Welfare Reform for 1996 In August of 1996, a welfare reform was passed that took power away from the federal government and gave it to the states so that the states could develop their own personal ways of dispersing welfare. With the reform, each state is given a block grant by the Federal government and is met with little Federal regulation. In this reform, Clinton applied a “family cap” in hopes to discourage pregnancy among welfare recipients …showed first 75 words of 834 total…

…showed last 75 words of 834 total…welfare reform of 1996. The federal government has less control over welfare then it did before the reform. Family caps and limited assistance are steps many states have taken to avoid the misuse of government assistance. These issues only represent a fraction of all the issues surrounding the 1996 welfare reform. And though I see the many flaws with the reform, I’d say the reform and it’s advantages are a step in the right direction.