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The consequences of implementing the Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) are contemplated. It is asserted that contemporary research has shown that the PRWORA has not entirely succeeded in making welfare recipients self-sufficient, some recipients remain unaware of changes to welfare receipt mandated by the PRWORA, & this legislation has done little to help homeless individuals. After addressing how the PRWORA has exacerbated the nation's poverty problem, the negative effects this legislation has had upon various local & state governments are covered. Moreover, it is speculated that the lifetime limit upon welfare receipt may create significant problems for recipients & their families. It is concluded that welfare reform remains an ideologically contentious issue & will require additional scholarly attention. 15 References. J. W. Parker

Examines the impact of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 in the US; some focus on youth, education, and drugs; includes some comparison with Australia; 7 articles. Contents: The protagonists and ideas behind the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996: the enactment of a conservative welfare system, by Brendon O'Connor; Work first and forget about education: New York City's Personal Responsibility Act and the creation of a workplace underclass, by Delores Jones-Brown, Jacqueline Mahoney; Some new killing trick: welfare reform and drug markets in a U.S. urban ghetto, by Sylvie C. Tourigny; Pregnant drug users: scapegoats of Reagan/Bush and Clinton-era economics, by Sheigla Murphy, Paloma Sales; The post-welfare state and the government of youth at-risk, by Peter Kelly; Exchange, reciprocity, and citizenship--principles of access and the challenge to human rights in the third sector: an Australian perspective, by Patricia M. Short, Allyson Mutch; Conclusion--when all is said and done, by Sylvie C. Tourigny, Delores Jones-Brown.