The document summarizes key aspects of the 1996 welfare reform act: It ended entitlements to welfare, implemented a block grant program, and imposed work requirements and lifetime limits on benefits to cut welfare programs. It also replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Interest groups, Congress, and the bureaucracy influenced both the formation and implementation of the reform act through lobbying, elections, and regulatory policies.

1. Jackson Bennett Elaine Cen Maekala Keshu Calvin Lee Natalie Stevens Derek Wang

3. Ends welfare entitlements Implemented block grant program Cut welfare programs Imposed lifetime limit on welfare benefits Mandates a minimum number of hours/work week Introduced 2 year requirement Rewards to the states Replaced AFDC with TANF

4. Entitlement to cash welfare under a title of the Social Security Act is ended. Two new block grants Limits provision of welfare benefits More entitlements are ended New policies and new aims

6. Interest Groups Congress The Bureaucracy Support in elections Friendlier Oversight Regulation in favor of interest groups Favorable legislation Support of congress through lobbying Choices in policy execution

7. Three Components: Interest groups Congress Bureaucracy Questions: Who are they? What do they do? What do they get?

8. How does this affect formation? How does this affect implementation? &