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  Policy in Focus: Welfare Reform

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Achievements of the Welfare Reform Law of 1996
• Strengthen the Federal-State Partnership
• Maximize Self Sufficiency Through Work
• Promote Child Well-Being and Healthy Marriages
• Encourage Abstinence and Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• Improve Program Performance
• Enhance Child Support Enforcement
• Reform Food Stamps to Promote Work
• Provide Food Stamps for Legal Immigrants
• Facilitate Program Integration



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