Image Credit: Getty Images When Congress passed welfare reform in 1996, states were given more autonomy over how they could use federal funding for aid to the poor. They could demand welfare recipients find work before receiving cash assistance. They could also use their federal “block grants” to fund employment and parenting courses or to […]
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States are hoarding $5.2 billion in welfare funds even as the need for aid grows
December 30th, 2021 Awake Goy