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May 9 Brookings webcast: Tim Smeeding on panel discussing NAS reducing child poverty roadmap he helped create
Katherine Magnuson and Hilary Shager present IRP’s rapid response data and analysis protocols at Midwest Mobility meeting
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UW–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty Joins the National Academy of Medicine in Countering the Opioid Epidemic
CONTACT: Barbara Wolfe, wolfe@lafollette.wisc.edu or Deborah Johnson, deborah.johnson@wisc.edu MADISON — The number of opioid-related deaths—from both prescription opioids and illegal drugs including heroin, fentanyl, and carfentanil—has quadrupled in the last 20 years. At present, the …
IRP joins UW School of Medicine & Public Health & School of Human Ecology to establish research center for mother-baby health funded by the CDC and headed by Deborah Ehrenthal
Final Evaluation Findings Released on Demonstration Designed to Identify Effective Policies to Help Noncustodial Parents Support Their Children
CONTACT: Maria Cancian (mcancian@wisc.edu), Daniel R. Meyer (drmeyer1@wisc.edu), or Lisa Klein Vogel (lmklein@wisc.edu) MADISON — Final evaluation findings from a national demonstration designed to identify effective policies to help noncustodial parents support their children are …
Timothy Smeeding Q&A on National Academies U.S. child poverty reduction plan he helped devise
UW News Press Release | About the Event Other Media Coverage: Ron Haskins and Timothy Smeeding opinion contributors, “How to cut child poverty in half,” The Hill Opinion, March 8, 2019.
Two DreamUp Wisconsin Teams Advance in Alliance for the American Dream Competition
CONTACT: Hilary Shager, (608) 262-7990, hilary.shager@wisc.edu MADISON—Two teams from Wisconsin will advance to the final round of the Alliance for the American Dream competition, where they will compete for potential investment. The Alliance, known locally …