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Fordham Urban Law JournalVolume 23 I Number 2Article 41996Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context:Redifining the Terms of the DebateMar)' Brynar Sang

Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms ofgerThe New School for Social ResearchFollow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/uljPart of the Administrative Law CommonsRecom

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Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms ofning the Terms of the DebateCover Page FootnoteThe author would like to thank Bonita Stowell for her invaluable research assistance on all aspects of

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CONTEXT: REDEFINING THE TERMS OF THE DEBATEMary Bryna Sanger, Ph.D.*Author's Note: As this Essay goes to press, there is news of President Clinton's

Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms of

veto of a welfare bill that would have radically altered the federal program along the lines anticipated by this Article* The legislative tally sugges

Fordham Urban Law JournalVolume 23 I Number 2Article 41996Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context:Redifining the Terms of the DebateMar)' Brynar Sang

Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms ofertheless, it is likely that any compromise bill worked out between the President and the Republican-led Congress will include many of the provisions

contained in the most recent bill.6The most recent bill eliminated the entitlement status of welfare for cash assistance to children; instead it provi Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms of

ded fixed block grants to the states for cash assistance. The bill imposed a five year time limit and left wide discretion over eligibility standards

Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms of

and benefit levels to the states. Strong work requirements were included with specific and increasing annual percentages of the caseload that must be

Fordham Urban Law JournalVolume 23 I Number 2Article 41996Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context:Redifining the Terms of the DebateMar)' Brynar Sang

Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms of have overridden this prohibition. Few additional resources were provided for child care and employment training, despite the more stringent work requ

irements. Further, the bill included provisions to reduce Medicaid and remove the automatic eligibility that AFDC recipients now enjoy. Finally, the b Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms of

ill reduced the level of income supplementation for low income working families now provided by the Earned Income Tax Credit.0• B.A., Vassar College;

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Ph.D., Brandcis University. Dr. Sanger is an Associate Dean and Professor at the New School for Social Research, Milano Graduate School of Management

Fordham Urban Law JournalVolume 23 I Number 2Article 41996Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context:Redifining the Terms of the DebateMar)' Brynar Sang

Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms ofBattle Over the Budget: The Legislation; Clinton Vetoes G.o.p. Plan to Change Welfare System, N.Y. Times, Jan. 10, 1996, at B7.bId. (“The final versio

n of the bill was approved in the House 245 to 178 and in the senate 52 to 47.”).c/d. (“[President] Clinton said that he would ‘keep working with Cong Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms of

ress to enact real bipartisan welfare reform’ .... Both parlies agree on the need for major changes in the wetfare system, and they have been discussi

Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms of

ng such changes as part of a mammoth deal to balance the federal budget.”).áId. (“The bill would have undone six decades of social welfare policy by e

Fordham Urban Law JournalVolume 23 I Number 2Article 41996Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context:Redifining the Terms of the DebateMar)' Brynar Sang

Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms ofe provisions are included in the compromise bill, the effects discussed in this Essay will develop. Poverty rates will rise significantly,e insecurity

and instability will grow, and the health and well-being of millions of children and mothers will increasingly erode.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION .. Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms of

................................... 275I.THE EVOLUTION OF APPROACHES TOWARD WELFARE...............................J.. .... 277A. Evolution of Appr

Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context- Redifining the Terms of

oaches: Rehabilitation, Work Incentives and Poverty Reduction.......... 278II.WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE 1988: ASSESSING

Fordham Urban Law JournalVolume 23 I Number 2Article 41996Welfare Reform Within a Changing Context:Redifining the Terms of the DebateMar)' Brynar Sang