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This study examines and evaluates the commitments
made by the BC government to welfare reform. It draws comparisons
with recent welfare reforms in the United States because the US
reforms have proven overwhelmingly successful at reducing welfare
caseloads, increasing the employment and earnings of previous
welfare recipients, and reducing poverty rates. The eight
evaluation areas were selected based on research assessing
successful US welfare reform. The reforms encompass two broad
areas: policy and program provision. The eight evaluation areas
are: Ending the entitlement to welfare, Diversion, Immediate work
requirements and sanctions, Employment-focused back-to-work
programs, "Making Work Pay", Administrative privatization,
Program delivery privatization, and Non-profit sector
reform.
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