host: jodie levin-epstein is our guest this morning. we're talking about government purchased reducing poverty. the phone numbers are on at the screen. our guest is the deputy director for the center for law and social policy. your group also has programs trying to help the poor. what are they? guest: we worked across an array of issues to identify policies that support low income families ranging from child care to child welfare to job creation, you'd strategy for employment, connecting communities. we have a variety of programs and initiatives. we encourage everybody to check us out at clasp.org. we also have a program we manage called spotlight on poverty and opportunity, which is eight one- stop shop where folks can find out any information that they are interested in with regard to data, research, the latest news. what is especially excited about this site, spotlightonpo verty.org, is that it's a platform for republicans, democrats, independents to offer their solutions for a wide array of issues we confront today. low-income elder

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