State of Kentucky secondary Archives: on Welfare & Poverty

Maintain the requirement that able-bodied recipients work in order to receive benefits.
Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education or buying a home.
Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
Use federal TANF funds to expand state services to include the working poor.

Source: 2000 KY National Political Awareness Test Nov 7, 2000

The above quotations are from Commonwealth of Kentucky Politicians: secondary Archives. Click here for definitions & background information on Welfare & Poverty. Click here for other issues (main summary page).
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