Welfare | Work Requirements Harm Poor Mothers

Randy Albelda argues in the following viewpoint that the current policy of requiring the head of each welfare family to work within two years of accepting benefits is harming poor mothers and their children. According to Albelda, work requirements are pushing women into inflexible, low-wage jobs that offer no health benefits and inadequate support for raising children. The present welfare policy should be amended to include income supplements for part-time work or a shorter work week, so that mothers do not have to put low-wage employment ahead of the needs of their children. Albelda is...

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