For the welfare-to-work program often referred to as the Wisconsin Plan, see Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is a United States federal law considered to be a fundamental shift in both the method and goal of federal cash assistance to the poor. The bill added a workforce development component to welfare legislation, encouraging...

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The Wisconsin Plan (originally Continuous Mediation Without Armistice) was a proposal created by Julia Grace Wales to end World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. It envisioned an international conference composed of delegations from neutral countries, who would mediate between the warring powers and disseminate peace proposals, with the goal of eventually reaching a fair settlement.

External links

• Wisconsin Plan as published by the Wisconsin Peace Society