Taxes & Economy

Feds Restore Foodstamp Rules: Providing a Pathway to Independence

• Elizabeth Stelle
• December 6, 2019

Pennsylvanians are experiencing the lowest unemployment rates on record and wages are rising, including wages at the lower end of the pay scale. Across the country 16 states have restored…

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Taxes & Economy

New Evidence Shows Work is the Path to Prosperity

• Jessica Barnett
• March 29, 2019

Poverty and unemployment are vicious cycles. The longer you remain unemployed, the harder it is to find work—and poverty becomes more entrenched. As the Urban Institute puts it, “long-term…

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State Budget

Wolf’s Budget Rhetoric a Relief, but Doesn’t Match Reality

• February 5, 2019

Charles Mitchell, president and CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation, issued the following statement in response to Gov. Wolf’s fifth budget address: What a change four years and nine defeated…

Press Release

Health Care

Arkansas Latest to Demonstrate Power of Work Over Poverty

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 17, 2019

Once again, incomes are rising, tax revenue is up, and welfare enrollment is shrinking thanks to work requirements. A recent analysis from the Foundation for Government Accountability finds Arkansas’s…

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State Budget

Time for Welfare Work Requirements

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 13, 2018

Yesterday, welfare work requirement bills HB 2138 and HB 1659 moved out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. This move ensures welfare reform will be a focus…

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Health Care

Medicaid is Broken, Work Requirements Can Help

• Rep. Matt Dowling
• May 7, 2018

Pennsylvanians deserve every opportunity to live fulfilling, prosperous lives. But too often, government programs end up holding back our friends and neighbors by discouraging them from pursuing independence.

Commentary

Health Care

Pressure Mounts to Create a Pathway to Prosperity in Medicaid

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 8, 2018

During state budget hearings this week, Pennsylvanians learned some unwelcome news about healthy adults added to Medicaid under the Obamacare expansion: less than half are working. The Department of Human Services (DHS)…

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Health Care

Improving Medicaid through Work & Community Engagement

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 2, 2018

For the first time, the federal government is allowing states to require recipients to pursue work, education, or community engagement to maintain Medicaid benefits. With wide support in Pennsylvania, this…

Fact Sheet

Restoring the Dignity of Work

• November 9, 2017

The benefits of work, such as income, personal satisfaction, and a sense of purpose, are widely known. Yet, major welfare programs treat work as a burden or an inconvenience instead…

Commentary