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
Building Economic Self-Sufficiency
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Helping the Hard-to-Employ and Their Families
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Getting by: Earning, spending, saving, and borrowing among the poor
- J. Michael Collins, Hallie Lienhardt, and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2014
Less-educated workers’ unstable employment: Can the safety net help?
- Heather D. Hill and Marci A. Ybarra
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2014
Family Change: It’s Complicated
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2014
New findings on New York City’s conditional cash transfer program
- James A. Riccio
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2013
Reducing the effects of poverty through early childhood interventions
- Katherine Magnuson
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2013
Local food prices: Effects on child eating patterns, food insecurity, and overweight
- Taryn W. Morrissey, Alison Jacknowitz, and Katie Vinopal
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2013
The Affordable Care Act: What does it do for low-income families?
- Linda J. Blumberg
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2012
A consumer’s guide to interpreting various U.S. poverty measures
- David S. Johnson and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2012