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The Intersection of Marriage, Poverty, and Public Policy: Insights from "Promises I Can Keep"

This analysis explores the complex relationship between marriage, income stability, and effective public policy as highlighted in "Promises I Can Keep" by Ashaki Hankerson. It assesses the challenges low-income mothers face, highlighting how societal factors, such as deindustrialization and the war on drugs, influence family dynamics. The discussion also emphasizes the importance of education, job creation, and financial support like Section 8 housing and TANF in improving the lives of these families. Insights from groups and research highlight the necessity of addressing marriage as a social issue.

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The Intersection of Marriage, Poverty, and Public Policy: Insights from "Promises I Can Keep"

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  1. “Let’s Get Married” Group Questions • Deindustrialization/ War on Drugs/Crime • Need to reach men and women for PREP to be effective • Average likelihood that David and Amber’s marriage will last: 30% • “Marriage a private thing.” Raise minimum wage/create jobs/Redistribute wealth Promises I Can Keep: Ashaki Hankerson as a model of a good mother \

  2. Low Income Budget • Suggestions from groups • Section 8 housing subsidy (pay 30% of income) but… • Night and weekend jobs • More education… apply for TANF and go to school? • Childcare assistance… yes, see MFIP demonstration project, but…. • Food stamps • Find a husband (a better one this time)

  3. Low Income Budget II • Edin and Lein, Making Ends Meet, 1996 • Low income mothers, half of them working, in four cities. • Neither mothers on the old welfare system (AFDC) nor those in the full-time work force were able to make ends meet • “She cannot afford any big problems.” • “It’s a pretty dismal situation.” • What was this young woman’s mistake and how could she have avoided it?

  4. Can We do Better?: the MFIP Demonstration Project • 14,000 welfare recipients and applicants, randomly assigned to either MFIP or AFDC in 1994… followed closely for three years. • “Turning Welfare into a Work Support: Six-year impacts on Parents and Children from the Minnesota Family Investment Program” July 2005

  5. Public policy, marriage, and divorce • MPR Midmorning: 6/28/04 • William Doherty, Department of Family Social Sciences, University of Minnesota • Sara McClanahan, Sociology Department, Princeton University • MDRC Report: “The Effects of Marriage and Divorce on Families and Children”

  6. Groups • Talk about your discussion questions for chapters 5 & 6 and conclusion, Promises I Can Keep

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