Families First Boosts Jobs, Education, UT Study Shows (490)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Don Sundquist’s Families First welfare reform program has helped boost education and employment levels among state welfare recipients, a University of Tennessee study shows. Dr. Bill Fox, the UT-Knoxville economist who directed the study, said 74.4 percent of Families First adults had held a job sometime during the study period from