Welfare Reform Act of 1997

The Welfare Reform Act of 1997 is a New York State statute that restructured the state's public assistance system following the enactment of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). Enacted as chapter 436 of the Laws of 1997, the Act renamed the state Department of Social Services as the Department of Family Assistance and created two autonomous offices within it: the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) and the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).

Source: Wikipedia — Welfare Reform Act of 1997 (CC BY-SA 4.0)