Rachel Sheffield

Rachel Sheffield focuses on welfare, marriage and family, and education as policy analyst in the DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.

My Articles

Study: Cohabitating Parents Twice as Likely to Split as Married Parents

February 16, 2017 | 9:55am EST

America’s ‘Poor’ May Not Be as Poor as Government Wants You to Think

September 13, 2016 | 3:51pm EDT

Why Does Our Welfare System Penalize Marriage?

August 18, 2016 | 4:24pm EDT

When These States Required Able-Bodied Adults to Work to Get Food Stamps, Guess What Happened

August 3, 2016 | 2:26pm EDT

When Kansas Instituted Work Requirements to Get Food Stamps, Guess What Happened

April 26, 2016 | 12:25pm EDT

When Maine Required Childless Adults to Work to Get Food Stamps, Guess What Happened

February 9, 2016 | 9:47am EST

Strong Families Increase Economic Growth

October 30, 2015 | 11:02am EDT

Divorce in Decline, But Marriage on the Rocks with Cohabitation on the Rise

December 15, 2014 | 2:39pm EST

The Decline in Marriage Is Fueling Inequality

October 28, 2014 | 10:27am EDT

14 Percent of Americans Are Food Insecure: What that Really Means

September 4, 2014 | 9:43am EDT