Questioning the Welfare Success Story
August 23rd, 2006
With this week marking the 10th anniversary of national welfare reform, the Drum Major Institute blog is questioning the assertion that the policy has been an overwhelming success. On Monday the blog ran a letter to the editor of the New York Times by Maureen Lane of the Welfare Rights Initiative. Lane argued that tighter work requirements make it too hard for people to access education, the most successful way to permanently get out of poverty.
DMI follows up today with links to more of Maureen Lane, plus several other letters on where welfare reform has failed
By Joshua Brustein on August 23, 2006, 4:48 pmIn category: Gotham City, Social Services | 1 Comment »


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