A member of Local 79 of the Laborer’s Union, Hell’s Kitchen resident Norene Walker helped build the new state-of-the-art 52-story New York Times building on Eighth Avenue. She’s earned her biceps and ...

Post columnists Greg Sindelar and Daniel J. Erspamer believe Congress should empower states to integrate workforce development and the safety net. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Congress has a ...

For decades, America’s various welfare programs have discouraged low-income adults from working and trapped millions in poverty. But the Trump administration is now working to fix the nation’s welfare ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act aims to connect welfare to work requirements. The bill implements the first federal work requirement for Medicaid, impacting able-bodied adults without children or with ...

Without a waiver, able-bodied adults would have to work at least 20 hours a week or spend the equivalent amount of time in a workforce development program. Until the requirement is met, benefits would ...

One of the longtime dividing lines between conservatives and liberals or progressives is whether those receiving welfare benefits should be required to work. Conservatives see the requirement as a way ...

As budget reconciliation negotiations continue in Washington, some congressional Republicans see an opportunity to improve social welfare programs by strengthening work requirements. Just last month, ...

Welfare reform was designed for good times, but what happens in a recession? In just four years, welfare-to-work programs have provided jobs for almost a million Californians who didn't have them ...

A child welfare worker is often the first person to respond to a child in need and among the last people to handle their case before they’re reunified with parents or placed in a loving, permanent ...

My name is Robert Rector. I am a Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this testimony are my own and should not be construed as representing any official position ...