Rachel Sheffield

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Rachel Sheffield is research fellow in welfare and family policy in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.

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    How Reconciliation Can Help Reduce SNAP Fraud and Waste

    Rachel Sheffield
    Waste, fraud, and abuse in the welfare system have been on full display for the last several months, giving Congress a clear opportunity for reform. As lawmakers consider another budget reconciliation, they should prioritize improving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, one of the federal government’s largest welfare programs. First, Congress could eliminate a major loophole…
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    The Real Reason America’s Birth Rate Keeps Falling

    Rachel Sheffield
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    Reversing Biden’s Child Care Fraud Loopholes

    Rachel Sheffield
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    Mamdani’s Homelessness Crisis: Urgent Course Correction Needed

    Rachel Sheffield
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    Minnesota Fraud Exposes the Baked-In Flaws of Welfare

    Rachel Sheffield
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    New Survey Shows Increased Concerns About the Cost of Raising Children

    Rachel Sheffield
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    Food Stamp Reforms in One Big Beautiful Bill Act Promote Upward Mobility

    Rachel Sheffield
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    Fertility Rates Inch Up, but Marriage and Family Formation Trends Worry Experts

    Rachel Sheffield
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    How the Trump Administration Can Support Healthy Marriage

    Rachel Sheffield
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    Biden-Harris Admin Uses Loopholes to Expand Welfare Benefits, Again

    Rachel Sheffield
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    Better Homelessness Policies Needed to Restore Order on Streets—and in Individuals’ Lives

    Rachel Sheffield
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    Shift in Marital Trends Is Reflected in Valentine’s Day Celebrations

    Rachel Sheffield
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    With Bipartisan Measure, Congress Could Expand Successful ‘One Door’ Policy on Welfare, Workforce

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    The Growing Ignorance of the Benefits of Marriage—and Why It’s Dangerous

    Rachel Sheffield
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    25 Years of Healthy Marriage in Utah: State Commission Strengthens Institution

    Rachel Sheffield
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    With Food Stamps Work Requirement, GOP Budget Takes Important Step

    Rachel Sheffield