activities after three months of receiving program assistance, with certain good cause exceptions; (4) requiring cash benefits to be provided for recipients engaging in required work activities; (5) increasing child care funding; (6) eliminating the five year limit on program assistance; (7) establishing a supplemental grant for operation of work programs; (8) repealing Federal loans for State Welfare programs; (9) making mandatory the currently optional domestic violence certification with regard to State plans; and (10) requiring States to make an initial assessment of recipients of assistance.
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Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] · D–NY
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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