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In his radio address of May 18, 1996, President Clinton declared that he was “encouraged” by Wisconsin’s proposal, which he described as “one of the boldest yet attempted in America.”1 Others have expressed doubt and concern, one advocacy group arguing the plan contains “a number of very troubling features.”2 The radical nature of the changes introduced by W-2 and the controversy likely to surround it make it areform of national rather than merely local significance.3 In the articles that follow, we begin the process of explanation and evaluation.  \nBy virtually everyone’s standard, W-2 is one of the most dramatic attempts to reform the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program since its creation in 1935, when the federal government assumed partial fiscal and regulatory responsibility for what had been state-run “mother’s pension” programs. In some critical ways, it is also the most familiar of reform efforts. It is dramatic, in that it proposes to end poor families’ entitlement to cash assistance and to substitute, on a nearly universal basis, time-limited, work-conditioned support. It is familiar, in that the theme of replacing welfare with work has resonated in America’s public policy discourse ever since the original colonies imported the Elizabethan Poor Laws.  \nW-2 attempts to deal with long-documented and muchdiscussed flaws in any welfare approach to helping the poor.4 Functionally, welfare programs provide benefits to those who do not work and inflict substantial barriers, including high marginal tax rates, on those who do. In addition, various welfare programs attempt to achieve target efficiency by directing available benefits toward more vulnerable families, such as one-parent families, or by increasing benefits for larger families. Though well intentioned, all targeting creates undesirable incentives; for example, AFDC has long been seen as discouraging marriage and labor force participation.  \nOne debate within the welfare reform movement has been whether reform can be accomplished within the current welfare framework or whether reformers must step outside welfare to really assist disadvantaged families.5 Efforts at reform within welfare have realized some success but have failed to remedy fundamental flaws. Appreciating the constraints of reform within welfare, W-2 attempts to break out of conventional welfare thinking.  \nPrinciples and premises  \nThe articles that follow describe aspects of W-2 in some detail. Viewed in broad perspective, W-2 attempts:  \nTo end the individual entitlement to cash assistance. It is proposed that no one will receive income support that is not directly tied to work or to a set of approved activities directly associated with work. W-2 is built on a labor market attachment, rather than a human capital, model; “getting a job” is emphasized and any training that is permitted is linked to actual work.  \nTo set time limits upon public responsibility for disadvantaged families. It is proposed that participation in W-2 be time-limited. The program assumes a “graduation” or “ratcheting-up” model to account for the likely experience of participants. That is, once in the labor market, W-2 participants will give evidence of improved personal functioning and enhanced earnings capacity.  \nTo shift from a program that regulates process to one that emphasizes outcomes. The current system focuses on how clients will be treated; procedural rights are protected through “due process” guarantees. W-2 would focus on outcomes instead; caseload reductions and increases in labor force participation would be stressed.  \nTo minimize undesirable incentives by moving toward abroader target population. The architects of W-2 understood that benefits targeted on single-paren","cbCainYN5vZ7c5Jk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainYN5vZ7c5Jk","pdf",517491,36,"English","# Background and significance\n# Foundations of Wisconsin Works (W-2)\n## Breaking from the traditional welfare framework\n## Key principles and premises of W-2","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of Wisconsin Works (W-2) according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"W-2 aims to end entitlement to cash assistance for poor families and replace it with time-limited, work-conditioned support tied to approved work-related activities.\"},{\"question\":\"How does W-2 differ from the prior AFDC approach?\",\"answer\":\"W-2 shifts from monthly income checks toward changing participants’ behaviors and prospects over time, and it emphasizes outcomes such as caseload reductions and increased labor force participation.\"},{\"question\":\"What mechanisms does W-2 use to limit unwanted incentives?\",\"answer\":\"It minimizes undesirable incentives by moving toward a broader target population and by reducing benefits when work or other obligations are not satisfied, while also adjusting eligibility carefully to manage costs.\"}]","Understanding Wisconsin Works (W-2) | PDF",91]