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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Child poverty in rural America

  • David Rothwell and Brian C. Thiede
  • Focus & Focus+
  • December 2018
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Focus & Focus+ 34(2), October 2018
Rural Poverty, Part 1

  • Focus & Focus+
  • October 2018
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Fifty years after The People Left Behind: The unfinished challenge of reducing rural poverty

  • Bruce Weber
  • Focus & Focus+
  • October 2018
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Are rural Americans still behind?

  • James P. Ziliak
  • Focus & Focus+
  • October 2018
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Focus & Focus+ 34(1), Spring 2018

  • Focus & Focus+
  • June 2018
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Paid parental leave in the United States

  • Emma Caspar
  • Focus & Focus+
  • June 2018
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How do parental welfare work requirements affect children?

  • Chris M. Herbst
  • Focus & Focus+
  • June 2018
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How do paid leave and TANF generosity affect welfare participation and material hardship around a birth?

  • Marci Ybarra, Alexandra B. Stanczyk, and Yoonsook Ha
  • Focus & Focus+
  • June 2018
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Focus & Focus+ 33(3), Special Issue 2017

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  • Special Issue 2017
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Making a difference over 50 years

  • Rebecca M. Blank
  • Focus & Focus+
  • Special Issue 2017