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Although PRWORA has expired, Congress has continued to fund the program until a new bill is enacted. To continue to receive benefits, TANF clients must work or look for work. Hence, individual state programs emphasize this shift with names for the program such as "Wisconsin Works" or "WorkFirst". The job search requirement led enormous numbers of clients to leave the program with most states' caseloads dropping by 50% over the first few years. Since there is less training and education available than with the earlier JOBS program, these "last hired, first fired" clients have been returning to welfare and the caseloads have been increasing. Although there is a limit of no more than 60 months of benefits some states enacted far briefer limits but all states have allowed exceptions, with the intent of not punishing children because their parents are unable to comply with the work requirements. Federal reporting requirements have ensured some measure of uniformity across states, but the block grant approach has led individual states to carve up the pie of money in different ways, some states more actively encouraging a component of education or using the money to fund private enterprise to help job seekers. EXTERNAL LINKS
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