Subsidized employment solves better --- improves wages, provides work experience and helps the economy.
Laura Meyer 21, Master of Public Policy Student, University of Michigan, 4-1-21, “Subsidized Employment: A Proven Strategy to Aid an Equitable Economic Recovery,” https://www.cbpp.org/research/income-security/subsidized-employment-a-proven-strategy-to-aid-an-equitable-economic // KG
Subsidized employment programs, meanwhile, have improved workers’ wages and employment for decades, and can provide economic benefits for participants that last for years. In the recovery from the Great Recession, state subsidized employment programs resourced through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Fund placed more than a quarter-million people in public- and private-sector jobs, giving them needed income and work experience. Experience like this, in turn, can connect participants to unsubsidized employment, improving their long-term job prospects.
Subsidized employment programs have improved workers’ wages and employment for decades and can provide economic benefits for participants that last for years.
The current crisis calls for a permanent subsidized employment program that can similarly respond to short-term needs as well as support workers who are disadvantaged even in good economic times. The resulting higher wages and employment levels would help not just these workers but the economy, as such workers are likelier to keep the money they earn flowing into local economies. Federal policymakers should ensure such a program makes it to the finish line and is included in the recovery legislation that they will consider later this year.