(Evan Vucci/AP)The Trump administration’s order toughening work requirements for people who receive welfare and other forms of public assistance lacks a major component of the 1990s-era reform: transportation. They have proposed increasing existing work requirements for people who receive food stamps. “Without adequate transportation, welfare recipients face significant barriers in trying to move from welfare to work,” the report said. [District does an about-face on welfare reform with decision to keep helping long-term recipients]Elaine Waxman, senior fellow at the Urban Institute, said transportation programs are usually the first thing on the chopping block. [Wisconsin is the GOP model for ‘welfare reform.’ But as work requirements grow, so does one family’s desperation.]

Source: Washington Post May 12, 2018 21:22 UTC