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February 2004
The Welfare-to-Work
Grants Program: Enrollee Outcomes One Year After Program Entry
The $3 billion
Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grants program established by Congress as
part of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 provided funds to
over 700 state and local grantees. Congress appropriated funds for
FY1998 and FY1999, and grantees were allowed five years to spend
their funds. The intent of the grants program, administered at the
national level by the U.S. Department of Labor, was to supplement
the welfare reform funds included in the Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) block grants to states, which were
authorized under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). WtW funds were to support
programs especially those in high-poverty communities to
assist the least employable, most disadvantaged welfare recipients
and noncustodial parents make the transition from welfare to work.
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