Fast Focus Policy Brief

Fast Focus is a policy brief designed for busy policymakers and practitioners who want a concise summary of a research study or policy innovation in straightforward language. Some Fast Focus briefs translate a single research study. Others synthesize broader research and policy themes and developments from IRP meetings, publications, and events.

Resources

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The Complexity of LGBT Poverty in the United States

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • June 2021
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Making the U.S. Safety Net More Responsive to Economic Downturns

  • Robert A. Moffitt and James P. Ziliak, edited by Mitchell McFarlane
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • April 2021
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Impact of Government Programs Adopted During the New Deal on Residential Segregation Today

  • Jacob Faber, and edited by Anna Sucsy
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • February 2021
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Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansions and Child Support Outcomes

  • Lindsey Bullinger, and edited by Eleanor Pratt
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • January 2021
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Implementing Virtual Human Services: Lessons from Telehealth

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • June 2020
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Connections Among Poverty, Incarceration, and Inequality

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • May 2020
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Cutting Child Poverty in Half: Directions for Policymakers

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • April 2020
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Strategies for engaging fathers in family services

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • March 2020
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Involved fathers play an important role in children’s lives

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • February 2020
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Many Rural Americans Are Still “Left Behind”

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • January 2020