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Senior Fellow

Ron Haskins

Ron Haskins

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Co-Director, Center on Children and Families

A former White House and congressional advisor on welfare issues, Ron Haskins co-directs the Brookings Center on Children and Families. An expert on preschool, foster care, and poverty—he was instrumental in the 1996 overhaul of national welfare policy.



Expertise

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

Background

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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Q&A with Ron Haskins

President Obama's Budget and U.S. Fiscal Solvency

Ron Haskins says President Obama’s budget is unsustainable and adds that it will likely fail to help restore fiscal solvency to the nation’s economy. Haskins says unless lawmakers are willing to compromise on key issues the fiscal situation will worsen.

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