Delano Squires

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Delano is Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Human Flourishing

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BIOGRAPHY

Delano Squires is Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Human Flourishing, where he focuses on policies and social norms that promote marriage, fatherhood, and healthy families.

Squires is the author of the forthcoming book The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable.

His writings have been published by Newsweek, National Review, The American Conservative, The Federalist, The New York Post, World, The Institute for Family Studies, Black Enterprise, Blaze Media, Black and Married with Kids, The Root, and The Grio.

Before joining Heritage, Squires worked for the District of Columbia government for more than a decade. During that time, he ran a citywide technology program for low-income residents and served in the city’s gun violence prevention office.

Squires earned his bachelor of science degree in computer engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a graduate degree in public policy from The George Washington University. He resides in Maryland with his wife and four children.

Summary

Delano Squires is the Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Human Flourishing at The Heritage Foundation.

His work focuses on promoting marriage, fatherhood, and healthy families.

He previously worked for the District of Columbia government for more than a decade.

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