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How welfare's work requirements can deepen and prolong poverty: Rose's story

  • Written by Kristin Seefeldt, Assistant Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
imageLosing welfare benefits when they're between jobs can plunge nursing home aides into extreme economic hardship.GagliardiImages/Shutterstock.com

After “Rose” lost her low-wage job in a southeast Michigan nursing home, the single mother of four sought Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits.

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