claim: work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."
author: heartland institute
evidence_1: jan 22, 2018 ... they have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to  self-sufficiency and guarantee medicaid programs have enough money to cover  the costs of those children, disabled, and sick americans who ... myth one: work  requirements are unfair because some people can't find jobs.
evidence_2: apr 20, 2018 ... while these programs have helped many individuals and families, too ... and  economic mobility – will help increase self-sufficiency, well-being ... many have  asked to waive work requirements, abdicating their responsibilities to move  people ... long-term government dependency has never been part of the ...
evidence_3: oct 13, 2016 ... many states have been securing waivers from the obama ... are not required to  either work or go to job training classes in order to continue to receive benefits. ...  the poverty line and rises above it, families on various welfare programs can ...  financially fragile, and keeps people from becoming self-sufficient.
evidence_4: tanf's work requirements and time limits provided a push off welfare just as the  booming ... they moved nonworking welfare recipients to state-only programs  that did not ... poor families receiving income support is the lowest it has been in  50 years. ... expenditures on activities unrelated to cash welfare and self- sufficiency.
evidence_5: jul 6, 2018 ... the 1996 welfare reform law imposed work requirements for adults receiving ...  to date, 32 states have expanded their medicaid coverage to all ... been "proven  to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency. ... of  poverty or free them from reliance on other government assistance.