The fall seminars are being held virtually and connection information is sent to those on the IRP Seminar list in advance. If a video of the past seminar is available a link is provided to …
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2020: Envisioning Universal Measures of Economic Mobility
Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum Virtual Series One Destination, Many Roads: Envisioning Universal Measures of Economic Mobility September 9 & 16, 2020 Convened by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of …
Wisconsin Poverty Rate Rose in 2018 Overall, for Children, and for the Elderly
CONTACT: Timothy Smeeding, smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1317 MADISON—University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers found discouraging results in the latest Wisconsin poverty analysis using a state-specific measure. The overall statewide poverty rate using the Wisconsin Poverty Measure (WPM) rose …
IRP Names Two Innovative Researchers As Emerging Poverty Scholar Fellows
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty announced the winners of a re-grant program funded by The JPB Foundation aimed at expanding antipoverty research capacity. Through the Emerging Poverty Scholars Fellowships, IRP is supporting …
Startup Clock’d plays Cupid for restaurants and staff
Wisconsin Partnership to Embed Social Needs Referral Tool into Epic
Topping 2019 success, Madison teams win $1.5 million for projects to boost middle class
National Poverty Fellows Program Position Description for 2021–2022
The National Poverty Fellows in residence at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in Washington, D.C., will work in the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) and will be assigned to the Division …
Is higher COVID-19 mortality in Black adults linked to essential work?
James Kingsland, Medical News Today, 9/20/2020, quoted: Tiffany Green
Toll of COVID-19 on Wisconsin’s Workforce
Frederica Freyberg, PBS Wisconsin, 9/18/2020, quoted: Laura Dresser