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Opportunity, Responsibility, and Security—A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream
…the domain you touch most closely: the labor market. Because upgrading skills is essential, we argue community colleges must be pushed harder to improve their offerings in high-demand fields. States…
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Ryan’s Anti-Poverty Plan an Excellent Start
…emphasize vocational education that is aligned with the state of the local job market and provides sought-after skills. Finally, throughout the document there is a clear emphasis on carefully evaluating…
Blog Post
Why It’s Not yet Time to Relax TANF Work Requirements
…submitted comments which recommended against this change. With education and training so important in today’s labor market, why recommend against it for TANF recipients? For one important reason: there is little…
Op-Ed
10 Welfare Reform Lessons
…and the current state of the labor market require work supports to shore up low wages. As a result, as cash-welfare caseloads plummeted, the number of recipients of food-stamp benefits…