On June 24, 2014, the National Review Online posted an article entitled ‘Welfare Abuse Almost Quelled’.  (http://www.nationalreview.com/article/381063/welfare-abuse-almost-quelled-jillian-kay-melchior) An intriguing title about a simple – and relatively inexpensive – solution Indiana implemented to address concerns that the State’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) cash assistance recipients were accessing and using their benefits in specific restricted [...]

I was fortunate enough to attend the American Public Human Services Association’s (APHSA) 2014 Policy Forum.   The conference’s theme was ‘transformation’ emphasizing that now is the time for government social services agencies to transform their service delivery models to provide better, faster, cheaper services to their clients.   The pieces for transformation are at hand: Local [...]