War on Poverty
Are We Ready for President Trump’s Plan for Poor People?
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President Trump’s executive order views poverty as a personal failing of effort. We know this playbook, and it’s not pretty.
Nonprofit News
Vouchers for Homeownership? Ask Pittsburgh’s Mayor Peduto
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In Baltimore, as an alternative to blight, the mayor would like to use housing choice vouchers to help low income residents pay their mortgages. Is it a good idea?
Nonprofit News
Effect of Social Benefit Programs Chronically Underestimated by Public
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“When the numbers are corrected,” said Dr. Bruce Meyer of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, “we see that government programs have about twice the effect that we think they do.”
Policy & Government
Looking Back at the War on Poverty: A Conversation with Sheldon Danziger
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This interview with Sheldon Danziger centering on the War on Poverty writ large surfaces the critical importance of public perceptions about whether or not an approach works.
anti-poverty
Arizona Medicaid Waiver Proposal Wages War on the Poor
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Governor Ducey of Arizona seeks to limit Medicaid in his state to those who are working or looking for work and to impose a five-year cap on eligibility.
Nonprofit News
National Health Center Week and the Planned Parenthood Funding Controversy
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Public policy challenges to the funding and functions of Planned Parenthood and its health services for women pose potential difficulties for the nation’s array of nonprofit community health centers.
Policy & Government
Countering the Attacks on the War on Poverty with Facts
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It’s amazing how much press commentary there is attacking the War on Poverty as a 50-year failure—in complete ignorance of the facts. People who know the truth ought to tell others what actually happened and what is needed now.
Nonprofit News
Debating the Future of the Job Corps in the Wake of Violence at Campuses
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The travails of the Job Corps program continue, with problems of violence and drug use in some Job Corps centers overshadowing the accomplishment of getting at-risk youth high school educations and technical job training.