Listen to the IRP podcast Thinking about Decision Making in the Context of Poverty, with Crystal Hall
of the University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs.
IRP awarded funding to five projects as part of the Building Human Capital and Economic Potential research initiative.
Focus 29.2 examines building human capital for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds: Interpersonal skills and poverty; the Year Up youth training program; and value added for teachers.
IRP and the Morgridge Center for Public Service, an IRP campus partner, have released a new fact sheet prepared for undergrads. Take a look at the fact sheet
Fast Focus 16-2013 Local food prices: Effects on child eating patterns, food insecurity, and overweight. Taryn W. Morrissey, Alison Jacknowitz, and Katie Vinopal
IRP Webinar: The Role of Economic Support in Child Maltreatment Prevention, Kristen Shook Slack | Access Webinar.
NEWS
- Scott Allard interviewed about "Confronting Suburban Poverty" study
- IRP Podcast: Thinking about Decision Making in the Context of Poverty, with Crystal Hall
- Protecting low-income families' inherited property: IRP affiliate and Law School Professor Thomas Mitchell
- Applications invited for Visiting Scholar Program 2013–2014 Academic Year (deadline 6/28/2013)
- Applications invited for IRP RIDGE Visiting Food Assistance Scholar Program for 2013–2014 (deadline 6/28/2013)
- The Economist cites Bobbi Wolfe & Jason Fletcher affirmative action paper (IRP DP 1410-13)
- Dean Gary Sandefur's retirement: Distinguished service and IRP roots
- IRP Webinar, April 30, 2013: The Role of Economic Support in Child Maltreatment Prevention, Kristen Shook Slack | Access Webinar
- Poverty-Research Grants Explore Ways to Build Workers' Employment Potential in a Slow Economy
- Bobbi Wolfe awarded WARF named professorship
- David Pate Awarded UWM Fromkin Research Grant and Lectureship for Project with Tonya Brito
- Request for Proposals: 2013–2014 RIDGE Food Assistance Research Grants
- Poverty Careers Panel & Webinar | Careers in Poverty Research, Policy, and Practice | View Webinar
- Adam Gamoran Announced as Next President of W. T. Grant Foundation
- Sheldon Danziger Named New President of Russell Sage Foundation
- CFS Family Financial Security Webinar: Household Debt and Adult Depressive Syndrome, Lonnie Berger
- County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Webinar: The Link Between Childhood Poverty and Ill Health, featuring Katherine Magnuson
- CFS Webinar: Wisconsin Poverty Report, presented by Timothy Smeeding
- Check the Poverty Dispatches for articles on issues related to poverty in the news.
- More of What's New at IRP...
EVENTS
- June 2–6, 2013: IRP Teaching Poverty 101 Workshop
- View IRP events on UW Events Calendar...
PUBLICATIONS
- Can Post-Employment Services Combined with Financial Incentives Improve Employment Retention for Welfare Recipients? Evidence from the Texas Employment Retention and Advancement Evaluation
DP 1413-13
Dorsett, R., Hendra, R., Robins, P. K., and Williams, S. - Connecting the Disconnected: Improving Education and
Employment Outcomes among Disadvantaged Youth
DP 1412-13
Edelman, P. B., and Holzer, H. J. - Family Complexity and Poverty, IRP-Morgridge Fact Sheet No. 2
- Just the Facts, Ma'am: Postsecondary Education and
Labor Market Outcomes in the U.S.
DP 1411-13
Holzer, H. J. and Dunlop, E. - Focus 29:2 (Fall/Winter 2012-13)
- Fast Focus 16-2013: Local food prices: Effects on child eating patterns, food insecurity, and overweight, Taryn W. Morrissey, Alison Jacknowitz, and Katie Vinopal
- Estimating Benefits from University-Level Diversity
DP 1410-13
Wolfe, B., and Fletcher, J. - Food Assistance and Children's Eating Patterns,
Food Insecurity, and Overweight: The Influence of Local Food Prices
DP 1409-13
Morrissey, T. W., Jacknowitz, A, and Vinopal, K. - The Cost of Free Assistance: Studying Nonuse of
Food Assistance in San Francisco
DP 1408-13
Wimer, C., Wright, R, and Fong, K. - Food Stamps, Food Sufficiency, and Diet-Related Disease
among the Elderly
DP 1407-13
Greenhalgh-Stanley, N., and Fitzpatrick, K. - The Neighborhood Food Environment, Food Stamp Program
Participation, and Weight-Related Outcomes of Low-Income Women
DP 1406-13
Gibson, D. - More IRP Publications...