Twenty years ago this summer, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, commonly known as the “welfare reform law.” The law imposed a work requirement on welfare recipients, initiated a five-year lifetime limit on receiving cash assistance, and cut $60 billion in funding for such assistance. Before passage of the law, foundations of all stripes contributed to the debate over welfare reform. Afterward, many foundations—especially…

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