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…
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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…
A Review of the Wide Variation Across States in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Benefit Funding
August 27, 2026 | Matt Weidinger
Abstract Federal lawmakers created major temporary unemployment benefit programs during the pandemic, which collectively distributed…
The Path Ahead for Welfare Reform
August 22, 2026 | Angela Rachidi and Matt Weidinger
In the years since the landmark 1996 welfare reform law — which marks its 30th anniversary…
Wisconsin Childcare Subsidies, Regulations Fail for Families
August 20, 2026 | Angela Rachidi
Executive summary While parents play the most important role in early childhood development, having reliable and…
How Fixing SNAP’s Payment Error Rate Formula Would Change State Cost Shares
August 19, 2026 | Kevin Corinth
For the first time in the history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), starting…
The Ongoing Battle to Defend Welfare Reform
August 15, 2026 | Scott Winship and Kevin Corinth
Welfare reform replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families…
The Misleading Narrative About the ‘Hollowing Out’ of the Middle Class
August 12, 2026 | Scott Winship
The prevailing media narrative after years of mounting economic inequality is that the middle class…
