Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, May, End Cash Entitlement 2. Block Grant Funding 3. Work Requirements 4. Sanctions 5. 5-Year Time Limit Overview of TANF
Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, May, Percentage of Married, Single, and Never-Married Mothers Working, Source: Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution, 2002
Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, May, Earnings Increase: Welfare Income Falls for Bottom Two Fifths of Female-Headed Families Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Welfare income is cash, school lunch, food stamps, and housing; constant 2001 dollars).
Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, May, Poverty Rate for Children in Female-Headed and Married-Couple Families, Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, May, Percentage of Children in Deep Poverty, Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, May, Support for Working Families Increases Dramatically, Source: Congressional Budget Office $ 5.6 $51.7 Spending in 1999 under: 1984 Law 1999 Law