This presentation given at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s meeting in July 2007 answers key questions about SCHIP reauthorization and offers better solutions to improve the program during reauthorization.
Family
Empowerment Accounts: 21st Century Safety-Net Reform
Frankie Johnson, a college-educated single mother from Washington, D.C., moved to Atlanta to distance herself and daughter from an abusive husband. Without a job or place to live, she sought government assistance for childcare and transitional housing. While she waited for this assistance, she was offered a job paying $70,000. She turned it down. Why?...
September 12, 2022