welfare-to-work
Assistance requiring jobs
Welfare-to-work describes programs and policies designed to move public assistance recipients into employment.
These initiatives typically combine job training, placement services, and time limits on benefits to encourage self-sufficiency: The welfare-to-work program required participants to complete job readiness courses.
The approach gained prominence in the 1990s with U.S. welfare reform.
Improve by correcting faults
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- TANFFederal cash assistance program
Clinton · bipartisan · 1996 · block grant · devolution · sunset clause · waiver · reauthorization
Matching workers to positions
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- workforce developmentBuilding employable skills
- job readinessPreparedness for employment
- employment servicesOrganizations helping people find jobs
career counseling · resume building · apprenticeship · job retention · skills assessment · occupational training · labor market · hiring
Payment toward youth supervision
- case managementOverseeing individual client services
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- life skillsCompetencies for daily living
- financial literacyComprehension of monetary matters
GED program · ESL classes · substance abuse treatment · mental health services · domestic violence support · emergency assistance · transitional housing · food assistance
Economic cycle reinforcing indigence
- punitiveInflicting or intending penalty
- race to bottomCompetition via lowering standards
- churningAgitated circular motion
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
Woman raising children alone
- dependentRequiring outside support
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- participantOne who takes part
- enrolleeOne officially signed up
family · children · caregiver · unemployed · underemployed · low-income · poverty · food stamps
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
Clinton · TANF · bipartisan · 1996 · block grant · devolution · sunset clause · waiver · reauthorization · caseload
job placement
Matching workers to positions
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
- workforce developmentBuilding employable skills
- job readinessPreparedness for employment
employment services · career counseling · resume building · apprenticeship · job retention · skills assessment · occupational training · labor market · hiring · wage subsidy
childcare subsidy
Payment toward youth supervision
- case managementOverseeing individual client services
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- life skillsCompetencies for daily living
financial literacy · GED program · ESL classes · substance abuse treatment · mental health services · domestic violence support · emergency assistance · transitional housing · food assistance · healthcare access
poverty trap
Economic cycle reinforcing indigence
- punitiveInflicting or intending penalty
- race to bottomCompetition via lowering standards
- churningAgitated circular motion
recidivism · exploitation · time limits · underemployment · stigma
single mother
Woman raising children alone
- dependentRequiring outside support
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- participantOne who takes part
enrollee · family · children · caregiver · unemployed · underemployed · low-income · poverty · food stamps · Medicaid
- welfareSNAP benefits, public assistance, food stamps, poor law, TANF
- public assistancefood stamps, public housing, cash aid, disability benefits, unemployment benefits
- Third WayTony Blair, Bill Clinton, New Labour, triangulation, DLC
welfare-to-workuniversal basic income
Guaranteed payments to all
UBI · guaranteed income · entitlement programs · means-tested benefits
welfare-to-workcareer
Lifelong occupational pursuit
job · employment · permanent disability · retirement · job loss
welfare, work, fare, works, worked, working, worker, workers, workable