National Review9y
The Indian Child Welfare Act Puts Identity Politics above Children’s Safety
And sometimes lethal, as some Native American children could attest, were they not, like Declan Stewart and Laurynn Whiteshield, dead. They were victims of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA ...
Poverty rate in US drops due to welfare program expansion
Low-income households are becoming increasingly dependent on government welfare and entitlement programs rather than work ...
The Heritage Foundation4y
How to Fight the War on Poverty
When President Lyndon Johnson launched his War on Poverty in the 1960s ... one factor in promoting upward mobility for children. Because welfare is anti-work and anti-marriage, it inherently ...
centerforhealthjournalism9d
A journalist’s crash course in data reporting reveals troubling patterns in LA’s child welfare system
A reporter discovers troubling gaps in the data collected by LA's child welfare agency on child removals due to neglect.
The Heritage Foundation4y
How the Marriage Penalty Is Hurting Low Income Communities
The breakdown of marriage is one of the greatest drivers of child poverty. Policymakers should eliminate the penalties for marriage in the welfare system. The rate at which marriage reduces the ...
scmp.com5y
One third of children on welfare skip meals in Hong Kong, NGO survey finds
there are more than 56,000 children on welfare in the city, out of 237,000 children living below Hong Kong’s poverty threshold. With a total youth population of slightly more than one million ...