The Relationship Between the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and Innovative Welfare Practices on a Local Level

Autor:	Vanessa Robinson-Dooley, Larry Nackerud, Christopher R. Larrison, Lea Lane-Crea
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Economic growth business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Sample (statistics) Social Welfare Qualitative property Public relations Devolution Work (electrical) Anthropology Cash Moral responsibility Sociology business Welfare Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 12:205-219
ISSN:	1540-3556 1091-1359
Popis:	SUMMARY Part of the intention of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) was to encourage the development of innovative welfare programs on a state and local level. The Act removed stringent federal regulations regarding the design and implementation of cash welfare programs. The freer programmatic environment was to assist local offices in addressing the unique needs of their particular clients as they moved from welfare to work within a time limited setting. In an attempt to examine if this intended piece of the policy was implemented, qualitative data were collected from a statewide sample of local Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) offices in Georgia. The findings indicate that a minority of local offices engaged in innovative behaviors that were significantly different from their pre-PRWORA behaviors. Implications for welfare policy implementation and program development are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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