Christopher Taber and colleagues’ research on graduation and college-attendance benefits of Catholic high schools cited as new Catholic school opens in troubled Baltimore neighborhood
Julia Isaacs discusses potential effects of federal SNAP food assistance changes for low-income Wisconsin families on Wisconsin Public Radio
Child Support Policy Research Agreement, October 1, 2016–December 31, 2018
This research agreement between IRP and the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (Maria Cancian, Principal Investigator) supports data collection and research related to the child support system. The primary projects and summary descriptions appear …
Child Support Policy Research Agreement, September 2014–December 2016
This research agreement between IRP and the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (Jennifer L. Noyes, Principal Investigator) supports data collection and research related to the child support system. The primary projects and summary descriptions …
Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP)
IRP is a member of the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP), a nonprofit organization that promotes poverty studies programs in undergraduate and professional schools. SHECP helps prepare students for professional and civic efforts …
Poverty Studies Internship
IRP partners with the Morgridge Center for Public Service on the UW–Madison campus to sponsor an academic-year undergraduate Poverty Studies Internship focused on translating poverty and policy research for an undergraduate audience and campus outreach. …
National Poverty Research Center Topical Workshops & Panels
IRP hosts several Topical Workshops and Panels each year, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). These events highlight cutting edge …
Annual Forum
As the National Poverty Research Center, IRP holds a large Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum each September in Washington, DC. The Forum highlights and distills cutting-edge research on poverty and inequality for a broad …
Tonya Brito selected as a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar
Tonya Brito selected as a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar to explore court experiences of low-income defendants with child support arrears.