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African Americans and Welfare Time Limits: Comparative Analysis of State Time Limit Policies Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act of 1996

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	Abstract

This study examines state lifetime limit policies for the receipt of cash assistance under the 1996 welfare reform law. It performs cross-tabulation and correlational analysis to determine whether a relationship exists between the racial composition of African Americans in a state and lifetime limit policies under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act. Findings indicate a relationship and show that a majority of the states with a large population of African Americans have adopted some of the harshest lifetime limit policies for receipt of cash assistance.

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