A nursing critique of US welfare system reform

In 1996, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program was repealed, and the welfare system in the United States was changed. This article criti ques, from a nursing perspective, US welfare system reform. It interrogates dominant ideologies about poverty, welfare, and waged labor; examines fede ral welfare reform legislation of the 1990s and its programmatic implementa tion at the state level; discusses global health and safety implications of welfare replacement initiatives; and challenges nurses to political and sc holarly action.