States will be required to have at least 50 percent of their welfare recipients working by 2002. To help families make the transition from welfare to work. the legislation provides $4.5 billion more than current law for child care to help parents who work. Under this bill noncitizens will no longer be eligible for the major welfare programs. Felons will not be eligible for welfare benefits and State and local jails will be given Incentives to report felons who are skirting the rules and receiving welfare benefits. Our current system has proven that the onesizefitsall welfare system does not work.
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