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
Jobs, skills, and policy for lower-wage workers
- Robert H. Haveman, Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2011
Unmarried parents in college: Pathways to success
- Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kia Sorensen
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2011
Fighting child poverty in the United States and United Kingdom: An update
- Timothy M. Smeeding and Jane Waldfogel
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2010
The effects of the 2009 ARRA on poverty in Wisconsin
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Y. Marks, and Katherine Thornton
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2010
Promising antipoverty strategies for families
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Deborah Reed
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2010
Early findings from New York City’s conditional cash transfer program
- James A. Riccio
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2010
The “Great Recession” and redistribution: Federal antipoverty policies
- Gary Burtless
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2009
Measuring the “faith factor” in social service program outcomes
- Jennifer L. Noyes
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2009
President Obama and antipoverty policy: What does the stimulus bill do to fight poverty, educate citizens, and improve public health?
- Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2009
A state of agents? Third-party governance and implications for human services and their delivery
- Carolyn Heinrich
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2008