Right for Kids Ranking

First-of-Its Kind Report, Web Site Ranks State Child Welfare Systems

“Right for Kids Rankings” Shows States Where to Improve in 11 Key Outcome Areas Some states will celebrate.  Others will cringe.  Policymakers, bureaucrats and child advocates are sure to thumb through the pages of the first-annual Right for Kids Ranking …

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RELEASE: Think Tank Shares Florida’s Welfare Drug Testing Success at Georgia Public Hearing

ATLANTA –Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) Chief Executive Officer Tarren Bragdon traveled to Atlanta, Georgia today to present results of Florida’s welfare cash drug testing law at a

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Legal Scholar Blasts Pro-Addict Judge’s Judicial Activism

When U.S. District Court Judge Mary Scriven blocked Florida’s welfare cash drug testing law in October, the Foundation for Government Accountability disagreed

RELEASE – Think Tank Reacts to Appeal of Judge’s Ruling to Halt Welfare Cash Drug-Testing

Below is a statement from Tarren Bragdon, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Government Accountability, regarding Governor Rick Scott’s appeal of U.S. District Court Judge

RELEASE – Think Tank Reacts to Judge’s Ruling to Block Drug-Testing for Welfare Cash

Below is a statement by Foundation for Government Accountability President and Chief Executive Officer Tarren Bragdon reacting to a ruling by federal Judge Mary Scriven to temporarily block

RELEASE: First Quarter Results: Wide Disparities by County for Drug-Related Welfare Cash Denials

Taxpayers Saved $30 for Every $1 Spent on Test Reimbursements

NAPLES, FLORIDA – The rates of drug-related denials for welfare cash vary widely

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Florida’s Drug Test Law for Welfare Cash Assistance: First Quarter Facts

ABSTRACT Florida’s Welfare Cash Assistance Drug Testing requirement has been law for one full quarter.  Florida is the first state in the last decade to implement

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Trey Radel Daybreak interview on Fox News 92.5 about FGA’s Welfare Drug Testing Report

I was on Daybreak with Trey Radel on Fox News 92.5 this morning at 7.38 AM.  Listen to the podcast.  I spoke about the

Florida’s Attorney General Cites FGA Policy Paper in Response to ACLU Lawsuit

On Monday, September 19, 2011, Pam Bondi, Florida's Attorney General, filed the state's Response to the Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction in the ACLU of

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Bob Harden Show interview on FGA and FGA’s Welfare Drug Testing Report

I was on the Bob Harden Show this morning at 7.20AM.  Listen to the podcast.  I spoke about the Foundation for Government Accountability‘s latest report on