Leslie Ford

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Leslie Ford is a visiting fellow in Domestic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.

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  • Why Work Requirements Are Less About Welfare Savings Than About Human Well-Being

    Leslie Ford
    Most Americans think that work in exchange for government benefits is common sense. For safety-net benefits, work-capable beneficiaries should begin to work, look for work, or participate in education and training at least part time. That’s a reasonable ask and essential to long-term well-being. The Republicans in the House of Representatives get that. The draft…
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  • 3 Food Stamp Reforms to Improve Outcomes for the Truly Needy—and Save Taxpayers Billions
    Leslie Ford

  • Revival of Biden’s Child Tax Credit Would Hurt Economy and People It’s Supposed to Help
    Robert Rector

  • Biden’s Executive Actions on Food Stamps, Obamacare, Student Loans Will Balloon Deficit, CBO Says
    Nina Owcharenko Schaefer

  • 11 Ways Republican Study Committee Budget Is Blueprint to Save America
    Richard Stern

  • Federal Job Training Programs Should Follow ‘Pay for Outcome’ Model
    Leslie Ford

  • Joe Manchin Should Be Celebrated for Putting Families First
    Leslie Ford

  • Work Matters, Despite What Congressional Democrats Think
    Leslie Ford

  • Anti-Poverty Leaders to Biden: Child Allowance Cash Payments Won’t Give Low-Income Americans True Opportunity
    Leslie Ford

  • 5 Things You Need to Know About Biden’s $1.8 Trillion American Families Plan
    Marie Fishpaw

  • This Adoption Month, Learn How to Help Children in Foster Care
    Leslie Ford

  • How Trump Restored the Principles of Welfare Reform and Lifted Americans Out of Poverty
    Leslie Ford

  • House Appropriations ‘Minibus’ Bill Stuffed With Problematic Policies, Overspending
    David Ditch

  • How Lawmakers Are Trying to Control San Francisco’s Catholic Schools
    Ryan T. Anderson

  • How Many Kids Grow Up With Their Married Mom and Dad?
    Leslie Ford

  • Does Marriage Make You Happier? What a New Study Found
    Leslie Ford
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