Tag: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)

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What Is the Long-Term Impact of Zebley on Adult and Child Outcomes?

Working Paper by and

January 4, 2013

Abstract In 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Sullivan v. Zebley case fundamentally changed, albeit temporarily, the criteria under which children qualified for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program based on disability.  Instead of a system based on medical criteria alone, 1996 enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)…