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Let's Look at a Bailout for Child Care, Too
Written by: Anita Larson, Wednesday 03 December 2008 - 10:00 AM 
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Analysis: Providing care and enrichment to the children of the working poor is a good investment, not a luxury.
The New College Try
Written by: Ryan Blitstein, Tuesday 21 October 2008 - 08:00 AM 0 Comments
Gritty Hammond, Ind., and 80 other cities in decline have a novel approach to economic development: They’re attracting new residents by offering to pay for their children to attend college. But is a promise to pay tuition a growth strategy — or welfare for the middle class?
The Catch-22 of Welfare to Work
Written by: Anne B. Shlay and Marsha Weinraub, Wednesday 27 August 2008 - 07:00 AM 0 Comments
The government provides billions of dollars in child care subsidies to help move welfare recipients into the work force. Here’s the catch: To get the subsidies, people transitioning off welfare need to have a job already.
Pregnant with Possibility
Written by: Amy R. Ramos, Thursday 17 July 2008 - 10:45 AM 0 Comments
In a recent op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times and on his own online site, YouthFacts.org, contrarian sociologist Mike Males takes the media to task for their unquestioning embrace of the Gloucester (Massachusetts) High School pregnancy pact story, which - after having been disseminated around the world and dissected for its greater sociological…
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