Welfare-to-work experiment benefits children, study finds

Washington Times ^ | 6/10/03 | Cheryl Wetzstein

[kattracks]

Children whose parents entered an experimental welfare-to-work program in Milwaukee during the 1990s improved socially and academically, say authors of a study being released today.

These findings support the wisdom of expanding work supports for poor families, especially in child care, health care and the earned-income tax credit, said Aletha Huston, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and director of the Manpower Demonstration Research Corp. (MDRC) study.

[Tamzee]

Great to see this... thanks for the post!

[FITZ]

Welfare kids have no way of learning that getting up and going off to work every day or that earning a paycheck is important. They need to see that welfare is not a way they can expect to live.

[Aquinasfan]

I'm sure this will be the lead story on all the major networks tonight, followed by a story recalling Democratic opposition to the program.