“Out of every one hundred Americans, fewer than two get aid from today’s cash welfare program. Just 27 percent of poor families… — Kathryn Edin Copy Share Image
“Already in 2001, 63 percent of very low income households were putting more than half their income toward housing, leaving too little… — Kathryn Edin Family Copy Share Image
“In early 2011, 1.5 million households with roughly 3 million children were surviving on cash incomes of no more than $2 per… — Kathryn Edin Children Copy Share Image
“Of the $16.5 billion the federal government transfers to states for TANF, more than $11 billion is siphoned off for other uses,… — Kathryn Edin Children Copy Share Image
“If one tallied all of the losses suffered by victims of robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and motor vehicle thefts combined, the figure wouldn't… — Kathryn Edin Copy Share Image
“The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) deems a family that is spending more than 30 percent of its income… — Kathryn Edin Family Copy Share Image
“Providing the ultimate safety net is the role that Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is supposed to play, but it hasn’t proved… — Kathryn Edin Family Copy Share Image
“Survival strategies come in three forms. The first is taking advantage of public spaces and private charities—the nation’s libraries, food pantries, homeless… — Kathryn Edin Generosity Copy Share Image
“It further appeared that the experience of living below the $2-a-day threshold didn’t discriminate by family type or race. While single-mother families… — Kathryn Edin African american Copy Share Image
“At the old welfare program’s height in 1994, it served more than 14.2 million people—4.6 million adults and 9.6 million children. In… — Kathryn Edin Children Copy Share Image
“...child welfare officials deem it inappropriate for a brother and sister to sleep in the same bedroom once they reach a certain… — Kathryn Edin Copy Share Image
“America’s cash welfare program—the main government program that caught people when they fell—was not merely replaced with the 1996 welfare reform; it… — Kathryn Edin Politics Copy Share Image
“The most obvious manifestation of the affordable housing crisis is in rising rents. Between 1900 and 2013, rents rose faster than inflation… — Kathryn Edin Copy Share Image
“Yet laying the blame on a lack of personal responsibility obscures the fact that there are powerful and ever-changing structural forces at… — Kathryn Edin Personal responsibility Copy Share Image
“Housing instability is a hallmark of life among the $2-a-day poor. Children experiencing $2-a-day poverty are far more likely to move over… — Kathryn Edin Children Copy Share Image
“The Truly Disadvantaged, the most important book written about poverty in the past three decades. It was Wilson who first observed, famously,… — Kathryn Edin African american Copy Share Image
“Although the 1996 welfare reform pushed millions of low-income single moms into the workforce, it did nothing to improve the conditions of… — Kathryn Edin Parenting Copy Share Image
“As a practical matter, it is far more difficult to traffic in SNAP than it once was. Back in the days when… — Kathryn Edin Breaking the law Copy Share Image
“Parents like Jennifer, Susan, and Rae express desires that are quite modest. Full-time hours come first. That is a prize that can… — Kathryn Edin Child care Copy Share Image
“In the fine print on a food stamp application, it is made clear that selling SNAP can result in a felony charge.… — Kathryn Edin Fine print Copy Share Image
“Susan’s and Jennifer’s job searches are likely made harder by the color of their skin. In the early 2000s, researchers in Chicago… — Kathryn Edin Copy Share Image
“Government-subsidized private sector job creation is one way forward. Recently, the federal government sponsored a promising short-term subsidized jobs program through something… — Kathryn Edin Federal government Copy Share Image
