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Pajarita Charles to deliver University League Spring Luncheon Presentation on Positive Outcomes for Kids of Incarcerated Parents
Thursday, March 19, 2020, 11:00 am Nakoma Country Club, 4145 Country Club Road, Madison, WI 53711 Kids of Incarcerated Parents Pajarita Charles, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison and IRP Affiliate Program Information (pdf) | Reservation …
DreamUp WI initiative to boost middle class in Dane County announces finalists
CONTACT: Rebecca Schwei, (608) 890-1100, Rebecca.schwei@wisc.edu MADISON – UW–Madison has chosen three finalists – Thrive Dane, EARNdane, and Clock’d – to advance to a national competition seeking ideas to expand and strengthen the middle class. …
IRP Funds Research to Inform Programs and Policies to Boost Youth Employment
MADISON—The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) awarded funding to four innovative projects for the 2020 extramural research funding program, which supports research that will inform policies and programs designed to improve employment outcomes for …
DreamUp WI Announces Semi-Finalist Ideas to Raise Income of Dane County Families
CONTACT: Rebecca Schwei, (608) 890-1100, rebecca.schwei@wisc.edu DreamUp WI announces seven semi-finalists in the second year of a local competition that seeks to meet the Alliance for the American Dream Challenge to increase the net incomes …
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
IRP Names Two Innovative Researchers as Emerging Poverty Scholar Fellows
IRP is excited to announce 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 two rising stars in …
Julie Poehlmann-Tynan releases 2nd edition of groundbreaking guide for working with children with incarcerated parents with coauthor J. Mark Eddy
Katherine Magnuson assumes IRP directorship as Lawrence Berger’s term ends
Contact: Deborah Johnson, deborah.johnson@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7779 Katherine A. Magnuson will assume leadership of the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on August 19, 2019, when outgoing director Lawrence M. Berger’s …