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Income Mobility

3/9/2020

New York City Tries Financial Mentoring With At-Risk Families — But Leaves Out Cash Incentives

Megan Conn

One of the most common criticisms of America’s child welfare system is that it too often ensnares impoverished parents, accusing them of neglect when the true issue is just the circumstances of poverty. 

4/3/2014

Economic Mobility Study Raises Distressing Questions about Child Welfare

Yanthy Yahya

By Andrea Flores While the release of a landmark study on income mobility earlier this year set the news media abuzz with stories about inequality, there was scant mention of children involved with the child welfare system, for whom moving up the economic ladder is uniquely challenging.

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