The overwhelming majority of District welfare recipients who have been referred to a new subsidized-jobs program are not participating, a trend that has alarmed city officials and advocates for the ...

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 ...

With unprecedented polarization and partisan rancor at an all-time high in the electorate and Congress, the smart bet for 2024 would be on continued gridlock and the scant prospect of bipartisan ...

Shakisa Taylor reluctantly walked into a Department of Human Services office last year to apply for welfare -- a single mother with a newborn and few other options. Yesterday, Taylor walked into a ...

I have to respond to Debra Hamm's letter to the editor ("Proud of Republican stance on welfare," June 14) regarding the Republican party support for welfare to work. Most recipients of food stamps do ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A welfare-to-work program that was designed to create 65 seamstress jobs has put six people to work in the two years since it received $500,000 from the federal government ...

AAPI Nexus: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Policy, Practice and Community, Vol. 3, No. 2, Employment/Work Issues (Summer/Fall 2005), pp. 85-104 (20 pages) With the passage of the Personal ...