http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers: Welfare Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:10:13 EST http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2009 The Heritage Foundation A previous Heritage Foundation report found that declining welfare caseloads contributed substantially to the decline in public assistance voter registrations from 1996 to 2006. Despite recent criticisms by R. Michael Alvarez and Jonathan Nagler, this finding still holds. Members of Congress, policymakers, and the media should not dismiss the major role that welfare reform and decreased welfare participation have played in reducing voter registrations at state public assistance offices. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/cda0907.cfm The Heritage Foundation - David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Welfare Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:36:12 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/cda0907.cfm Taken as a whole, these 12 policies serve to undermine traditional families, devalue life and human dignity, and weaken civil society in American life. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/wm2690.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Katherine Bradley and Charles A. Donovan Welfare Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:49:35 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/wm2690.cfm A significant body of evidence suggests that sexual orientation nondiscrimination laws like the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) can function as important incremental steps toward same-sex marriage. This evidence, which shows how effective a step-by-step strategy can be for redefining marriage, provides substantial cause for individuals who support marriage as the union of husband and wife to be concerned about local, state, and federal nondiscrimination laws like ENDA. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/bg2317.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Thomas M. Messner Welfare Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:02:45 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/bg2317.cfm A significant body of evidence suggests that sexual orientation nondiscrimination laws like the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) can function as important incremental steps toward same-sex marriage. This evidence, which shows how effective a step-by-step strategy can be for redefining marriage, provides substantial cause for individuals who support marriage as the union of husband and wife to be concerned about local, state, and federal nondiscrimination laws like ENDA. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/bg2317es.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Thomas M. Messner Welfare Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:06:24 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/bg2317es.cfm Means-tested welfare spending nearly rivals the combined cost of Social Security and Medicare, and President Obama's response has been to continue the permanent enlargement of the system. According to the President's budget plans, means-tested welfare is likely to equal or exceed $10.3 trillion over the next decade. Much of this spending will be financed by massive government deficits, placing larger and larger financial burdens on future generations. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/sr0067.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Robert Rector, Katherine Bradley, and Rachel Sheffield Welfare Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:20:56 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/sr0067.cfm Before cutting federal funding for abstinence education programs, policymakers should consider all of the evidence that indicates its effectiveness. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Abstinence/wm2562.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Katherine Bradley and Christine C. Kim Welfare Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:41:46 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Abstinence/wm2562.cfm Although the elimination of a state TANF program would not have the disastrous effect that some might expect, there are other less controversial ways for states to save substantial funds within their welfare programs. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/wm2496.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Katherine Bradley and Robert Rector Welfare Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:19:07 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/wm2496.cfm The institutions of civil society are important because they are neither created nor controlled by the state. While public funding requires accountability and some services require training, skills, and a professional approach, this is entirely within the capability of the voluntary sector. Government should not be allowed to seduce community groups into becoming its mouthpiece or an extension of itself. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/hl1118.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Honorable Kevin Andrews Welfare Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:27:16 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/hl1118.cfm Successful solutions to social breakdown are those that engage personal responsibility and mutual responsibility, not through government redistribution, but through relationships. That is why we should look first to the vast resources of the family, religious congregations, community groups, and other support networks to tackle social breakdown and cultivate the conditions in which these civil society institutions can flourish. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/hl1110.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Robert L. Woodson, Sr., The Honorable Kevin Andrews, Greg Fleming, Philippa Stroud, and The Honorable Monte Solberg Welfare Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:20:38 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/hl1110.cfm Both the Senate and House stimulus bills conceal their destruction of the foundation of welfare reform. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/wm2287.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Robert Rector and Katherine Bradley Welfare Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:34:25 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/wm2287.cfm