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Welfare Reform: The Next Challenge |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--IS WELFARE REFORM WORKING? |
| Author: Douglas J. Besharov |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2000 |
| Size: 1,726 Words, 10,413 Characters |
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Welfare rolls are down an amazing 46 percent since their historic high in March 1994. That's almost two and a half million fewer families (or nearly seven million fewer parents and children) on welfare. Twenty-five states have seen declines of over 50 percent. Fewer families are going on welfare, and more are leaving.
Unfortunately, political credit claiming and ideological preconceptions, assisted by limited data, have obscured what is really going on. There is nothing new in that, of course. But without a true understanding of what is driving down welfare rolls, we cannot judge whether the decline is a good thing, nor capitalize on its lessons.
A strong economy is the obvious first explanation, and the one most attractive to those who think that welfare dependency is largely a ...
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...ins of the last few years might disappear.
The answer lies in what has worked so far. If these mothers cannot find regular employment, develop mandatory supported work and work-for-welfare programs (with real sanctions for noncompliance). In the past, states have shown little interest or competence in either area, but they are surely the next stage--and real challenge--of welfare reform.
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