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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?
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December 9, 2009, Ron Haskins
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September 19, 2007, Jeffrey R. Kling
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April 26, 2007, Isabel V. Sawhill
Testimony | Testimony before the Maryland House of Delegates, Committee on Ways and Means
February 22, 2007, Ron Haskins
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February 13, 2007, Alan Berube
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February 13, 2007, Gary Burtless and Timothy M. Smeeding
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Testimony | Testimony before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
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Ron Haskins
Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Budgeting for National Priorities
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Isabel V. Sawhill
@isawhill
R. Kent Weaver
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
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