EARN in Florida

Florida Network publications

• 9 Ways to Fix Florida’s TANF Program to Help Children Who Need It Most

  • May 8, 2024
  • Florida Policy Institute
  • Cindy Huddleston, Norin Dollard
  EARN in the South Family Economic Security Public Services, Budgets, and Economic Development

• Florida’s Expansion of SNAP Mandatory Work Requirements Will Hurt Program Participants and Local Economies

  • March 5, 2024
  • Florida Policy Institute
  • Cindy Huddleston
  EARN in the South Jobs Public Services, Budgets, and Economic Development

• Ensuring Enforcement of Wage and Hour Laws for all Working Floridians by Establishing a Division of Labor Standards

  • February 26, 2024
  • Florida Policy Institute
  • Alexis P. Tsoulakas
  EARN in the South Enforcement Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality Worker Hours and Fair Scheduling

• Testimony on SB 1492 Before the Florida Senate Rules Committee

  • February 26, 2024
  • Florida Policy Institute
  • Alexis P. Tsoulakas
  EARN in the South Preemption Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• Testimony on HB 917 Before Florida House Committee on Education and Employment

  • February 14, 2024
  • Florida Policy Institute
  • Cindy Huddleston
  EARN in the South Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• Fast Facts: HB 49/SB 1596 Would Undo Decades of Child Labor Protections in Florida

  • January 16, 2024
  • Florida Policy Institute
  • Alexis P. Tsoulakas, Adriana Selas
  EARN in the South Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• The Florida Timeline: Worker Justice

  • October 23, 2023
  • Florida Policy Institute

  Every Floridian deserves access to a quality job that provides a living wage; a job where the employer fosters equitable workplace practices and empowers workers. In a truly thriving economy, […]

  Unions and Worker Power Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• A Completed Sentence, But Ongoing Punishment: How Past Criminal Convictions Bar Floridians from Occupational Licensing Opportunities

  • April 13, 2023
  • Florida Policy Institute
  • Tachana Joseph-Marc and Samuel Staley, PhD (DeVoe L. Moore Center)
  EARN in the South

• Nourishing Communities: How SNAP Became Florida’s Most Effective Anti-Hunger Program

  • April 3, 2023
  • Cindy Huddleston

  While the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has grown to be one of the most powerful poverty reduction tools in the nation, SNAP’s effectiveness is the culmination of roughly 100 […]

• Criminal Fines and Fees: An Age-Old Tool That Has Enslaved, Oppressed, and Disenfranchised Black Floridians

  • April 27, 2022
  • Florida Policy Institute
  • Tachana Joseph-Marc

  To chart an equitable course forward for all Floridians, we must first understand the journey that brought us to where we are today. The following publication is the third in […]

  Criminal Legal System EARN in the South