Changes in general general general public support programs also have kept gaps in families’ incomes, especially in times during the emergencies.
Possibly the most crucial modification towards the back-up was included with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, the law that “ended welfare even as we know it.” A decades-old entitlement program that offered cash assistance to low-income recipients — came the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, program — a flat-funded block grant with far more restrictive eligibility requirements, as well as time limits on receipt in place of Aid to Families with Dependent Children.