Vann Ellison: Biography and Latest Articles

Biography

Rev. Vann Ellison is President and CEO of St. Matthew’s House, a not-for-profit organization in southwest Florida providing innovative solutions to fight poverty, homelessness, hunger and drug abuse. St. Matthew's House accepts no government funding and helps individuals attain self-sufficiency through employment. His national and local analysis of social welfare programs are posted on vannellison.org and he can be followed @RevVannEllison.

Articles

Avowed Socialist Takes Charge of U.S. Public Housing Policy

By Vann Ellison

*This column is co-authored by Robert Ehrlich, former governor of Maryland.You may not know it but an avowed socialist is a ...

October 04, 2016

GOP Presidential Candidates can Start a Second War on Poverty

By Vann Ellison

Republican Presidential candidates will have an opportunity to show voters an alternative to the half-century War on Poverty at a ...

January 05, 2016

Obama Ignores Welfare Reform

By Vann Ellison

One would think with all the attention given to the issue of income inequality that welfare reform would be a ...

February 04, 2015

America in Urgent Need of Welfare Reform

By Vann Ellison

If government anti-poverty programs focused on individual outcomes, the results would be those like Lance from Michigan. His father ...

December 16, 2014

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