Incentivizing Work Search and Long-Term Employment
Strengthening work search requirements for individuals on unemployment will help to ensure accountability for those receiving benefits, both encouraging a return to work and preserving resources in the program.
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First of Its Kind Study Shows the Power of Work
For too long, thousands of Kansans have languished in welfare, without hope of a better life. But thanks to one simple policy change, many Kansans are now on the path to a better life. Under federal law, all able-bodied, childless adults in the food stamp program are required to work or train for work at […]
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Are unemployment benefits the new welfare? Short-term assistance becoming long-term 'trap,' report warns
Expanded federal unemployment benefits, put in place as an emergency measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, are on course to become another long-term “welfare trap,” a government fiscal watchdog group warns in a new report. Under emergency response legislation, the federal government expanded eligibility for unemployment benefits, extended the number of weeks, and gave bonuses to state unemployment benefits. […]
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