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" Now more than half the states have the opportunity to do real welfare reform - - moving people into work , promoting parental responsibility and protecting children , " said Secretary Shalala . " While Congress still stalls on real welfare reform , the Clinton administration will continue to grant states the ability to promote work , parental responsibility and protect kids one state at a time , " said Secretary Shalala . Take , for example , the case of a state legislator who is concerned with developing a position on welfare reform . She has led an effort to strengthen the Board of the Mary Ann Wright Foundation , done fund development for Project Outreach and Casa Vincenzia , chaired the long-range planning and programs committee of the Board of the St. Anthony ’ s Foundation , and conducted a seminar on welfare reform and homelessness for the FAITHS Initiative of the San Francisco Foundation . " So today we are moving forward on the promise of real welfare reform - - turning welfare offices into worker support offices and replacing welfare checks with paychecks . The Big 8 partnership is designed as one of the key activities to achieve national goals and meet expectations that child support is an integral part of achieving real welfare reform . " " The members of the Mainstream Forum have introduced a thoughtful and effective piece of legislation , which in many ways mirrors the recommendations of the President 's working group on welfare reform . Perhaps the truest test of real welfare reform is that different programs look at the same thing the same way . Polls probing the public 's views on welfare reform indicate that many believed that the AFDC program undermined American values of independence and self-sufficiency and was ineffective in combatting poverty . " When the scorecard on welfare reform is added up , we hope transportation will be regarded as a bridge to financial opportunity , not a roadblock to economic independence .