TANF: Denying single mother’s the opportunity to obtain Self-Sufficiency The American welfare system is inefficient and not structured well. In particular, the most recent and drastic welfare reform, the 1996 PROWRA Act, and its provision which established the new rules … Continue reading →

Melissa Gutierrez October 31, 2010 Position Paper #2: Marriage Promotion in TANF My claim for my overall thesis is that recipients are denied an opportunity to achieve self-sufficiency in the American welfare system. One way in which this is done … Continue reading →

Melissa Gutierrez November 3, 2010 TANF and the limits it imposes on recipient’s access to higher education by promoting work first Upon the examination of the text of PROWRA, specifically the language of TANF, it is explicit that the federal … Continue reading →

Melissa Gutierrez October 3, 2010 Draft of Proposal of Focused Topic The American welfare system is inefficient and not structured well. In particular, the most recent and drastic welfare reform, the 1996 PROWRA Act, and its provision which established the … Continue reading →

Melissa Gutierrez November 3, 2010 The American welfare system has through out history and currently through the enactment of TANF, denied recipients the opportunity to obtain self-sufficiency or independence. One way this is done is through the promotion and focus … Continue reading →

Melissa Gutierrez November 10, 2010 TANF: Denying Single Mothers the Opportunity to Obtain Self-Sufficiency Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is a flawed system of American welfare provision. My overall thesis is that recipients are denied the opportunity to achieve self-sufficiency … Continue reading →

Melissa Gutierrez October 20, 2010 Annotated Bibliography Mink, Gwendolyn: Welfare’s End Cornell University Press; Ithaca, 1998. In the book Welfare’s End, Gwendolyn Mink analyzes the history of United States welfare states until the enactment of the Personal Responsibility Act. Mink … Continue reading →