Assessing the Consequences of Welfare Reform for Child Welfare

This piece was one of the first to empirically demonstrate the overlap in the U.S. between the public welfare assistance program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), and the child welfare system. Data used are from the state of Illinois, focusing on the years leading up to the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA).