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Welfare Reform: Children
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In contrast to proposals by President Clinton, the welfare reforms agreed to in the House/Senate conference will contain modest but real steps to reduce illegitimacy. Three out of four of those polled agreed that the current welfare system makes it easier for women to choose to have children out of wedlock. By a ratio of two to one, Americans feel that reducing illegitimacy is a more important goal in welfare reform than attempting merely to make single mothers self-sufficient.
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Though federal welfare reform made few changes directly to child welfare programs, there are several components of the legislation that could have significant direct impacts on the children welfare system. Such components include:
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In attacking the welfare reform legislation passed by the House and Senate, the Clinton Administration has embraced the central erroneous tenets of liberal welfarism. The Administration's report on welfare makes clear its belief that rapid automatic increases in welfare spending are essential to the well-being of children and that any attempts to slow the growth of future welfare spending will significantly harm children.14
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The implementation of welfare reform will raise a number of issues regarding the impact on the economic, health and social status of families with adults and/or children with disabilities. Among the most pressing are the following:
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