Why Congress Shouldn’t Change SNAP’s New Payment Error Approach
September 2, 2026 | Angela Rachidi
Payment errors in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) have received considerable attention in…
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Welfare Reform and Its Discontents
September 2, 2026 | Scott Winship
This is an edited version of Scott’s recent testimony before the Work & Welfare Subcommittee of the…
Welfare Reform and Its Discontents
September 1, 2026 | Scott Winship
Chairman LaHood, Ranking Member Davis, and members of the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, thank…
Did Fraud Drive Blue States’ Pandemic Unemployment Funds?
September 1, 2026 | Matt Weidinger
It’s a depressingly familiar story: taxpayers lost a massive amount of money to waste, fraud, and…
Welfare Reform at 30: Major Effects and Lessons for Additional Reform
September 1, 2026 | Matt Weidinger
Chairman LaHood, Ranking Member Davis, and members of the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, thank you for holding this hearing on…
30 Years of Welfare Reform And the Path Forward
August 30, 2026 | Angela Rachidi
Thirty years ago this month, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation…
Welfare Reform 30 Years Later: How Has Government Assistance Changed?
August 27, 2026 | Angela Rachidi
This month marks the 30th anniversary of welfare reform legislated with bipartisan support by a Republican-controlled…
Rings to Roofs, Part I: One Million Homes Through Marriage
August 27, 2026 | Arthur Gailes, Brad Wilcox, and Edward J. Pinto
Executive Summary The American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center has spent the past five years proposing…
