Time for a Change. Remaking the Nation's Welfare System

摘要

The report contains the findings and recommendations of the WelfareSimplification and Coordination Advisory Committee--authorized by Congress in 1990 to examine four major assistance programs--food stamps. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Medicaid, and housing assistance programs. The Committee was mandated to identify barriers to participation in one or more assistance programs and the reasons for those barriers. It also examined reasons why it is difficult for administrators to provide timely benefits efficiently to all qualified to receive them. The report recommends actions that could improve the delivery of services among the programs and simplify their rules and procedures.