Public Law 104-193

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Public Law 104-193 is the 1996 U.S. federal welfare reform law that overhauled Aid to Families with Dependent Children and created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, emphasizing work requirements and time-limited benefits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
welfare reform law ⓘ
affects legal immigrants' eligibility for public benefits ⓘ
affectsProgram Child Support Enforcement Program ⓘ
Food Stamp Program ⓘ
Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
amends Social Security Act ⓘ
congressNumber 104th United States Congress ⓘ
containsProvision family cap and child exclusion options for states ⓘ
restrictions on benefits for certain noncitizens ⓘ
sanctions for noncompliance with work requirements ⓘ
work participation rate requirements for states ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdProgram TANF ⓘ
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ
dateSigned 1996-08-22 ⓘ
eliminated federal individual entitlement to AFDC benefits ⓘ
emphasizes time-limited cash assistance ⓘ
work requirements for welfare recipients ⓘ
fundingMechanism TANF block grant ⓘ
imposes lifetime limits on receipt of TANF benefits ⓘ
introducedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legislativeGoal encourage employment among low-income parents ⓘ
promote formation and maintenance of two-parent families ⓘ
reduce out-of-wedlock births ⓘ
reduce welfare dependency ⓘ
officialName Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ⓘ
policyApproach devolution of welfare authority to states ⓘ
work-first welfare policy ⓘ
presidentAtSigning Bill Clinton ⓘ
primarySubject poverty policy ⓘ
public assistance ⓘ
welfare reform ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 104-193 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 104-193
reduced federal entitlement to cash welfare ⓘ
replacedProgram AFDC ⓘ
Aid to Families with Dependent Children ⓘ
shiftedFundingTo block grants to states ⓘ
shortTitle Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ⓘ
signedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
title Title III—Child Support Enforcement ⓘ
Title II—Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled ⓘ
Title IV—Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens ⓘ
Title IX—Miscellaneous Provisions ⓘ
Title I—Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ
Title VIII—Food Stamp Provisions ⓘ
Title VII—Child Nutrition Programs ⓘ
Title VI—Child Care ⓘ
Title V—Child Protection ⓘ
typicalLifetimeLimit 60 months of TANF assistance ⓘ
yearEnacted 1996 ⓘ

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PRWORA → publicLawNumber → Public Law 104-193 ⓘ
Title VII – Child Nutrition Programs → hasLegalCitation → Public Law 104-193 (as part of the Act) ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 104-193
Public Law 104-193 → publicLawNumber → Pub.L. 104-193 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 104-193