Huffington Post: “How Welfare’s Work Requirements Can Deepen and Prolong Poverty”
People who are eligible for a federal, time-limited welfare program for very low-income families must be working or looking for work, a feature the Trump administration and other politicians want to spread to Medicaid and other similar programs that support low-income Americans. But do “work requirements” actually work? Read on to learn about Rose’s story and how the latest research shows that these requirements often do more harm than good!