Can America's Working Families and Their Children Achieve the American Dream?

Posted on February 12, 2001

If a fundamental American value is that hard work should lead to a better life, the existence of the "working poor" represents a "profound insult to our basic dream" and threatens our prosperity, argues the Neighborhood Funders Group. The group sets forth the fundamentals of a new social compact based on children's and families' requirements for a decent life.