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TANF at 10: Was Welfare Reform a Success in Texas?

  

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Celia Cole /(512) 320-0222 x110

August 22, 2006

TANF at 10: Press Release >>  
TANF at 10: Has Welfare Reform Been a Success in Texas? >>  

Ten years ago today, Congress overhauled the nation’s welfare system with the promise of helping poor families become self-sufficient by replacing welfare with work. Known as “welfare reform,” the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant replaced the entitlement program Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Caseloads have fallen 75% in Texas over the last decade, but has welfare reform been a success?