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25 Years after Welfare Reform, the System Is Pared Down as Intended. But Critics Say the Program Is Failing.

August 13, 2021

Mariana Chilton, PhD, a professor and director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities at the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in an Aug. 13 article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, which also ran on Governing.com and in the Miami Herald and The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), about the failures of the cash assistance program known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

Link to story (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Link to story (Governing.com)

Link to story (Miami Herald)

Link to story (The Columbian)