Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Shannon Stanfield '07, an ACCESS Project student, were interviewed for an Associated Press article about the growth of the welfare state (2/26/07). The article notes that "According to an Associated Press analysis: Nearly one in six people rely on some form of public assistance, a larger share than at any time since the government started measuring two decades ago."
In the article, Adair, a former welfare recipient who founded Hamilton's ACCESS Project for low-income parents in 2001, said "If the goal of welfare reform was to get people off the welfare rolls, bravo. If the goal was to reduce poverty and give people economic and job stability, it was not a success." Stanfield, a 36-year old mother of two, who will graduate from Hamilton in May, said in the article, "I slowly built up my confidence through education. I can't honestly tell you how much it has changed my life."
In the article, Adair, a former welfare recipient who founded Hamilton's ACCESS Project for low-income parents in 2001, said "If the goal of welfare reform was to get people off the welfare rolls, bravo. If the goal was to reduce poverty and give people economic and job stability, it was not a success." Stanfield, a 36-year old mother of two, who will graduate from Hamilton in May, said in the article, "I slowly built up my confidence through education. I can't honestly tell you how much it has changed my life."
