Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is a federal assistance program of the United States. It began on July 1, 1997, and succeeded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, providing cas
President Bill Clinton signing welfare reform legislation
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Peter Benjamin Edelman is an American legal scholar. He is a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in the fields of poverty, welfare, juvenile justice, and constitutional law
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
…transitional incentive services described above are less likely to return to receiving assistance and are more likely to experience long-term employment. Peter Edelman, an assistant secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services, resigned from the Clinton administration in protest of Clinton signing the…
Edelman in 2014