The federal government has more than 90 welfare and workforce programs spread across dozens of federal agencies, with funding flowing to thousands of state and local agencies and programs.
Navigating the web of welfare and workforce assistance can be a nightmare. And, too often, Americans end up trapped in the welfare web instead of being assisted into work and upward mobility.
What if, instead of having to go to several different offices and working with multiple caseworkers, individuals in need of assistance could walk through one door to access the entirety of government welfare and workforce supports?
Utah provides such a “One Door” model, which it successfully developed and deployed over the past 25 years. But federal policies currently prohibit other states from enacting similar models.
In 1997, Utah passed legislation to consolidate its welfare and…
