Remove transportation barriers to jobs. Organize participating employers into a consortium that supports advancements in workforce development, child care, housing, transit, and health care. Expand to more Dane County communities. Partners: YWCA Madison, …
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AI to Reduce Student Loan Debt
Create a state-run artificial intelligence (AI) application to answer student loans questions or refer users to a coach. Simplify information about student loans to help debt holders navigate the repayment system and improve …
FEED Dane
Double the size of the FEED Kitchen facility to incorporate a co-packing service, pop-up restaurant, retail space, and culinary training. Develop a food cart web application. Develop a FEED Kitchen delivery service. Partners: …
Connect Rx Wisconsin: Grand Prize Winners!
Connect Rx Wisconsin plans to revolutionize the way that families get the economic support they need to reduce financial stress and achieve better health outcomes. The team proposes a fully integrated network of healthcare and …
Opportunity Calculator: Second Place Winners!
Learn more at: Opportunitycalculator.org Opportunity Calculator aims to develop a mobile platform to give workers fast, accurate information about how career and training opportunities could affect their net income, helping them achieve career goals and …
UKCPR (U.S. Collaborative of Poverty Centers Member) and USDA ERS/FNS Call For Proposals: Understanding Food-Related Hardships Among Older Americans – LOI due 12/10/2019; Full proposal due 01/14/2020
Download the Full Call in PDF format The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR), with underwriting from the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announces a second round …
IRP UW Researchers Presenting Their Research at APPAM Public Policy Conference
Madison—Researchers and researchers-in-training representing diverse disciplines from the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will present their work on a wide range of poverty policy- and research-related issues at the …
“What happens if we think about new ways to tackle poverty?” Read how IRP is looking forward in UW Letters & Science Magazine
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Section 1115 Waiver Evaluation
Evaluating Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus health insurance program and reforms, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. BadgerCare Plus is Wisconsin’s Medicaid and SCHIP programs, providing health insurance for most Wisconsin children and many low and …
ACA-subsidized coverage for near poor adults
Awarded funding by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, under its Research in Transforming Health & Health Care Systems program, our team is conducting a study to assess changes to Medicaid and ACA eligibility, and the effects …