Ron Haskins

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Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Budgeting for National Priorities | Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
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A former White House and congressional advisor on welfare issues, Ron Haskins co-directs the Brookings Center on Children and Families and Budgeting for National Priorities Project. An expert on preschool, foster care, and poverty—he was instrumental in the 1996 overhaul of national welfare policy. | View Full Bio

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Expertise

  • Children and families
  • education
  • federal budget
  • marriage
  • poverty
  • social policy and welfare                   

Experience

Current Positions

  • Senior Consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Senior Editor, The Future of Children

Past Positions

  • Senior Advisor to the President for Welfare Policy at the White House
  • Majority Staff Director, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2000)
  • Welfare Counsel, Republican Staff, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives (1986-1994)
  • Research Professor, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1981-1985)

Education

  • Ph.D. (1975), M.A.T. (1970), B.A. (1968), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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