The welfare reform of 1996, also known as the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), was enacted to increase the efficiency of the welfare system but its discriminatory nature has resulted in economic hardship, lack of funds to receive food, and worse health among new immigrants to the United States. One of the major provisions of PRWORA was the repeal of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and its replacement with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Before TANF went into effect and AFDC appeals, legal immigrants were eligible for assistance under the same guidelines as citizens. The situation changed after the welfare reform; PRWORA and TANF have made it more difficult for immigrants to receive any form of welfare by preventing them from applying until they have been in the United States for 5 years. This was done to increase the effectiveness of welfare programs and prevent welfare dependency which was at its highest peak when PRWORA was passed. While this regulation may seem fair to some, it has led to economic hardship among immigrants. PRWORA prevents immigrants from participating in welfare-to-work programs, such as CalWORKs, which helps unemployed adults get jobs by providing job training and adult education. When immigrants enter the United States, they often lack a long work history and good education. Therefore, they tend to have low-wage jobs, which makes them sensitive to the economy since low-wage jobs are the first to be affected by a recession or booming economy (Kalil and Ziol-Guest 13). Therefore, new immigrants to the United States could benefit greatly from CalWorks because they would receive training that would enable them to look for work... mid-paper... Citizen Eligibility Restrictions, Vulnerable Immigrants, and Social Service Providers." Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies 9.1 (2011): 5-19. Google Scholar. Web. October 19, 2011 Parrott, Sharon, and Arloc Sherman. “TANF Findings Are More Mixed Than We Often Think.” Journal of Policy Analysis Management 26.2 (2007 ): 374-381. JSTOR. Web. October 18, 2011 Shin, Hyejung Janet. "ALL CHILDREN ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL: PRWORA'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTION ON IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS 44.3 (2006): 484- 497. Academic Search Complete.EBSCO.Web. October 25, 2011.Van Hook, Jennifer, and Kelly Stamper Balistreri “Ineligible Parents, Eligible Children: Food Stamp Receipt, Allocations, and Food Insecurity Among Children of Immigrants.” Social Science Research 35.1 (2006): 228-251. Academic research completed.Web. October 19th. 2011.