Poverty-Related Links by Category
Note: The following resources are not
under the control of the Institute for Research on Poverty. They are merely
listed here as a resource for researchers. Any notes or classifications are
based on the cataloger's opinion based on a brief "visit" to a site.
Activism
Aging and Retirement
Children and Families
Disability
Economics
Education
Health and Insurance
Homelessness Housing
Income and Wages
International
Nutrition and Food Insecurity
Population
Poverty
Public Policy and Public Affairs Social Sciences Datasets
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Research
Social Sciences Internet Resource Collections
Statistics (online)
Urban Issues
Welfare Reform (including State Demonstrations and Waivers, Program Evaluation)
Aging and Retirement
Children and Families
Disability
Economics
Education
Health and Insurance
Homelessness Housing
Income and Wages
International
Nutrition and Food Insecurity
Population
Poverty
Public Policy and Public Affairs Social Sciences Datasets
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Research
Social Sciences Internet Resource Collections
Statistics (online)
Urban Issues
Welfare Reform (including State Demonstrations and Waivers, Program Evaluation)
Activism
- Alliance for Children and Families
http://www.alliance1.org/
Contents: provides services to nonprofit organizations serving children and families and working for economic empowerment. - Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
http://www.wilder.org/index.html
Contents: Publications of this nonprofit health and human services organization emphasize practical planning for nonprofit organizations and problems of particular minority and immigrant - Brotherhood of St. Laurence
http://www.bsl.org.au/
Contents: publications and ordering information; links; summary statistics on Australian poverty, housing, unemployment - Center for Family Policy and Practice (CFFPP)
http://www.cffpp.org
Contents: Policy briefings, reports - HandsNet
http://www.handsnet.org/
Contents: resources for organizations to strengthen their programs and policies for children, families & people in need by integrating online communications strategies - InterAction
Washington, DC
http://www.interaction.org/
Contents: projects and updates for this coalition of 150 U.S.-based nonprofits in the areas of international development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance - National Center for Law and Economic Justice
New York, NY
http://www.nclej.org/
Contents: publications, Welfare Myths report and ordering information; current projects - Population Action International
http://www.populationaction.org/
Contents: publications, related links - Real Change
Seattle, WA
http://www.realchangenews.org/
Contents: homeless newspaper--selected articles, project news - World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty / Journee Mondiale du Refus de la Misere
http://www.oct17.org
Contents: information on activities planned for October 17 each year
Aging and Retirement
- Administration on Aging
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.aoa.gov/
Contents: statistics, publications, links - GeroWeb
Wayne State University, Institute on Gerontology
http://www.iog.wayne.edu/resources.php
Contents: Aging research and policy - Health and Retirement Study and AHEAD, ISR
University of Michigan
http://www.umich.edu/~hrswww/
Contents: data sets and information about data sets, publications, links to other sites - Internet Resources in Aging
http://www.seniornet.org/ - Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center
Marquette University
http://www.mu.edu/wgec/
Contents: publications and ordering information, newsletter, links
Children and Families
- Action Alliance for Children
Oakland, CA
http://www.4children.org/
Contents: links to other sites, highlights from AAC newsmagazine - Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/ - Alan Guttmacher Institute
http://www.guttmacher.org/
Contents: research on fertility and reproductive issues, summary statistics, publications - Center for Children & Families
Columbia University Teachers College
http://ccf.tc.columbia.edu
Contents: Publications, research projects described, and useful links - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
Princeton University
http://crcw.princeton.edu
Contents: publications and ordering information, links - Center for the Child Care Workforce
Washington, DC
http://www.ccw.org/
Contents: Research reports, surveys, policy documents, training manuals and programs - Center on Children and Families
Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.edu/ccf
Contents: studies policies that affect the well-being of America's children and their parents, especially children in less advantaged families - Chapin Hall Center for Children
University of Chicago
http://www.chapinhall.org
Contents: projects, publications - Child and Family WebGuide
Tufts University
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu
Contents: links to sites about infants, children and teens: parenting, child development, health & mental health, education - Child Trends
http://www.childtrends.org/
Contents: Publications, data - Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov
Contents: connects professionals and concerned citizens to timely, essential information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families - Child Welfare Research Institute
http://www.childwelfare.com
Contents: Research reports, data, extensive set of links to information sources and research - Children Now
http://www.childrennow.org/
Contents: frequently updated information, links, publications - Children, Youth and Family Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse
University of Minnesota
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/
Contents: reports, statistics, online resources, publications - Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org
Contents: Research and policy reports; advocacy - Childwatch International Research Network
http://www.childwatch.uio.no/
Contents: Extensive links to regional and international organizations in child advocacy and research - Department of Children and Families
Wisconsin, State of
http://www.dcf.wisconsin.gov/ - Department of Children and Family Services
Illinois, State of
http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/index.shtml - Early Childhood Care and Development
http://www.ecdgroup.com/
Contents: consultative group on early childhood care and development--publications, links - Families and Work Institute
http://www.familiesandwork.org/
Contents: publications and ordering information - Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Project
Wider Opportunities for Women
http://www.wowonline.org/ourprograms/fess/index.asp
Contents: Resources and technical assistance for human resource investment policies; self- sufficiency standards for states - Future of Children, The
Princeton University
http://www.futureofchildren.org/
Contents: publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution. Contains full-text of peer-reviewed articles from the journal The Future of Children, policy briefs, & summaries - Harvard Family Research Project
Harvard University
http://www.hfrp.org//
Contents: Research news, publications, newsletter, and other resources for study and practice in child development and early childhood education - Head Start Research and Statistics Page
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/About%20Head%20Start - Human Services Policy Center
Graduate School of Public Affaris
University of Washington
http://hspc.org
Contents: publications list and ordering information, links - Institute for Child and Family Policy
New York, Columbia University
http://www.childpolicy.org
Contents: Research publications, international links - Institute for Innovation in Social Policy
Vassar College
http://iisp.vassar.edu
Contents: Monitors social indicators of poverty and well-being, produces report, "The Social Health of the States." - Kidscount
Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
Contents: The national Kidscount site; publications, data, links to state Kidscount organizations - Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
http://www.mdrc.org/
Contents: publications and ordering information, public-use files - National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/
Contents: newsletter, related sites, publications and ordering information - National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
http://www.nccp.org
Contents: newsletter, publications and ordering information - National Child Care Information Center
Child Care Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.nccic.org
Contents: links, publications - NCSEA Research Clearing House
Indiana University Institute for Family and Social Responsibility
http://www.spea.indiana.edu/ncsea - New Findings on Children, Families, and Economic Self-Sufficiency
National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/findings/index.html
Contents: complete contents of report - North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Oakbrook, IL
http://www.ncrel.org/ - Office of Human Services Policy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/office_specific/hsp.cfm
Contents: Main page, then search this site by program or topic area - Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars
University of Wisconsin Extension
http://www.familyimpactseminars.org
Contents: resources for researchers, policymakers, administrators; publications - Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence
University of Michigan
http://www.impactresearch.org/policycenter/policy.html
Contents: Publications, links - Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
http://www.researchforum.org
Contents: publications, database of information on research projects focussing on welfare reform and child well-being, newsletter, links - Social Development Research Group
University of Washington
http://www.sdrg.org/
Contents: publications and ordering information - Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Research
Institute of Psychiatry, London
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/IoP/Departments/SGDPsy/index.stm - Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
http://www.wccf.org/
Contents: ordering information for Wisconsin Kids Count data books
Disability
- DisOrgNet
Institute for Independent Living
http://www.independentliving.org/donet/index.html
Contents: lists organizations in the field of disability, searchable by expertise, cooperative interests, and keyword; extensive annotated directory of links - Family Village
Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/
Contents: resources and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with disabilities and their families; information on specific disabilities
Economics
- Corporation for Enterprise Development
Washington, DC
http://www.cfed.org/
Contents: Policy documents and public information in asset-building and economic opportunity strategies, primarily in low-income and distressed communities. - County Business Patterns
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/ - Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World (EDIRC)
Economic Research Department, of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
http://edirc.repec.org/
Contents: registry of more than 12,100 economics institutions worldwide - Institute for Fiscal Studies
United Kingdom
Economic and Social Research Council
http://www.ifs.org.uk/
Contents: research, publications and ordering information - Jerome Levy Economics Institute
Bard College
http://www.levy.org/
Contents: research, publications and ordering information - Journal of Human Resources
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/jhr/
Contents: table of contents for issues of this journal, which publishes principally in the field of economics (NOT management); also subscription information - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
http://www.nber.org/
Contents: publications, data sets, programs and projects, links - National Economic Association
http://www.neaecon.org
Contents: organization of black economists- links to related resources, information for students and researchers - RePEc
http://repec.org
Contents: Database of working papers, journal articles, and sofware components in economics - Resources for Economists (RFE)
American Economic Association
http://rfe.org
Contents: links to research, professional sites, other resources - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
http://www.upjohninst.org/
Contents: staff projects, newsletter, publications, grant program - World Bank
Washington, D.C.
http://www.worldbank.org/
Contents: publications, data sets, projects
Education
- Chicago Longitudinal Study
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/cls/
Contents: Reports from a study of the Child-Parent Centers, a large-scale early childhood intervention program - Consortium for Policy Research in Education
http://www.cpre.org/
Contents: Research and policy consortium—University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and the UW-Madison: publications, news, links - Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Contents: A database of journal and non-journal education literature. Reconstituted Fall 2004 - Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Columbia University
http://iume.tc.columbia.edu/
Contents: Research and evaluations, information services, and technical assistance - National Institute for Urban School Improvement
Education Development Center, Inc.
http://www2.edc.org/urban/
Contents: Publications, project descriptions - National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
OERI
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/At-Risk/
Contents: publications, research - SchoolMatters
National Education Data Partnership
http://www.schoolmatters.com
Contents: SchoolMatters provides comparison tools, ratios, benchmarks, and performance indicators for each state's school system.
Health and Insurance
- American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/research.html
Contents: Health policy research, children's health insurance status, Medicaid data - Center for Health Administration Studies
University of Chicago
http://www.chas.uchicago.edu/
Contents: statistics, list of publications, research projects, links - Covering Kids & Families
http://www.coveringkidsandfamilies.org/
Contents: Reports, data, state project lists for an organization that works to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults eligible for public health care coverage programs but not but not enrolled - Department of Health Services
Wisconsin, State of
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/ - Forum for State Health Policy Leadership
National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/index.htm
Contents: state health policy research, publications and ordering information, links - Health Insurance Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/
Contents: Main page for accessing Census data on health insurance for adults and children - Kaiser Family Foundation (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
http://www.kff.org
Contents: Research and policy publications; statistics on health and health insurance, public programs - Low Income Uninsured Children by State
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/children/uninsured_low-income.html - National Academy for State Health Policy
http://www.nashp.org
Contents: Policy and research documents, best practices, news about state health policies and plans - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.nih.gov/
Contents: grant and funding opportunities, listing of organizations that make up NIH - News Releases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/media/index.html - Public Health Institute
http://www.phi.org/
Contents: Research, demonstrations and technical assistance on the social, environmental, economic and demographic aspects of health and well-being. - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ
http://www.rwjf.org/
Contents: information on funded programs in health and health care policy research - UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/
Contents: Research reports, policy papers, data - Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/uwphi/
Contents: population health data, publications, links - World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.who.int/en/
Homelessness
- Big Issue, The
http://www.bigissue.com
Contents: Homeless advocates newspaper - Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
http://www.unitedwayla.org/getinformed/rr/research/Pages/default.aspx - National Alliance to End Homelessness
http://www.endhomelessness.org/
Contents: Statistics, reports, links to community and government agencies - National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
Contents: projects, legislative information, newsletter, large database of online reports, links - National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
Washington, D.C.
http://www.nlchp.org/
Contents: related links, publications titles and ordering information, legal and legislative information, summary statistics - National Resource and Training Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov/
Contents: Focuses on effective organization and delivery of services to the homeless mentally ill
Housing
- Center for Housing and Urban Development
Texas A&M University
http://chud.tamu.edu/
Contents: description of research and outreach related to improving living conditions, especially for Texas residents in "colonias" along the Texas-Mexican border - Enterprise Foundation
http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/
Contents: resources and links on affordable housing and community development - Fannie Mae
http://www.fanniemae.com/ - Homes for the Homeless/Institute for Children & Poverty
http://www.homesforthehomeless.com
Contents: Homes for the Homeless provides transitional housing in New York City. It is run jointly with the Institute for Children and Poverty, a research and policy organization. Reports, position papers - HUD
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov
Contents: programs and policies to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination - HUD Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/offices/fbci/index.cfm - HUDUSER
Office of Policy Development and Research
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.huduser.org/
Contents: information on housing needs, market conditions, and data on assisted housing and subsidized households over time; searchable links - National Housing Conference
http://www.nhc.org
Contents: Reports, policy initiatives
Income and Wages
- Employment and Training Institute
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/ETI/ - Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
University of Amsterdam
http://www.uva-aias.net/lower.asp?lang=ne
Contents: publications, newsletter, links - Income Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income.html - Jobs for the Future
http://www.jff.org/
Contents: research publications, best practices - Low Pay Commission
http://www.lowpay.gov.uk
Contents: Research and advocacy concerning low-wage workers, publications, data - Raising the National Minimum Wage
http://www.raiseminwage.org
Contents: Provides sources and links to the debate over the minimum wage, minimum wage in other countries, and research
International
- Canadian Council on Social Development
Ottawa, Ontario
http://www.ccsd.ca/ - Childwatch International Research Network
http://www.childwatch.uio.no/
Contents: Extensive links to regional and international organizations in child advocacy and research - CIESIN (Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network)
http://www.ciesin.org/datasets/us-demog/us-demog-home.html
Contents: U.S. Demographic Information - Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
UNESCO and International Social Science Council
http://www.crop.org/
Contents: projects, publications and ordering information, newsletter, links - Data Archive of the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joint
Information Systems Committee
University of Essex, UK
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/ - Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World
(EDIRC)
Economic Research Department, of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
http://edirc.repec.org/
Contents: registry of more than 12,100 economics institutions worldwide - International Poverty Centre
United Nations Development Programme
http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/
Contents: Publications, events, training sessions, study tours, UNDP Network links - International Sociological Association
http://www.isa-sociology.org - LIS-Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg
http://www.lisdatacenter.org/
Contents: publications, newsletter, international comparative income statistics - Poverty Lines
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdph/lsms/research/povline/plhome.html
Contents: newsletter summarizing research on poverty - PovertyNet
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
Contents: Publications, policy, datasets - Scottish Poverty Information Unit
Glasgow Caledonian University
http://www.povertyinformation.org/
Contents: information on poverty in Scotland, links - Social Disadvantage Research Centre
Oxford University
http://www.spsw.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/static/sdrc/
Contents: publications, research list, low-income map of Oxford - Social Policy Research Centre
University of New South Wales, Australia
http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/ - Social Science Information Gateway
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences
Contents: links to social science Internet resources - Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Research
Institute of Psychiatry, London
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/IoP/Departments/SGDPsy/index.stm - South Asia Poverty Portal
World Bank
http://digitalmedia.worldbank.org/sar/poverty/
Contents: Resources on poverty and economic growth in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - Statistics Canada (English) and Statistique Canada (French)
Canada, Government of
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
Contents: Canada's national statistical agency, providing demographic, sociological, and economic data: summary statistics available online. - World Bank
Washington, D.C.
http://www.worldbank.org/
Contents: publications, data sets, projects - World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty / Journee Mondiale du Refus de
la Misere
http://www.oct17.org
Contents: information on activities planned for October 17 each year - World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.who.int/en/ - World Hunger Year
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/
Contents: information about innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty worldwide
Nutrition and Food Insecurity
- America's Second Harvest
http://www.secondharvest.com
Contents: Publications, datasets - Economic Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.ers.usda.gov - Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fncs/ - Wisconsin Food Security Project
University of Wisconsin Extension /Wisconsin DHFS
http://www1.uwex.edu/ces/flp/cfs/index.cfm
Contents: County and state-level information about food security, economic well-being, and public and private programs to increase food security - World Hunger Year
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/
Population
- Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/
Contents: research projects, publications, links - Center for Demography and Ecology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/
Contents: publications, data, links - Center for Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org
Contents: Publications, policy - NORC Population Research Center
University of Chicago
http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/orgs/prc/
Contents: publications and ordering information, links - Office of Population Research
Princeton University
http://opr.princeton.edu/
Contents: newsletter, data, links - Population Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.prc.utexas.edu/
Contents: research, data, publications and ordering information, links - Population Research Institute
Pennsylvania State University
http://www.pop.psu.edu - Population Studies and Training Center
Brown University
http://www.pstc.brown.edu/
Contents: publications, newsletter, links - Population Studies Center
University of Michigan
http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/
Contents: publications, online data sets (require registration) and links to other data sources - Population Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
http://www.pop.upenn.edu/
Contents: data sets, African Census Analysis Project
Poverty
- Center for Law and Social Policy
http://www.clasp.org/
Contents: a national public interest law firm with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor; publications; newsletters; links - Center for Poverty Research
University of Kentucky
http://www.ukcpr.org/
Contents: Publications, news, relating to poverty in southern states - Center on Business and Poverty
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.cobap.org - Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/csup/index.php
Contents: publications, links - Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Case Western Reserve University
http://povertycenter.cwru.edu
Contents: research projects, publications, description of database - Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
UNESCO and International Social Science Council
http://www.crop.org/
Contents: projects, publications and ordering information, newsletter, links - Ethics Updates on Poverty and Welfare
University of San Diego
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Poverty/index.asp
Contents: links to research literature on poverty and welfare issues - Institute for Research on Poverty
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/
Contents: full text of publications since 1995; publication indexes; research projects; comprehensive, categorized links to other sites - Institute on Race and Poverty
University of Minnesota
http://www.irpumn.org
Contents: research projects, publications, links - National Poverty Center
University of Michigan
http://www.npc.umich.edu/
Contents: Working papers, poverty briefs, news - Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/
Contents: poverty guidelines (program eligibility figures) since 1996; papers and references on poverty lines and poverty measurement. - Poverty in America
Pennsylvania State University
http://www.povertyinamerica.mit.edu
Contents: Maps, data, essays; spatial distribution of U.S. poverty - Poverty Lines
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdph/lsms/research/povline/plhome.html
Contents: newsletter summarizing research on poverty - Poverty, Race and Inequality Program
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/research/respoverty1.html - PovertyNet
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
Contents: Publications, policy, datasets - Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy
University of Michigan
http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/research/poverty/
Contents: research projects, publications, links - Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice
Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/wilkins
Contents: publications, links - Rural Sociological Society
http://www.ruralsociology.org/
Contents: publications - Scottish Poverty Information Unit
Glasgow Caledonian University
http://www.povertyinformation.org/
Contents: information on poverty in Scotland, links - Social Disadvantage Research Centre
Oxford University
http://www.spsw.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/static/sdrc/
Contents: publications, research list, low-income map of Oxford - South Asia Poverty Portal
World Bank
http://digitalmedia.worldbank.org/sar/poverty/
Contents: Resources on poverty and economic growth in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
Public Policy and Public Affairs
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
Washington, DC
http://www.appam.org/ - Brookings Institution
Washington, DC
http://www.brookings.edu/
Contents: publications (some full-text), projects, op-ed pieces, ordering information - Carter Center
Emory University
http://www.CarterCenter.org - Cato Institute
Washington, DC
http://www.cato.org/
Contents: publications, research projects - Center for Policy Research
Syracuse University
http://www-cpr.maxwell.syr.edu/ - Center for Urban Policy Research
Rutgers University
http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/
Contents: Basic & applied research on urban growth and development; database of indicators of economic, social, health, & environmental indicators of 77 U.S. cities and suburbs - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC
http://www.cbpp.org/
Contents: nonpartisan policy institute that conducts research on policies affecting low- and middle-income people and welfare reform - Century Foundation (formerly Twentieth Century Fund)
http://www.tcf.org/ - Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy
http://coalition4evidence.org/
Contents: Rates policies and programs using evidence based on rigorous evaluation standards; publishes guides to evaluation - Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epi.org/ - Evans School of Public Affairs
University of Washington
http://www.evans.washington.edu/ - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/ - Hoover Institution
Stanford University
http://www.hoover.org - Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/ - Hudson Institute
Indianapolis, IN
http://www.hudson.org/
Contents: publication titles and abstracts; links; Welfare Policy Center - Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/ - Institute for Public Affairs
Temple University
http://www.temple.edu/ipa/
Contents: research projects, publications - Institute for Public Policy Research
United Kingdom
http://www.ippr.org.uk/
Contents: publication title lists and abstracts; research information - Institute for Social Science Research
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/ - Institute for Wisconsin's Future
http://www.wisconsinsfuture.org
Contents: Reports and analysis of community and public policy issues (e.g., education, welfare, taxes, housing) in Wisconsin - Institute for Women's Policy Research
Washington, DC
http://www.iwpr.org/
Contents: publications, links, information on research projects - Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy
University of Chicago
http://www.harrisschool.uchicago.edu - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/ - Mathematica Policy Research
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/ - National Academy of Social Insurance
Washington, DC
http://www.nasi.org/
Contents: publications (including Social Security Source Book and Social Security Briefs), research projects, newsletter, links - National Association of Counties
http://www.naco.org
Contents: Publications; best practices guides; policy analysis - National Governors Association
http://www.nga.org
Contents: Policy analysis; legislative reports; best practices; state news - Pew Center on the States
University of Richmond
http://www.stateline.org/
Contents: information on innovative public policies in the states - Public Agenda
http://www.publicagenda.org
Contents: Summary statistics on social policy issues, summaries of policy options, background information - Public Policy Institute of California
http://www.ppic.org
Contents: Research descriptions, reports, working papers - RAND
http://www.rand.org/
Contents: projects, publications, research reports (full text) and ordering information - Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/ - Rural Policy Research Institute
http://www.rupri.org
Contents: University consortium that studies rural impacts of public policies and programs, including health, welfare, community policy; statistics, reports - Social Policy Research Centre
University of New South Wales, Australia
http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/ - Urban Institute
Washington, DC
http://www.urban.org/
Contents: projects, publications (full-text), extensive state databases - Washington State Institute for Public Policy
http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/ - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/
Social Sciences Data Sets and Collections
- Childstats
Forum on Child and Family Statistics
http://www.childstats.gov
Contents: Federal and state statistics and reports on children and families - Data and Information Services Center (formerly Data and Program Library Service)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://disc.wisc.edu/
Contents: online data sets, codebooks, links; includes Wisconsin Longitudinal Study; Milwaukee Parental Choice; Catasto Study of 15C Italy - Data Archive of the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joint Information Systems Committee
University of Essex, UK
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/ - ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
University of Michigan
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
Contents: data sets, information about data sets - Henry A. Murray Research Archive
Cambridge, MA
Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University
http://www.murray.harvard.edu/
Contents: Social science data, particularly psychology, sociology, and education - LIS-Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg
http:/www.lisdatacenter.org/
Contents: publications, newsletter, international comparative income statistics - Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org
Contents: Publications, research, data - PSID (Panel Study of Income Dynamics)
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/
Contents: data sets, information about data sets - SSDC (Social Sciences Data Collection)
University of California, San Diego
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl/data-gov-info-gis/ssds/
Contents: online data, metadata
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Research
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
http://www.carnegie.org/
Contents: research program descriptions; publications titles; some publications on-line - Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
http://www.isr.umich.edu/ - International Sociological Association
http://www.isa-sociology.org - National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences
http://www.nas.edu/ - Russell Sage Foundation
http://www.russellsage.org/ - Social Science Research Council
http://www.ssrc.org/ - Social Sciences Division
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/
Social Sciences Internet Resource Collections
- A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions
Brown University
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/ - Cybercemetery
University of North Texas Libraries
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/
Contents: The University of North Texas /U.S. Govt. Printing Office site that archives the Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. - Research Resources for the Social Sciences
http://www.socsciresearch.com/ - Social Science Information Gateway
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences
Contents: links to social science Internet resources
Statistics (Available Online)
- American FactFinder (AFF)
U.S. Census Bureau
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Contents: offers prepackaged data products and user-selected data tables and maps from Census data - Atlas of United States Mortality
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm - Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.bls.gov/
Contents: publications and abstracts - California Department of Social Services - Information Service
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/research/default.htm - Canadian Council on Social Development
Ottawa, Ontario
http://www.ccsd.ca/ - Center for Governmental Studies
http://www.cgs.org - CIESIN (Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network)
http://www.ciesin.org/datasets/us-demog/us-demog-home.html
Contents: U.S. Demographic Information - Data on the Internet Catalog
University of California, San Diego
http://3stages.org/idata - EPI DataZone
Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epi.org/resources/datazone_index/
Contents: recently updated figures and statistics for various economic measures, as well as historical labor market data - FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Contents: "One-stop shopping" for U.S. Federal Government Statistics - Food Research and Action Center
http://www.frac.org/ - Gateway to Census 2000
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html - Green Book 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004
U.S. Congress, House Ways and Means Committee
http://aspe.hhs.gov/greenbook/
Contents: The Green Books provide program descriptions and historical data on social welfare programs and social policy data. - Green Book, 1994
U.S. Congress, House Ways and Means Committee
http://aspe.hhs.gov/94gb/contents.htm - Historical Demographic, Economic, and Social Data
University of Virginia
http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/census - Housing and Household Economics Statistics Division
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/ - Kentucky State Data Center
http://ksdc.louisville.edu - Louisiana State Census Data Center
Contents: census data and maps of Louisiana - National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/ - Office of Policy Development and Research
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.huduser.org/
Contents: information on housing needs, market conditions, and data for community development researchers and policymakers. - Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis
University of Missouri
http://www.oseda.missouri.edu
Contents: thematic maps of U.S. and Missouri. - Pennsylvania State Data Center
Pennsylvania State University
http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/ - Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org
Contents: U.S. population issues, trends, and statistics - Poverty Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html
Contents: poverty estimates through 2001 - Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe.html
Contents: substate data on poverty and well-being - State and County QuickFacts
U.S. Census Bureau
http://quickfacts.census.gov/
Contents: clickable map of United States which leads to state maps with individual county profiles; links to Tiger map server - Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Contents: frequently requested tables online (Adobe Acrobat). - Statistical Briefs
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/apsd/www/statbrief/
Contents: 2-4 page online reports in a narrative style with graphs; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. - Statistics Canada (English) and Statistique Canada (French)
Canada, Government of
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
Contents: Canada's national statistical agency, providing demographic, sociological, and economic data: summary statistics available online. - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://www.uscis.gov
Contents: The federal agency that replaces the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Monthly statistical reports, legal information. - USA Counties
U.S. Census Bureau
http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml
Contents: This U.S. Census Bureau web site provides demographic, economic, and governmental information for county comparisons and profiles
Urban Issues
- Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
University of Minnesota
http://www.cura.umn.edu/ - Institute of Urban and Regional Development
University of California, Berkeley
http://www.iurd.berkeley.edu - Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/urbanpoverty/
Contents: Program analyzes the effects of increasing inner city poverty and joblessness; research, conferences, on-line "smart libraries" on urban poverty - Rockefeller Foundation
http://www.rockfound.org/
Contents: Poor neighborhoods and low-wage work (many other projects, most of them globally rather than U.S. oriented) - Windows on Urban Poverty
Bruton Center, U.Texas/Brookings Institution
http://www.urbanpoverty.net
Contents: Documents the geographic distribution of poverty in the United States 1970-2000 through interactive maps
Welfare Reform
- American Public Human Services Association (formerly APWA)
http://www.aphsa.org/
Contents: articles and information on welfare reform; information on state reforms - Department of Human Services
Iowa, State of
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/
Contents: Iowa state welfare and family support policies and programs - Department of Workforce Development
Indiana, State of
http://www.state.in.us/dwd/
Contents: Indiana state workforce policies, programs - Illinois Department of Human Services
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/
Contents: Illinois state TANF, employment and training, and family support services information - Economic Success Clearinghouse (formerly Welfare Information Network)
Finance Project
http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/
Contents: Links to resources for policies, programs, for helping low-income and working poor families - Food Assistance Programs, Welfare Reform
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fncs - Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Ohio, State of
http://www.state.oh.us/odjfs/index.stm
Contents: State welfare and family support programs and policies - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), 1996
U.S. Congress
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/wm015.pdf - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, 1996
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/wm015.txt - Summary of Welfare Reforms Made by Public Law 104-193 --The Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and Associated Legislation
WMCP: 104-15, Committee Print
U.S. Congress, House Ways and Means Committee
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/wm015.txt - Welfare Links
State of Minnesota
Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/links/welfare.htm - Welfare Reform Academy
School of Public Affairs
University of Maryland
http://www.welfareacademy.org/ - Welfare, Children & Families: A Three-City Study
Johns Hopkins University
http://web.jhu.edu/threecitystudy
Contents: publications from a study of the effects of welfare reform on the well-being of children and families in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio
Welfare Reform Program Evaluation
- ACF Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://peerta.acf.hhs.gov
Contents: The Network provides peer-to-peer technical assistance to public agencies and private organizations operating the TANF program - Illinois Families Study
Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/research/IFS.html
Contents: Six-year panel study of Illinois families & welfare reform--research reports, policy - Policy Information Center (PIC)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://aspe.hhs.gov/pic/
Welfare Reform State Demonstrations and Waivers
- Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Contents: links to other sites, summary statistics, AFDC reports - Department of Workforce Development
Wisconsin, State of
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/ - Family Independence Agency
Michigan, State of
http://www.michigan.gov/fia/ - Minnesota Family Investment Program
Minnesota, State of
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/economic_support/documents/pub/dhs_id_004112.hcsp
Contents: Minnesota state TANF and family support programs - Welfare Reform Connection
National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/welfare/welfare.htm
Contents: information about state and federal actions and analyses of key welfare reform issues for states - Welfare Reform State Links
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/states/stlinks.htm