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Zedlewski, Sheila; Giannarelli, Linda – 1997
The welfare initiative signed into law in August 1996 replaces Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). The federal responsibility to match state expenditures on cash assistance to low-income families with children has become a fixed block grant to states with requirements that focus on a…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Change, Employment, Federal Legislation