Chapter Spotlight: North Carolina SSN Focuses on Policy at the Local Level
“While there’s a lot published about how to formally advocate at a state or federal level, it’s not always as clear how to do that at a local level.” – Sarah Verbiest, North Carolina SSN chapter leader Researchers often invest months or even years into their projects, but what happens...
No Longer Academic – A Family Tragedy Casts a Harsh Light on the U.S. Safety Net
Andrea Campbell learned indelible new lessons when a hit and run driver left her sister-in-law paralyzed. To carry on, a young couple that had no health insurance was forced to search for assistance in a bureaucratic maze of fragmented programs. In her new book Trapped in America’s Safety Net...