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Show moreOne of the aims of welfare reform legislation signed into law in 1996 was to break the cycle of welfare dependency by imposing a limit on the amount of time a person may collect benefits. In addition to the five-year lifetime limit mandated by the federal legislation, Ohio's implementation of welfare reform included a provision limiting benefits to three-years in any given five-year period. In October 1997, the clock began ticking for those on welfare, and over four thousand individual Cuyahoga County welfare recipients who were still receiving benefits 36 months later, in October 2000, were removed from the rolls. Hundreds more left cash assistance in the months preceding the deadline, perhaps in anticipation of it, or to preserve personal safety nets for a later time of greater need.
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Show moreOne of the aims of welfare reform legislation signed into law in 1996 was to break the cycle of welfare dependency by imposing a limit on the amount of time a person may collect benefits. In addition to the five-year lifetime limit mandated by the federal legislation, Ohio's implementation of welfare reform included a provision limiting benefits to three-years in any given five-year period. In October 1997, the clock began ticking for those on welfare, and over four thousand individual Cuyahoga County welfare recipients who were still receiving benefits 36 months later, in October 2000, were removed from the rolls. Hundreds more left cash assistance in the months preceding the deadline, perhaps in anticipation of it, or to preserve personal safety nets for a later time of greater need.
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Show moreThis special topics report examines the housing experiences of families leaving welfare. Specifically, the report examines their ability to pay for housing, the degree to which they experience housing problems and the conditions in the neighborhoods surrounding their homes. The report shows that the majority of families leaving welfare face housing hardships and relatively few receive housing assistance to help with their rent burden. Families leaving welfare also experience residential mobility rates that are well above the national average. However, their moves tend to be within a limited range of distressed neighborhoods that are distant from the locations of job growth and economic opportunity in the region. The heavy rent burden carried by former welfare families, their residential instability, and their concentration in poor neighborhoods has implications for housing and welfare policy.
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