Workfare

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Workfare is a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.^[1] Many countries around the world have adopted workfare (sometimes implemented as "work-first" policies) to reduce poverty among able-bodied adults; however, their approaches to execution vary.^[2] The United States and United Kingdom are two countries utilizing workfare, albeit with different backgrounds.