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Those looking for success in welfare reform might want to look at Michigan. According to the news site Michigan Capitol Confidential, the Great Lake State saw a 70% decline in its welfare population in just four years. That's right: 70%.
How did Michigan do it? Bob Wheaton, a spokesman for the state's Department of Health and Human Services, said that a better economy under Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has helped. Since Snyder's election in 2010, unemployment in Michigan has plunged 11.2% to 5%. As the economy has improved, the state has begun doing what many states refuse to do: enforcing a 48-month lifetime limit for cash welfare assistance and a 60-month federal limit. As a result, the total number on welfare plummeted from 227,490 in 2011 to 64,492 currently.
http://news.investors.com/Blogs-Cap...reform-works-best-when-economy-is-growing.htm
Those looking for success in welfare reform might want to look at Michigan. According to the news site Michigan Capitol Confidential, the Great Lake State saw a 70% decline in its welfare population in just four years. That's right: 70%.
How did Michigan do it? Bob Wheaton, a spokesman for the state's Department of Health and Human Services, said that a better economy under Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has helped. Since Snyder's election in 2010, unemployment in Michigan has plunged 11.2% to 5%. As the economy has improved, the state has begun doing what many states refuse to do: enforcing a 48-month lifetime limit for cash welfare assistance and a 60-month federal limit. As a result, the total number on welfare plummeted from 227,490 in 2011 to 64,492 currently.
http://news.investors.com/Blogs-Cap...reform-works-best-when-economy-is-growing.htm
