ABSTRACT
Welfare reform, as set forth in President Clinton’s 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, includes welfare-to-work policies designed to address barriers to work and propel welfare recipients into sustained employment, through block grants to the states for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). In California, the CalWORKs legislation is a response to federal standards and authorizes the counties to institute welfare-to-work programs. Because transportation is viewed as an important barrier to obtaining and maintaining long-term employment, counties have been encouraged to address transportation issues as an important obstacle to self-sufficiency.
