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News Release A new report by the Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) finds that Oregon’s efforts to end child
Executive Summary Increasingly, the capacity of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to reduce poverty in Oregon depends
In Oregon and the rest of the United States, public policies that support mothers have not kept up with changes
Oregon’s welfare agency, the Adult and Family Services Division of the Department of Human Services, is telling poor women on
News Release A new report released today by the Oregon Center for Public Policy describes how Oregon could change its
News Release The state welfare agency, the Adult and Family Services Division, (AFS) is demanding that caseworkers significantly reduce their
Earlier this week a new study by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) showed that a Minnesota welfare reform pilot
Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger Executive Summary People are not supposed to go hungry in America or in Oregon, but
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Oregonians Will Go Hungry as SNAP Implodes
Roughly 70,000 Oregonians have already dropped off the SNAP program since 2025, because of the Trump administration enacting the biggest
July 9, 2026

U.S. at 250: Toward a Third Reconstruction
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, what kind of country do we want to become? We speak with
June 25, 2026

The Real Challenge Facing Oregon’s Economy
In this episode of Policy for the People, we discuss our recent report examining Oregon’s economic performance. As OCPP Policy
June 11, 2026
