When the federal welfare program was restructured in 1996, the government promised to provide child care to single parents required to take jobs outside the home. Often, however, that promise is not being kept and families pay the price.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities--
Welfare Reform and TANF:
http://www.cbpp.org/research/index.cfm?fa=topic&id=42

For a Full Version of Today's graphic:
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1939

For other stories in the Welfare Series:

Welfare Series: Block Grants Starve State Budgets
Run Date: 09/03/04
http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-nation/040903/welfare-series-block-grants-starve-state-budgets

Our Daily Lives
Welfare Series: Belva Elliott, Mother of Five, Speaks
Run Date: 09/02/04
http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-nation/040902/welfare-series-belva-elliott-mother-five-speaks

Welfare Series: Services for Abused Women Scarce
Run Date: 08/27/04
http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-nation/040827/welfare-series-services-abused-women-scarce

Welfare Series: Child Support Cash Kept by States
Run Date: 08/22/04
http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-nation/040822/welfare-series-child-support-cash-kept-states

Welfare Series: Law Drops Moms in Deeper Poverty
Run Date: 08/06/04
http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-nation/040806/welfare-series-law-drops-moms-deeper-poverty

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