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Commentary
SNAP’s New Cost Share Requirement Is a Blunt, But Necessary Tool
Last month, the US Department of Agriculture released the most recent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment error rates. The report found that 10.62 percent of SNAP payments in Fiscal…
Commentary
Lessons from the 1996 Welfare Reform Law Approaching Its 30th Anniversary
…Welfare Reform Angela Rachidi, Matt Weidinger, and Scott Winship, A Safety Net for the Future: Overcoming the Root Causes of Poverty, October 2022 Matt Weidinger, Missing the Big Picture on…
Report
The End of the Food Security Supplement in the Current Population Survey: Next Steps
Abstract Since 1996, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published an annual report on household food insecurity in the United States, which policymakers, program administrators, the media, and researchers…
Report
How to Strengthen the Climb From the Safety Net
Executive summary Wisconsin has long benefited from low poverty rates and relatively high labor force participation relative to the national average. But the state’s safety net faces important challenges. There…
Multimedia
The US Needs a New Safety Net
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GqvbPBdtV3TAeZFqWmWjH?si=lEX53xj7Smucu3BlHhYjAw Congress is considering a major anti-poverty reform: giving states more flexibility to redesign welfare and social safety net programs. In this episode, AEI Senior Fellow Angela Rachidi joins host…
Op-Ed
Why Mamdani’s Foster Care Cuts Make Sense
…make them safe. Last week, Angela Burton, a child welfare abolitionist who was a short-list candidate to head the ACS, proposed creating a separate New York City Office of Child…
Testimony
Stranded by the Safety Net: Addressing Benefit Cliffs to Assist Families and Businesses
Chairman Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and members of the Small Business Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Angela Rachidi, and I am a Senior Fellow…
Op-Ed
Dem Policymakers Plan to Exploit AI Job Fears to Push the ‘Perfect Recipe for Fraud’
…the 1960s. None, obviously, was designed with AI-induced job challenges in mind. That creates an opening for realistic reformers. As my colleague Angela Rachidi and I sketched out in the new American…
Report
How Policy and Demographics Are Reshaping SNAP: From Families with Children to Older Adults
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COSM Commentary
Understanding the Recent Declines in SNAP Participation
The number of people receiving food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has declined in recent months, with suggestions that declines are due to the Republican-backed reconciliation bill…
Article
Compiling My Work on Work Incentives
…Angela Rachidi, Matt Weidinger, and me on the importance of work incentives in evaluating safety net policies, as well as a few multi-authored pieces. Beyond these highlights, on the webpage…