Report — Work & Opportunity
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The Safety Net We’d Build Today: Empowerment Accounts as a State-Led Pilot Concept
An empowerment account would consolidate the funding from multiple of these fragmented programs into a single, streamlined benefit – delivered monthly, tied to work or training, and designed to phase out gradually as earnings rise rather than collapsing at a…
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Tinker or transform: The new welfare reform movement
America’s social welfare system needs an aspirational vision. A vision that allows for exploration of new ways to conceptualize a social welfare system.
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The Upward Mobility Act: A state solutions framework for benefit cliffs
America’s social welfare system is intended to provide needed, temporary stabilization to families striving to escape poverty, while helping them move back into stable employment and self-reliance.