Census Bureau Changes Flawed Poverty Metric
When the Census Bureau announced that a record number of Americans live below the poverty line it did so using an old metric that has not been changed, apart from adjustments for inflation, since it...
View ArticleAssaults on Social Service Workers On the Rise: City Agencies
New York City’s social service agencies are supporting a bill that would make assaulting their employees a felony, up from a misdemeanor offenseLinda Gibbs, the city’s deputy mayor for Health and Human...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Funds Anti-Recidivism Program
New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda Gibbs discusses the deal between the city and Goldman Sachs and the potential of social impact bond financing for social service programs.
View ArticlePathways to Housing
Sam Tsemberis discusses founding Pathways to Housing in 1992, a program that addresses homelessness among people with psychiatric disabilities. Since its founding, Pathways has housed more than 600...
View ArticleFood Assistance for Sandy Victims
Robert Doar, administrator and commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration and Department of Social Services talks about D-SNAP, a program that provides additional food stamp...
View Article30 Issues in 30 Days: The State of the Safety Net
The Brian Lehrer Show's election series 30 Issues in 30 Days continues this week with a series of conversations about a variety of topics. See the full 30 Issues schedule and archive here.Andrew White,...
View ArticleNew Measures Mean Harsh Penalties for Homeless
Norway made headlines this week when its parliament introduced a new measure. If passed, the bill would allow local municipalities to criminalize begging. It would be a drastic move to fight the...
View ArticleRecidivism at Rikers Calls for Smarter Policing
New York City's Bureau of Correctional Health studied 800 people who routinely go in and out of jail and found that, together, they were admitted to Rikers more than 18,000 times and spent more than...
View ArticleWealth, Poverty, and The Clinton Welfare Legacy
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.In July of 1996, President Bill Clinton fulfilled a campaign promise to "end welfare as we know it." At the time more than 13 million people...
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Why child abuse in military families may go unreported
Sailors man the rails onboard the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier as they depart on deployment from Naval Station North Island in Coronado, California. Photo by Mike Blake/ReutersAdvocates for...
View ArticleIs Pre-K the Most Influential Year in a Child's Life?
Suzanne Bouffard discusses her book The Most Important Year: Pre-Kindergarten and the Future of Our Children. Bouffard examines American pre-schools in order to find out what young children need in the...
View ArticleA welfare check
This week, Reveal’s bringing you an episode we first aired this summer. With Republicans in full control of the Federal government, there’s a good chance Welfare Reform will be an issue they may take...
View ArticleDoes New York Have the Least Worst Kind of Inequality?
Greg David, director of the business and economics reporting program at The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and Crain's New York Business columnist, and Cara Eisenpress,...
View Article"Fair Futures" for Foster Youth
Jess Dannhauser, President and CEO of Graham Windham, and Pilar Laurancuent, Director of the Graham SLAM coaching program at Graham Windham, talk about the Fair Futures campaign to secure $50 million...
View ArticleWhat Trump's 'Public Charge' Rule Would Mean For NYC
Steven Banks, commissioner of NYC's Department of Social Services, and Bitta Mostofi, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, talk about the rule change for legal...
View ArticleShould Foster Care Be Reduced, Or Reformed?
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, last year the number of children in foster care decreased for the first time since 2011. It’s a relatively small drop, from 440,000 in 2017 to...
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