18 Quotes by Wade Horn

What this reinforces is the idea that, when it comes to welfare reform, nothing quite works like work.

When I talked to evacuees, one of the things that struck me was that so many of them were saying, 'As terrible as this was, this may have given me the opportunity to reassess my own life and to think differently about what opportunities are available to me,' ... That, to me, is the great untold story.

The more frequently a child is visited in foster care, the better the outcome for that child.

A cop arrests some street prostitutes, puts them in jail and tries to get someone to deport them ? that's exactly what traffickers say to their victims, ... The cops think they're just doing what they're supposed to do. ... We're training them to know what to look for, what to ask.

They help people develop inner strength, help them take charge of their lives, and redirect their energies into healthy and productive choices, ... While the evidence is still being collected, we are seeing the benefits of a strong abstinence message.

The goal of the (reviews) has not been to penalize states, but to work with them to improve the effectiveness of their child welfare systems.

I've never met a couple yet who, when they were walking down the aisle, said, 'What we want is three years of happiness, two years of [torment], a messy divorce and 15 years of fighting over custody of the kids.'

The United States Administration for Children and Families (ACF) spends $46 billion per year operating 65 different social programs. If one goes down the list of these programs… the need for each is either created or exacerbated by the breakup of families and marriages.

Children ought not to be victims of the choices adults make for them,