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Publication Date: January 2006
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Jennifer A. Marshall; Robert Lerman; Barbara Dafoe Whitehead; Wade Horn
Research Area: Social conditions
Keywords: Welfare; Reform
Type: Report
Abstract:
The 1965 Moynihan Report pointed to the disintegration of family as a major cause of welfare dependence. Building on the 1996 welfare reform, programs like the federal Healthy Marriage Initiative can help to ensure that more children are born into intact families.