Social Policy

Welfare

In Brief

The 1996 welfare reform law replaced a U.S. system of cash assistance to poor single parents with new measures to encourage work. The reforms include job training, tax credits to supplement low wages, and time limits on benefits. Welfare rolls have dropped dramatically. What policies will continue to promote the transition from welfare to work?

Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi - Katie Busker, 30, clips coupons as her son, Austin Spiker, 6, plays with Legos at the dinner table in Independence, Iowa July 5, 2011.

Testimony

Means-Tested Programs, Work Incentives, and Block Grants

April 17, 2012, Ron Haskins

In testimony before the House Budget Committee, Ron Haskins examined trends in spending on means-tested programs; work incentives and phase out rates for means-tested programs; and block grants.

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