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.
New RSF journal double-issue reimagines “Anti-Poverty Policy Initiatives for the U.S.”
Lawrence Berger, Maria Cancian, and Katherine Magnuson coedited a double-issue of the Russell Sage Foundation’s open-access journal that features substantially new, innovative anti-poverty policy proposals. The proposals by leading social scientists explore alternatives to shrinking …
2018–2019 Research Area: Research to Inform Child Support Policies and Programs
About half of all American children will spend at least part of their childhood living in a single-parent, most frequently single-mother, family. Single-parent families with minor children are particularly economically vulnerable. The child support enforcement …
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 …
Child Support Policy Research Agreement, September 2012–December 2014
This research agreement between IRP and the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (Daniel R. Meyer, Principal Investigator) supports data collection and research related to the child support system. The primary projects and summary descriptions …