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May 31, 2023
Ending the Small Checks Scam
…in virtually no savings—a paltry $6 million over the coming decade, in a program expected to spend $165 billion in just federal funds during that time. As Roll Call headlined, those relatively small savings made…
May 31, 2023
Children Are Dead Because Activists Say It’s Racist for ACS to Act
…the result of an agency that is stretched too thin. According to the New York Times, that neighborhood’s “caseworkers have an average load of 12.5 cases, ACS said — about…
May 30, 2023
Parenting While High
…We are not addressing this problem. To begin with, states have faced growing pressure to stop testing mothers and infants for drugs at the time of birth. Even when drug testing does…
May 27, 2023
How Newborns Are Becoming Victims of Legalized Marijuana Use
…this mother’s problems after all. As more states legalize drug use, child welfare agencies are having a harder time detecting when such usage puts children in harm’s way — and…
May 26, 2023
The Power of the Success Sequence
…The formula involves three steps: get at least a high school education, work full time, and marry before having children. Among Millennials who followed this sequence, 97% are not poor…
May 26, 2023
The Size and Census Coverage of the U.S. Homeless Population
…Community Survey (ACS), to restricted Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data, HUD’s public-use point-in-time (PIT) estimates, and the Housing Inventory Count (HIC) at the national and individual level. We also…
May 24, 2023
Don’t Be So Shocked That People Still Want Marriage and Children
Four writers at Curbed, the millennial-run, New York-centric real estate site, undertook an ambitious project. To put a price tag on living in New York, they asked young people to describe their…
May 23, 2023
Will Biden Cross a Line on Poverty?
…gap would grow over time, and by 2033 the poverty line would be more than $13,000 higher than it would be using the current approach. Raising the poverty line would…
May 23, 2023
The White House Defender of Welfare Work Requirements
…adult recipients were expected to work, search for work, or engage in education, training, or other activities at least part time to remain eligible for benefits. Those 1996 reforms were…
May 23, 2023
An Unexpected Role for AI in the Workplace
…hour, and average call time for those using AI fell by 5 minutes from a company baseline of 40. Customer support workers handled more calls and resolved more problems with…