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Welfare Reform: Programs
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Welfare Policy Center - The Welfare Policy Center (WPC) conducts research and provides technical assistance on welfare reform and related issues. It is a resource for policymakers, program administrators, the press, and many others seeking to learn about cutting-edge welfare reforms and what it takes to make reforms effective.
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In June 1995, the Connecticut Legislature passed welfare reform legislation which included many of the Governor’s recommendations. This legislation instituted significant and fundamental change in Connecticut’s welfare program. The emphasis of the legislation was on making welfare a short term support by requiring participation in the labor market as early as possible. Employment became the centerpiece of the cash assistance program.
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Abstinence is ... the predominant feature of a new teenage pregnancy prevention initiative mandated by the welfare reform law. The statute directs the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to implement "a strategy for preventing out-of-wedlock teenage pregnancies, and...assuring that at least 25% of the communities in the United States have teenage pregnancy prevention programs in place" [section 905(a)].
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Current welfare reform proposals have revived debate over devolving welfare policy to the states and financing the transfer by block grants. The welfare legislation recently passed by the House would consolidate a broad array of programs into a few block grants (see Figure 1).
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