Jim Riccio

Director of Low-Wage Workers and Communities Policy, MDRC

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Director of the Low-Wage Workers and Communities policy area at MDRC, a nonprofit social science research organization that tests the effectiveness of new policies to alleviate poverty

 

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Welfare reform was designed to put poor people to work, but it has not ended what's called "the culture of poverty," handed down through generations.

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Welfare reform was designed to put poor people to work, but it has not ended what's called "the culture of poverty," handed down through generations.

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