• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Education / Study says welfare reform has worked

Study says welfare reform has worked

June 11, 2002 By admin

An analysis conducted by a conservative think-tank in southeast Iowa concludes welfare reform, not a booming economy, has done the most to get folks off welfare rolls. David Hogberg of the “Public Interest Institute” at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant conducted the study.Hogberg reviewed caseloads from 1977 to 2001, and concluded new rules for welfare recipients have had the biggest impact on declining caseloads.Starting in 1993, Iowa’s “Family Investment Program” required welfare recipients to sign an agreement that they’d try to find a job, and if they didn’t, their benefits would be reduced or cut-off.Hogberg says the 1996 federal welfare reform put time limits on welfare, and forced recipients to get a job. Hogberg did not analyze how childcare aid or transportation assistance helped welfare recipients get a toe-hold in the work world. Other researchers have concluded America’s economic boom has helped reduce welfare caseloads.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Education

Featured Stories

Speakers at trooper’s funeral describe Sgt. Smith as selfless, man of faith

Iowa unlikely to join 26 states with hands-free driving laws

Reynolds says Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause manageable

Iowa State Patrol tactical team leader killed in Grundy Center stand-off

Finalists chosen for the state’s top burger

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

High school sports and activities to pause for one week in July

Hawkeyes add post player

UNI’s Warren agrees to contract extension

Iowa State signs Kansas transfer

Drake elevates Pohlman to head women’s basketball coach

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC