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Download full textWeaver, R. Kent – 2002
The 1996 welfare reform legislation replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with a new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. This new program has a fixed funding level that is not altered by inflation or economic cycles or caseload size. Individual states' shares are based on the amount they…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Block Grants, Child Welfare, Employment Programs
Pines, Marion; And Others – 1995
These proceedings contain papers from a symposium during which 33 practitioners from the fields of education and employment policy formation met to discuss the following topics: the political reality of a Republican majority in Congress and the trend toward increased reliance on block grants as a method of awarding federal funding; the economic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Block Grants, Economic Climate, Educational Change
