The Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Enrollee Outcomes One Year After Program Entry

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 . . .