Which policy aims to reduce poverty by promoting job readiness and employment networks?

• A. Unemployment insurance
• B. Welfare reform
• C. Public works program
• D. Social security reform

Answer: (B)

Focus on policies that move people from poverty into work by building skills and connecting them with jobs. Welfare reform centers on this by requiring work or participation in job-training programs, offering job search assistance, and coordinating employment services so individuals can access networks that lead to sustained employment. The idea is to reduce poverty not just by providing temporary aid, but by helping people become self-sufficient through work and the supports that help them find and keep jobs, such as training and child care subsidies.

Unemployment insurance, by contrast, mainly provides financial support during periods of unemployment without a built‑in emphasis on developing job readiness or linking recipients to employment networks. Public works programs create temporary job opportunities but do not establish a lasting system of employment services. Social security reform focuses on retirement and disability benefits rather than policies intended to reduce poverty through work readiness and job-network access.