Rethinking Charity


 

Publication Date: January 2003

Publisher: Sagamore Institute for Policy Research

Author(s): Jay Hein

Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 completely rewrote the social contract between government and the poor, replacing the rights-without-responsibilities welfare entitlement that had existed for the six decades pre-vious with a new commitment to helping people help themselves through work