Workfare

Workfare is an alternative model to conventional Social Welfare systems. Traditional welfare benefits are available with little required of the recipient, save their continued search for employment. Under workfare, recipients commonly have to attend special training programs or are simply forced into the work force. These programs, now common in the United States and Canada have generated considerable debate and controversy.

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• Reduced government spending due to the removal of people from the welfare rolls.
• Moving welfare recipients into the workforce, even in entry level positions, has the potential to lead to future mobility while collecting welfare only prepares the recipient to continue to collect welfare.
• There is empirical evidence (esp. from the Clinton years in the U.S.) that workfare is a more effective means of alleviating poverty than traditional welfare.
• In some communities, particularly in rural areas, living on public assistance becomes a way of life with little opportunity for improvement.

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