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A new report suggests that case workers in Michigan pressure recipients to stay in dead-end jobs, even if they want to pursue post high-school education that could ultimately land them more secure and better-paying positions.
The first bill out of the chute in Congress designed to change the federal welfare law expiring next year would focus on reducing poverty, not the number of families receiving assistance, in part by increasing funds for child care and training.
The phrase “sanctioned off” is now commonplace among those touched by the 1996 welfare law. It refers to a family losing its only source of revenue for infractions of welfare regulations, sometimes for as little as being 10 minutes late.