Politicians and the media always express shock when they hear about the latest fraudulent schemes involving the welfare ...

Children who have already been victimized should never be placed in another abusive or neglectful home by the state. Yet several recent cases raise alarms about the safety of guardianships and ...

Policies that impact social determinants of health may influence an individual's risk of depression, according to a new study published in PLOS One by Mary Nicolaou of the Amsterdam UMC, The ...

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), implemented in 1996, ended the national entitlement to welfare for families with dependent children and created Temporary ...

After the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision, it is vital that the safety net be reformed in a way that truly supports and encourages better outcomes for mothers, children, and families.

Can U.S. cities deal effectively with “wicked” social problems, or is the nature of urban politics to be mired in stasis, gridlock and bureaucratic paralysis, making policy change nearly impossible?

President Ronald Reagan's radio address to the nation on welfare reform, 8/1/1987. (Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute) The so-called welfare queen is among the most potent, persistent, ...

Though often eclipsed by the crime decline, welfare reform was one of the key features of New York City’s 1990s turnaround. In March 1995, 1.1 million New Yorkers received cash assistance, a historic ...

The U.S. welfare system is broken, and the Minnesota scandal is a blaring warning to that reality. The failure of political leaders on many fronts bears some of the blame. But the main culprit is the ...

Washington state made two major changes to child welfare policy in the last several years to keep more babies and children ...