Social work
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During the past two decades, most states have allowed welfare benefit levels to erode with inflation. Very little attention has been paid by academics and policy makers to the potential effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on welfare benefit levels. ⋯ The article shows how small changes in benefit levels can alter profoundly eligibility for welfare. Social workers need to advocate for increases in welfare benefit levels which, at the very least, keep up with inflation.