Focus & Focus+

Focus, IRP’s flagship online publication, includes brief essays summarizing current poverty and policy research for non-researchers. The collection is prepared for educators, policymakers, policy analysts, and state and federal officials. Each issue is accompanied by Focus+, a college classroom resource, which includes additional information and web links on the topics covered in Focus.

Resources

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Maryland’s approach to the opioid crisis

  • Randi Walters and Brandi Stocksdale
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  • May 2020
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The response of state courts to the opioid crisis

  • Deborah Taylor Tate
  • Focus & Focus+
  • May 2020
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Ohio’s actions to address the opioid crisis

  • Kimberly Hall
  • Focus & Focus+
  • May 2020
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Supporting treatment and recovery in human services programs

  • Barbara Ramlow and Carl Leukefeld
  • Focus & Focus+
  • May 2020
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Focus & Focus+ 36(1), February 2020
Human services programs and the opioid crisis, Part 1

  • Focus & Focus+
  • February 2020
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Human services programs and the opioid crisis

  • Focus & Focus+
  • February 2020
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Understanding the needs of families during the opioid crisis

  • Stephen W. Patrick
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  • February 2020
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Interactions between human services programs and the opioid crisis: Child welfare

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  • February 2020
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Interactions between human services programs and the opioid crisis: Self-sufficiency supports

  • Focus & Focus+
  • February 2020
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Interactions between human services programs and the opioid crisis: Early childhood care

  • Focus & Focus+
  • February 2020