Supporting Work For Low-Income People With Significant Challenges

Contributing Organization(s): Urban Institute


Author(s)/Creator(s): Pamela Loprest; Karin Martinson

Publishing Date: 2008-07-16

Issue Areas: Disability Issues; Employment and Labor; Economic Development

Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2008 The Urban Institute. Please consult the copyright holder before using or repurposing this information.

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Welfare programs require people to work, but some low-income adults struggle with major personal challenges that make it hard to find or hold down a job. In this essay, Loprest and Martinson recommend both short term changes to current programs and longer term efforts through a program for competitive federal matching block grants to states. These grants would support efforts to integrate programs that alleviate barriers to work with employment services and to evaluate these initiatives so policymakers can better understand what works.

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Intended Audience: Advocates; Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals; Researchers

Type/Format: Whitepaper

Language code: English

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