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 brain science of poverty and its policy implications

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  • June 2019
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Reducing high infant mortality rates in the United States

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • May 2019
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What do we know about Career and Technical Education?

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • April 2019
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Barriers to public service delivery and receipt

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • March 2019
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Reducing pregnancy-Related maternal deaths in the United States

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • December 2018
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A new federal law changes child welfare system financing as we know it

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • September 2018
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Are recent increases in child welfare cases and the opioid epidemic related?

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • July 2018
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New tax code’s implications for low-income families

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • June 2018
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The opioid epidemic and socioeconomic disadvantage

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • March 2018
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Neighborhood poverty and school readiness

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • January 2018