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A Safety Net That Works: Improving Federal Programs for Low-Income Americans
Americans are frustrated that too little progress is being made in reducing poverty and expanding opportunity. In a recent AEI/Los Angeles Times survey, 70 percent of Americans said they believe…
Blog Post
Work Rules Benefit Many SNAP Recipients
…to the SNAP agency. This is mainly because working often puts their income above the eligibility threshold — a full-time job at $9 per hour would make a one-person household…
Testimony
Work and Family: The Keys to Reducing Poverty
…time, while kids from bottom quintile families remain stuck in at the bottom of the income distribution 43 percent of the time.[4] And a recent study from Raj Chetty found that…
Blog Post
Why It’s Not yet Time to Relax TANF Work Requirements
…and time limits were so controversial that President Bill Clinton twice vetoed the bill that created TANF before finally signing it in August 1996. It was so divisive within his…
Blog Post
It’s Time to Reinstate the SNAP Work Requirements
…to 44.8% during this same time. In fact, although households with a work-able adult made up only 7.1% of SNAP households in 2006 they accounted for 32% of the increase…
Op-Ed
10 Welfare Reform Lessons
…Medicaid ($431 billion in 2012) is more than five times spending on food stamps and more than 25 times spending on TANF, the federal cash-welfare program. It’s important to recognize…
Article
What New York City Can Teach America About Fighting Poverty
…of full-time, year-round workers are poor. A vibrant economy is the main reason New York City has the lowest poverty rate among America’s eight largest cities. People who work in…
Blog Post
Fighting Poverty the Bloomberg Way
…line to support and encourage every kind of thoughtful economic development idea that promised job creation. Thankfully, we had a mayor who agreed. At no time was that more apparent…