The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act Changed Single Mothers

question 26

Multiple Choice

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Act changed single mothers' lives by

• A) limiting to five years the time that poor women could receive welfare.
• B) offering subsidies to single, poor women to help pay for child care.
• C) stating that small businesses did not need to offer benefits to their hourly workers.
• D) helping raise many single working women out of poverty.

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