Legislation related to work requirements for public assistance programs
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The table on this page features a selection of notable state and federal legislation related to work requirements for public assistance programs.
For more information about the main areas of inquiry and disagreement related to work requirements for public assistance programs, click here.
| Laws relevant to judicial deference | |||
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| Law | Year | State or Federal | Impact |
| Social Security Act | 1935 | Federal | Created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. |
| Aid to Needy Families with Dependent Children | 1935 | Federal | Established by the Social Security Act of 1935 as a grant to allow states to provide cash welfare payments for children deprived of parental support because the mother or father was absent from the home, deceased, or unemployed. |
| The Food Stamp Act | 1964 | Federal | Created food stamps that were distributed to low-income households. The act was designed to allow the states to use the nation's abundance of food to raise the nutrition levels of low-income households. |
| Social Security Amendments of 1965 | 1965 | Federal | Referred to as the Medicare and Medicaid Act (1965). Amended the Social Security Act to establish Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, and Medicaid, a health insurance program for people with low income. |
| The Housing and Community Development Act | 1974 | Federal | Created the first urban homesteading program, the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG). The CDBG merged seven programs into a block grant distributed to states according to population and measures of distress including poverty, age of housing, and growth lag, each year. |
| Community Reinvestment Act | 1977 | Federal | Instructs federal financial agencies to encourage regulated financial institutions to ensure that banks loan to individuals and businesses from low-income neighborhoods. |
| Food and Agriculture Act | 1977 | Federal | Amended the Food Stamp Act of 1964 by eliminating the purchase requirement and amending the eligibility requirements. |
| Job Training and Partnership Act | 1982 | Federal | Established federal assistance programs to train unskilled adults for entry into the workplace and provided job training to those facing barriers to employment. |
| Low-Income Housing Tax Credit | 1986 | Federal | Created under the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to give incentives for the development of affordable housing for low-income Americans. |
| Family Support Act | 1988 | Federal | Amended the Social Security Act and revised the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program to create work requirements and withhold wages of absentee parents to support children. |
| Job Opportunities an Basic Skills Training Program | 1988 | Federal | Created by the Family Support Act of 1988. Amended the Social Security Act to provide education, training, and work experience to enhance employment opportunities for families receiving benefits. |
| Wisconsin Works | 1996 | State | Limited participation in AFDC to a maximum of 60 months and created work requirements for recipients. |
| Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act | 1996 | Federal | Granted states the power to administer welfare programs, implemented work requirements for welfare recipients, and created a five-year limit for welfare recipients. |
| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | 1996 | Federal | Replaced the Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Created a grant for each state to administer state-based welfare programs with five-year limits and work requirements. |
| Workforce Investment Act | 1998 | Federal | Replaced the Job Training Partnership Act and other federal job training programs with workforce development services administered through Workforce Investment Boards chaired by members of the local community from the private sector. |
| Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act | 2014 | Federal | Replaced the Workforce Investment Act and provided states with programs and services to help unemployed persons to attain employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in finding employment. |
| The Families First Coronavirus Response Act | 2020 | Federal | Provided free Covid-19 testing, 14-day paid leave for those affected by the pandemic, and increased funding for food stamp programs. |
See also
- Areas of inquiry and disagreement related to work requirements for public assistance programs
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
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