Poverty in America - And What to Do About It Robert Doar, Morgridge Fellow in Poverty Studies October 2015 | Georgia Legislative Forum.

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Poverty in America - And What to Do About It Robert Doar, Morgridge Fellow in Poverty Studies October 2015 | Georgia Legislative Forum

Post-welfare reform progress has reversed. 2

We see the same trend in child poverty. 3

Race gaps in the poverty rate persist. 4

The economic position of African- Americans is deteriorating. 5

Why are we going in the wrong direction? 6

Labor force participation is collapsing. 7

The nonmarital birth rate is high. 8 Nonmarital birth rate overall: 40.6% Nonmarital birth rate for blacks: 71% Nonmarital birth rate for whites: 35.8% Nonmarital birth rate for Hispanics: 53.2%

What works in helping the poor? Work expectations for able-bodied adults receiving assistance; Poverty Rate for those who worked full-time, year round in 2014: 3.0%. Government assistance that makes work pay; Two-parent families that better prepare children for life; Poverty Rate for single-parent families is 5X that of married-couple families (30.6% and 6.2%). More effective programs for struggling men; Pro-growth policies that generate jobs. The combination of welfare reform and strong economic growth lowered the poverty rate by 25% from 1993 to

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