Bachelor Of Social Work (BSW) Practice Exam

The main idea being tested is how PRWORA changed the welfare system by reshaping TANF. The reform focused on three key shifts: imposing a lifetime limit on benefits, strengthening work requirements for eligibility, and moving from matching funds to a block grant to the states, which reduced federal regulatory authority over TANF. The statement that states could set their own benefit levels reflects a feature of TANF’s design—the greater state discretion in administering benefits within the block grant framework. However, the significant structural reforms that define the change to TANF are the lifetime limit, the mandatory work requirements, and the creation of the block grant that altered funding and federal oversight. Those are the elements most central to the restructuring, while benefit levels are part of how states manage the program within the new framework rather than a primary restructuring change.