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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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