Texas has successfully met many of the goals of welfare reform, yet work remains to be done. To meet new federal laws, Texas must continue to strengthen the relationship between welfare and work by more fully engaging TANF recipients in work activities.
Economy
Don’t Fence Me In: Lianne’s Story
Family, then finances—and opportunity. Those are what brought Lianne Halpern back to tiny Shamrock, a small, dusty stop on the famous Route 66 in the Texas panhandle. Like generations of Americans before, Lianne and her family had traveled west along that route in search of the golden promises of California. Lianne’s father worked in the...
January 29, 2026