The Welfare Reforms of 1996 Did All of the Following

question 53

Multiple Choice

The welfare reforms of 1996 did all of the following except:

• A) place time limitations on how long a recipient could receive benefits
• B) grant block grants to the states to fund the programs
• C) restrict most legal immigrants from receiving benefits
• D) take the federal government out of welfare policy, granting all authority to the states
• E) gave the states much more discretion in designing their cash-assistance programs to needy families

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