Card 94 / 123: Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the 1996 welfare reform law?
A) In order to receive federal funds, states must also spend some of their own dollars on programs for needy families.
B) Because the law reaches so many more families, it provides substantially more protection against deep poverty.
C) Federal law bars states from using federal TANF dollars to assist most legal immigrants until they have been in the United States for at least five years.
D) States must require recipients to engage in work activities and must impose sanctions if an individual refuses to participate.
E) States, not the federal government, have broad discretion to determine eligibility for benefits and services.

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