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April 23, 2025

In Case of Emergency, Open Block Grant: Part 2

…of means-tested programs. Part 2 reviews several rhetorical advantages for policymakers of similarly converting other open-ended entitlement programs to block grants, and offers concluding thoughts. Part 2: Rhetorical Advantages of…

April 23, 2025

In Case of Emergency, Open Block Grant: Part 1

…of means-tested programs. Part 2 reviews several rhetorical advantages for policymakers of similarly converting other open-ended entitlement programs to block grants, and offers concluding thoughts. Part 1: The TANF Block…

April 15, 2025

Utah Hands Parents the Keys to the App Store

…trusted turned out to be little more than window dressing.  Stories like this are heartbreaking, and all too common. As parents and policymakers, we can’t stand by while a digital…

March 17, 2025

How State Policymakers Can Save the Nuclear Family

…falling prospects of family life across the country, state policymakers need to take three steps.  First, they should promote marriage (one of the biggest predictors of family formation) in public…

March 11, 2025

The American Dream in Ohio depends on stronger Buckeye families

…The challenge, then, facing Ohio leaders is to take steps to strengthen marriage and family life across the state. Policymakers should ask public schools to teach the Success Sequence(which underlines the…

February 18, 2025

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…

January 7, 2025

Tax Policy Should Prioritize Shoring Up the Family

…have kids and rely on a sole breadwinner were thwarted by objections that a child allowance would also promote single-parent families in which no one worked. Policymakers seeking to use…

December 5, 2024

SNAP and the “Make America Healthy Again” Agenda

…purchase with SNAP, policymakers would not only improve the health of participating households, but it would also likely lead retailers to supply and market their products differently—having impacts far beyond…

August 15, 2024

Women Want More Children Than They’re Having. America Can Do More to Help

…hedonistic reasons. In explaining why she is childless, Beth Davis, a marketing professional, told The Wall Street Journal that she and her husband “have more time and energy to commit to ourselves,”…

May 1, 2024

The closing of the American heart

…importance of marriage for economic security and the pursuit of happiness, policymakers and cultural elites must do a better job of making marriage attractive and attainable to ordinary young adults….