Welfare reform

thumb|right|Activists dressed as prisoners demonstrating against workfare in the United Kingdom (October 2011) Workfare is a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training. 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. The United States and United Kingdom are two countries utilizing workfare, albeit with different backgrounds.

eligibility criteria based on financial status

type of poverty reducing program

workfare programme in the United Kingdom