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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 a drug testing requirement for adults otherwise eligible for welfare cash assistance (TCA).  The impact …

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Trey Radel

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

Bob Harden

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

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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