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The Cliff Bennett Memorial Golf Tournament raised approximately $10,000 for the Freed-Hardeman University golf team, ...
An upcoming two-year program will provide 100 families with transitional payments to soften the move off of public assistance, such as food stamps and rent subsidies.
Policymakers refer to a destabilizing drop in public assistance that penalizes hard work as a “benefits cliff.” But recent reports show that these impediments to independence are sometimes ...
Tennessee's welfare system can create a "welfare cliff" where increased income leads to a net loss of take-home pay due to benefit reduction. This disincentivizes work and upward mobility for low ...
In Utah's 2025 legislative session, multiple lawmakers are working with the conservative think tank Sutherland Institute to propose changes that would help families scale the benefits cliffs that ...
It's often called the "benefits cliff": making too little money in a job to survive, but enough to no longer qualify for federal or state benefits. Research shows this stressful balancing act ...
Cliff vesting is when an employee earns the right to receive benefits from an employer's plan after a specifed period rather than becoming vested in increasing amounts over time.
The ‘benefits cliff’ keeps some Florida families from wanting to earn more in higher-paying jobs if they lose childcare, healthcare, etc.
Seniors are facing an automatic 23% cut to benefits, unless Congress takes action. First, legislators would have to admit ...