The UW–Madison Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) seeks a 50% graduate student project assistant (PA) to assist in the evaluation of the Madison Guaranteed Income Pilot Project, also known as the Madison Forward Fund. …
Message from the Director
Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2021 has been a year like no other in many ways. We have continued to learn how to navigate the COVID-dominated landscape, and while vaccines are now available for more and …
National Dissertation Award for Research on Poverty and Economic Mobility 2022–2023: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
If you still have clarifying questions regarding the submission of proposals after consulting our website, please contact us at irpapply@ssc.wisc.edu.
National Poverty Fellows Program Position Description for 2022–2023
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 …
IRP Names Five 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 …
UW–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty Named National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility
CONTACT: Judith Siers-Poisson, Communications Director, sierspoisson@wisc.edu; 608-262-7779 MADISON—The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the nation’s longest-standing center for poverty research, has been awarded a five-year, $10.6 million cooperative agreement to …
2021 Fall IRP Seminar Calendar
IRP Seminars will resume in person meetings this semester, unless otherwise noted. Connection information for virtual seminars will be sent out, in advance, to the IRP Seminar email list. Sign up for IRP seminar email …
2021: Understanding and Addressing Inequities in Human Services
Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum Virtual Series Understanding and Addressing Inequities in Human Services September 28 & 29, 2021 Convened by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Supported by …
Tax Policy for Low-Income Americans – Agenda
A conference organized by the Poverty and Tax Policy Network of the Collaborative of Poverty Centers Location: Zoom August 27, 2021 1:00 – 4:05 pm Eastern/12:00 – 3:05 pm Central Friday August 27 1:00pm Welcome …
Links between Involved Fathers and Positive Effects on Children
Feature Revised June 2021 | No. 5-2020 More than 72 million men in the United States have at least one biological child. That’s 60 percent of all men in the country. Some are married or …