Title: The Government Spends 10 Times More on Foster Care and Adoption Than Reuniting Families
Headings: The Government Spends 10 Times More on Foster Care and Adoption Than Reuniting Families
The Government Spends 10 Times More on Foster Care and Adoption Than Reuniting Families
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Content: During the recession, when the average length of unemployment approached 40 weeks, more conscientious states extended benefits up to 99 weeks. While five of the states that have cut unemployment benefits have rules in place to automatically expand benefits if the unemployment rate rises, the other four don’t. And since the conservatives who now control the Senate were against those Great Recession benefits expansions, there’s no guarantee of federal help if states do not act to fix their stingy systems. Also, having a workable benefits system in place doesn’t necessarily ensure people get the help they need. In 2007, 35 percent of unemployed workers received benefits. Today, barely more than a quarter do due to the imposition of more stringent eligibility requirements. In some states it’s substantially worse: In 2017, for instance, just 10 percent of unemployed workers in North Carolina qualified. So the main bulwark against poverty when mass unemployment occurs has been whittled down from a standard that even before the rec