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TANF Reauthorization: Options and Opportunities

Margy Waller
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Margy Waller Visiting Fellow, Economic Studies and Metropolitan Policy, The Brookings Institution

June 15, 2002

Ms. Waller provided analysis of the welfare reform reauthorization debate. She reviewed the changes made by and outcomes of the 1996 reform bill, with a particular emphasis on urban impacts. Next, her presentation reviewed the leading legislative proposals in the House of Representatives and Senate as of June 2002.

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