Drug Testing for welfare recipients

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Everyone says that welfare is designed to be a temp form of aid; if that is the case why not have a time limit to be on how long you can collect for (like with unemployment benefits).

Actually there is.

If you are a single mother, once the youngest child is 18, you get off.

But still it's not cut and dry.

In some cases you can't even get ON unless you sign up for a work program.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Actually there is.

If you are a single mother, once the youngest child is 18, you get off.

Since when is 18 years temporary?

ETA: The eye-roll isn't directed at you, DS. It's addressing the fact that 18 years is interpreted by some folks as a temporary form of aid.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Since when is 18 years temporary?

ETA: The eye-roll isn't directed at you, DS. It's addressing the fact that 18 years is interpreted by some folks as a temporary form of aid.

And a lot of people took advantage of that rule by having multiple births that almost guaranteed lifetime of welfare aid which is why with some of the reforms being established, some people can't even get ON without meeting pre existing conditions and some but not all of those loopholes are now being closed.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Since when is 18 years temporary?

ETA: The eye-roll isn't directed at you, DS. It's addressing the fact that 18 years is interpreted by some folks as a temporary form of aid.

I know. My grandmother raised 6 kids on her own without any type of aid back in the 60's. She worked as a local librarian in a small town in Miss, and the sacrifices they made then are unheard of now. She would make my aunts' and dads clothes herself, handing them down as the kids outgrew them, saving grease to make soap, etc. She sent them all away to college too. I have mad respect for that woman.