HR 781 · 104th Congress · Social Welfare
Welfare Innovation and Empowerment Act of 1995
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.(1995-02-24)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: State and Local Welfare-To-Work Demonstration Projects Title II: Expansion of State Authority Title III: Individual Development Accounts Title IV: Other Asset Reforms Welfare Innovation and Empowerment Act of 1995 - Title I: State and Local Welfare-To-Work Demonstration Projects - Establishes an Interagency Waiver Request Board for expediting Federal approval of State demonstration projects for getting welfare recipients off welfare and to work through such Federal programs as the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, and food stamp program as modified by the State to incorporate such measures as time-limited benefits for moving recipients towards economic self-sufficiency. Requires: (1) the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on such projects; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make specified payments to States for each project participant in the State who gets off AFDC or SSI and obtains unsubsidized private employment. Title II: Expansion of State Authority - Amends part A (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for expanded State authorit…
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