Welfare

Issue

Welfare

Today, more people than ever before depend on the federal government for housing, food, and income. Welfare policies should help those truly in need and empower Americans to achieve financial independence.

 

Stronger Families: How Welfare Policy Can Promote Family Formation, Grow Marriage Rates, and Diminish Abortion

 

Learn more about policies that truly improve the well-being of the poor, encourage work, and remove barriers to marriage with this explainer video.

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Geographic-Area Waivers Undermine Food Stamp Work Requirements Jamie Bryan Hall

Jul 19, 2018 13 min read

Commentary

HERITAGE EXPLAINS

How the Marriage Penalty Is Hurting Low Income Communities

This week on the Heritage Explains podcast, Mimi Teixeira, a graduate fellow in welfare policy at The Heritage Foundation

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HERITAGE EXPLAINS

Welfare

W‌hen President Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty, he said that it ‌was intended to strike “at the causes, not just

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