Newsletter Articles | February 1, 1999
Nearly All Required States Meet Welfare to Work Participation Rates
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Industry News
Thirty-six of the 37 states subject to participation rate requirements for the period of July to September 1997 met the minimum requirement for all parents on welfare to be working or engaged in welfare-to-work activities. Also, more parents were working and earning more than previously recorded. These are some of the key findings reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the report entitled Characteristics and Financial Circumstances of TANF Recipients . . .