Congress should free states to fix welfare. One state proves it can be done

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The system is purpose-built to help people move from government dependence to individual success.
52% : To this day, if you're a Utah resident applying for unemployment insurance, food stamps, Medicaid or cash welfare, you have to go through the state's Department of Workforce Services.
44% : Congress grandfathered Utah's model in 1998, yet blocking state innovation clearly hasn't worked, as our states can attest.
44% : More than 40 million Americans are on food stamps and 80 million are on Medicaid, yet hardly any are purposely connected with workforce development.
39% : Utah has the lowest rate of residents on food stamps and the second-lowest for Medicaid.

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