Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act in short PRWORA is a federal law of the United States, causing a change of social assistance, ie all state benefits, the German social assistance, basic security, ALG II ( " Hartz IV " ) correspond etc..

Significant changes

It was adopted in 1996 during the presidency of Bill Clinton by the Congress of the United States. It replaced the existing Aid to Families since 1935 with Dependent Children ( AFDC ). The first major change is that monetary power is child payable regardless.

The second major change is that after a few years, the output unconditionally stops, ie no matter whether the person now has a job or not.