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PRWORA's Fugitive Felon Provisions
Publication year:
2002
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The implementation and impact of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 are discussed. This report provides results in brief and a background to the legislation, while also addressing: how programs vary in the degree they aggressively implement PRWORA's fugitive felon provisions; how, since PRWORA, thousands of fugitive felons have been identified and denied benefits, with some resulting cost savings and arrests; and how aggressive implementation of the law poses a number of challenges for programs. Conclusions, matters for congressional consideration, recommendations for executive action, and agency comments are also supplied.