Experience with Arizona’s Drug Questionnaire for Welfare Cash Assistance Law

The debate on drug testing for welfare cash assistance is spreading to other states.  Our report showed that about one in ten in Florida are denied cash welfare for a drug-related reason in the first month of the program.  The ACLU …

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Press Release: Florida Taxpayers Saving Big on Drug Testing for Welfare Cash Assistance

NAPLES – In effect for just two months, a law requiring negative drug test results before being receiving taxpayer-funded Temporary Cash Assistance has already achieved significant and positive

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The Impact of Florida’s New Drug Test Requirement for Welfare Cash Assistance

Background In May 2011, the Florida Legislature passed and Governor Rick Scott signed into law HB 353[1] requiring applicants for Temporary Cash