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Opportunity Book: A New Tool for Connecting Policymakers with Innovative Ideas
Today the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is releasing Opportunity Book, a new online tool that connects policymakers, journalists, and researchers with innovative…
Multimedia
Committee on National Statistics Public Seminar: Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: A Timeless Resource
…essential role of relevant, credible, trusted, impartial, and innovative government statistics in informing decisions by policymakers, businesses, families, and the general public. The report describes the core characteristics of effective…
Blog Post
Suspending SNAP Benefits in November Could Push 2.9 Million People Into Poverty
…most important safety net programs in the United States, providing food assistance to 42.7 million people in an average month in 2024, at an annual cost of just over $100 billion. Policymakers…
Blog Post
It’s Not Surprising That No-Strings Attached Cash Didn’t Help Kids
…decent chance of being revived by policymakers in the future. Additional studies of the same rigor as Baby’s First Years should be encouraged. A major caveat of the Baby’s First…
Op-Ed
Congress Is Subsidizing the Wrong Neighborhoods
…poor communities. The House bill nods to this idea by enhancing incentives for investment in rural areas. But lawmakers shouldn’t favor rural areas over urban ones. Third, Congress should steer…
Blog Post
How Non-disabled Medicaid Recipients Without Children Spend Their Time
…a good idea. Other factors that policymakers should consider include, for example, impacts on work and other community engagement, government spending, costs to hospitals, and the health and mortality risks…
Multimedia
An Evaluation of Approaches to Cut and Reform SNAP
…SNAP, look at some of the ways they could feasibly go about doing so, and then evaluating what the implications would be for some important outcomes that policy makers should…
Blog Post
Less Than Half of Medicaid Recipients Work Enough to Comply With a Work Requirement
…policymakers should consider when determining whether to institute a Medicaid work requirement, the form it should take, and to whom it should apply. For example, such factors should include the…
Report
Family-Friendly Policies for the 119th Congress
…marriage penalties are three specific areas of interest to lawmakers who want to make America more family friendly. Read the PDF. Introduction America is in a baby bust, with birth…
Blog Post
The Family First Act Would Expand Net Income Tax Refunds to Higher Income Families
…families in the top half of the income distribution. At a time when lawmakers are seeking ways to reduce the federal deficit, they should consider whether these changes are prudent….
Commentary
What’s Behind the Unprecedented Rise in Homelessness, and How Can We Reverse It?
…research published in 2017 I found only modest effects of permanent supportive housing on homeless populations. Thus, policymakers should not expect that further expansions of the stock of permanent supportive…
Multimedia
Kevin Corinth: Addressing Social Capital Poverty in America
…relationship between economic and social factors, highlighting the need for a more comprehensive approach to addressing societal challenges. As policymakers and communities grapple with these issues, Kevin Corinth from the…