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Testimony
Work and Family: The Keys to Reducing Poverty
Chairman Price, Ranking Member Van Hollen, and other distinguished members of the committee, thank you…
Blog Post
Why It’s Not yet Time to Relax TANF Work Requirements
Congress seems poised to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program this year….
Blog Post
It’s Time to Reinstate the SNAP Work Requirements
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food assistance to almost 23 million households and…
Op-Ed
10 Welfare Reform Lessons
New York City’s welfare system is managed out of a boxy 25-story office building on…
Article
What New York City Can Teach America About Fighting Poverty
It may seem odd, given the generally liberal politics of the workers there (not to…
Blog Post
Fighting Poverty the Bloomberg Way
I spent seven years running New York City’s welfare programs for former mayor Michael Bloomberg,…