Number: RS20807
Title: SHORT HISTORY OF THE 1996 WELFARE REFORM LAW
Authors: Joe Richardson and Vee Burke, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: The 1996 welfare reform law supplanted the main existing welfare program for families, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and its work/training component (JOBS), and greatly changed most other federally supported aid to the poor. It was enacted after debate stretching over three years and two Presidential vetoes.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated February 7, 2001