Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Senior Policy Analyst Policy Expertise federal and state temporary assistance (TANF) policy, work supports and job quality

Ms. Lower-Basch is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Workforce Development team at CLASP.  Her expertise is federal and state welfare (TANF) policy, other supports for low-income working families (such as refundable tax credits), and job quality. Ms. Lower-Basch is the author of many reports, including Opportunity at Work: Improving Job Quality. From 1996 to 2006, Ms. Lower-Basch worked for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  In this position, she was a lead welfare policy analyst, supporting legislative and regulatory processes.  She also developed and managed research projects on the implementation of welfare reform at the state and local level.  Ms. Lower-Basch received a Master of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale University.