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Op-Ed
How Helpful Are Cash Payments to New Mothers Really?
…births documented in the Lancet were likely due to chance, with no difference to other Michigan communities that did not have Rx Kids during the same time. The same researchers…
Commentary
Governor Sanders’ Medicaid Ad Is Realistic
…per week full-time job. The ad’s claim that Brad turned “relaxing into a full-time profession” has empirical support. The ad touting Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas should not be offensive….
Commentary
SNAP and Americans’ Health
…related chronic diseases has become the nutritional issue of our time. SNAP remains the country’s primary nutrition assistance program, helping on average 38 million Americans afford food each month. At…
Commentary
Understanding the Downbeat Coverage of Encouraging Poverty Data
…the rate for Hispanics and children, all fell to historic lows. But you wouldn’t know about any of that progress from the New York Times headline: “Poverty Rate Was Stable…
Op-Ed
The Brewing Revolution in Public Housing
…voucher-paid apartments. The alternative is a system where tenants and their children remain stuck for decades in a subsidy that can legally last a lifetime. For the first time, all…
Commentary
The Medicaid Work Requirement’s Gambling Loophole
…in community service for at least 80 hours, or be enrolled in school at least half-time. In an apparent effort to reduce compliance burden, Congress alternatively allowed individuals to satisfy…
Commentary
The Empty Threat That States Will Stop Operating SNAP
…provides states with time to plan for how they will cover their share of SNAP benefit costs if necessary. Some critics of the requirement have offered a novel argument against…
Report
What Can We Learn From Guaranteed Basic Income Pilots In the United States? Evidence on Employment Effects
…patterns related to the pilots’ timing or most of the participants’ demographic characteristics. We suggest caution in relying on evidence from these pilots to inform future policy debates regarding a…
Blog Post
Welfare Reform and Its Discontents
…but so did welfare reform. By the time PRWORA became law, over half the states were experimenting with time limits, work requirements, and other reforms through major federal waivers. The…
Testimony
Welfare Reform and Its Discontents
…the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). As a 23-year-old community organizer fresh out of college, I was convinced the law would prove disastrous. But by the time…
Op-Ed
Did Fraud Drive Blue States’ Pandemic Unemployment Funds?
…by Michigan, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Nevada at 11 times as much, and New Jersey at 10 times as much. Some differences among states are expected, for several reasons. The number…
Op-Ed
30 Years of Welfare Reform And the Path Forward
…are better off than at any time before 1996, due in large part to welfare reform. It is easy to forget that the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s brought many…