TANF Assistance to Families

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Welfare as a topic itself leads to debates and heated discussions. Welfare reform leads to even more heated debates. In general, most Americans tend to believe that the government should help those who are poor and needy but they also believe that people should work and make their own way. Congress changed AFDC to TANF in 1996 and there are now discussions about reforming Welfare again. This essay discusses some of the issues. Statistical data included. There are four sources listed in the bibliography of this four page paper.