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“What happens if we think about new ways to tackle poverty?” Read how IRP is looking forward in UW Letters & Science Magazine

Posted on October 22, 2019
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IRP Names Two Innovative Researchers as Emerging Poverty Scholar Fellows

Posted on October 8, 2019

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 …

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Julie Poehlmann-Tynan releases 2nd edition of groundbreaking guide for working with children with incarcerated parents with coauthor J. Mark Eddy

Posted on September 26, 2019
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Katherine Magnuson assumes IRP directorship as Lawrence Berger’s term ends

Posted on August 13, 2019

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 …

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Institute for Research on Poverty expands its health policy research initiatives

Posted on August 1, 2019

CONTACT: Donna Friedsam, (608) 265-9377, dafriedsam@wisc.edu or Marguerite Burns, meburns@wisc.edu MADISON—The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) recently added a new Medicaid Evaluation, Research, and Technical Assistance (MERTA) unit …

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Congratulations to our DreamUp Wisconsin teams: Schmidt Futures announces winners of the 2019 competition

Posted on June 27, 2019

DreamUp Wisconsin: The Alliance for the American Dream | Two DreamUp Wisconsin Teams Awarded Funding

Posted in DreamUp Updates, News

Wisconsin poverty rate fell overall and for children, but rose for elderly

Posted on June 24, 2019

CONTACT:  Timothy Smeeding, smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1317 MADISON—The latest Wisconsin poverty analysis using a state-specific poverty measure devised by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers found mixed results in our efforts to alleviate poverty and promote self-sufficiency in …

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David Pate on Milwaukee—most segregated, most incarcerated area in U.S.—declaration of racism as a public health crisis

Posted on June 3, 2019
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DreamUp WI is launching its second round of competition

Posted on May 24, 2019

CONTACT: Hilary Shager, (608) 262-7990, hilary.shager@wisc.edu MADISON – DreamUp WI is launching its second round of competition, seeking entrepreneurial ideas to increase the net income of 10,000 Dane County families by 10 percent by the year …

Posted in DreamUp Wisconsin, News

UW–Madison Center for Financial Security partnered with the Wisconsin Employee Trust Fund to survey state Group Health Insurance Program participants about how they are managing out-of-pocket costs

Posted on May 23, 2019

Department of Employee Trust Funds Survey

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