Michigan is beginning to require minimum work requirements for able-bodied recipients of food assistance, and the results of the welfare drug testing pilot program are in.
Michigan's decision to drug test welfare applicants was met with both cheers and jeers from residents, with opinions falling mostly along party lines. Now that we have some preliminary results of the pilot program, I think it's safe to say that both sides are surprised at the outcome.
State Representative Joseph Graves announced yesterday that he supported a one year pilot program, House Bill 4118, that will drug test welfare recipients suspected of drug use. After one year the Department of Human Services will report the findings to Legislature.
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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and Department of Human Services Director Maura Corrigan announced today that the Attorney General's Criminal Division has charged a million-dollar lottery winner with two felony counts of welfare fraud after investigation revealed she failed to report her winnings, as well as her employment, as required by State law governing public assistance programs. Th
Investigators and authorities have learned that a Seattle couple lived in a million-dollar home and traveled the world, all while collecting more than $135,000 in welfare benefits.