Poverty-Related Links by Category
Note: The following resources are not
under the control of the Institute for Research on Poverty. They are merely
listed here as a resource for researchers. Any notes or classifications are
based on the cataloger's opinion based on a brief "visit" to a site.
Activism
- Alliance for Children and Families
http://www.alliance1.org/
Contents: provides services to nonprofit organizations serving children
and families and working for economic empowerment.
- Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
http://www.wilder.org/index.html
Contents: Publications of this nonprofit health and human services
organization emphasize practical planning for nonprofit organizations and problems
of particular minority and immigrant
- Brotherhood of St. Laurence
http://www.bsl.org.au/
Contents: publications and ordering information; links; summary statistics
on Australian poverty, housing, unemployment
- Center for Family Policy and Practice (CFFPP)
http://www.cffpp.org
Contents: Policy briefings, reports
- HandsNet
http://www.handsnet.org/
Contents: resources for organizations to strengthen their programs and
policies for children, families & people in need by integrating online communications
strategies
- InterAction
Washington, DC
http://www.interaction.org/
Contents: projects and updates for this coalition of 150 U.S.-based
nonprofits in the areas of international development, disaster relief, and
refugee assistance
- National Center for Law and Economic Justice
New York, NY
http://www.nclej.org/
Contents: publications, Welfare Myths report and ordering information; current projects
- Population Action International
http://www.populationaction.org/
Contents: publications, related links
- Real Change
Seattle, WA
http://www.realchangenews.org/
Contents: homeless newspaper--selected articles, project news
- World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty / Journee Mondiale du Refus de la Misere
http://www.oct17.org
Contents: information on activities planned for October 17 each year
Aging and Retirement
Children and Families
- Action Alliance for Children
Oakland, CA
http://www.4children.org/
Contents: links to other sites, highlights from AAC newsmagazine
- Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
- Alan Guttmacher Institute
http://www.agi-usa.org/
Contents: research on fertility and reproductive issues, summary statistics, publications
- Center for Children & Families
Columbia University Teachers College
http://ccf.tc.columbia.edu
Contents: Publications, research projects described, and useful links
- Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
Princeton University
http://crcw.princeton.edu
Contents: publications and ordering information, links
- Center for the Child Care Workforce
Washington, DC
http://www.ccw.org/
Contents: Research reports, surveys, policy documents, training manuals and programs
- Center on Children and Families
Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.edu/ccf
Contents: studies policies that affect the well-being of America's children
and their parents, especially children in less advantaged families
- Chapin Hall Center for Children
University of Chicago
http://www.chapinhall.org
Contents: projects, publications
- Child and Family WebGuide
Tufts University
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu
Contents: links to sites about infants, children and teens: parenting,
child development, health & mental health, education
- Child Trends
http://www.childtrends.org/
Contents: Publications, data
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov
Contents: connects professionals and concerned citizens to timely, essential
information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being
of children and families
- Child Welfare Research Institute
http://www.childwelfare.com
Contents: Research reports, data, extensive set of links to information sources and research
- Children Now
http://www.childrennow.org/
Contents: frequently updated information, links, publications
- Children, Youth and Family Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse
University of Minnesota
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/
Contents: reports, statistics, online resources, publications
- Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org
Contents: Research and policy reports; advocacy
- Childwatch International Research Network
http://www.childwatch.uio.no/
Contents: Extensive links to regional and international organizations
in child advocacy and research
- Department of Children and Families
Wisconsin, State of
http://www.dcf.wisconsin.gov/
- Department of Children and Family Services
Illinois, State of
http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/index.shtml
- Early Childhood Care and Development
http://www.ecdgroup.com/
Contents: consultative group on early childhood care and development--publications, links
- Families and Work Institute
http://www.familiesandwork.org/
Contents: publications and ordering information
- Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Project
Wider Opportunities for Women
http://www.sixstrategies.org
Contents: Resources and technical assistance for human resource investment
policies; self- sufficiency standards for states
- Future of Children, The
Princeton University
http://www.futureofchildren.org/
Contents: publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution. Contains full-text
of peer-reviewed articles from the journal The Future of Children, policy briefs, & summaries
- Harvard Family Research Project
Harvard University
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrp/
Contents: Research news, publications, newsletter, and other resources
for study and practice in child development and early childhood education
- Head Start Research and Statistics Page
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/About%20Head%20Start
- Human Services Policy Center
Graduate School of Public Affaris
University of Washington
http://hspc.org
Contents: publications list and ordering information, links
- Institute for Child and Family Policy
New York, Columbia University
http://www.childpolicy.org
Contents: Research publications, international links
- Institute for Innovation in Social Policy
Vassar College
http://iisp.vassar.edu
Contents: Monitors social indicators of poverty and well-being, produces report, "The Social Health of the States."
- Kidscount
Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
Contents: The national Kidscount site; publications, data, links to state Kidscount organizations
- Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
http://www.mdrc.org/
Contents: publications and ordering information, public-use files
- National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/
Contents: newsletter, related sites, publications and ordering information
- National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
http://www.nccp.org
Contents: newsletter, publications and ordering information
- National Child Care Information Center
Child Care Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.nccic.org
Contents: links, publications
- NCSEA Research Clearing House
Indiana University Institute for Family and Social Responsibility
http://www.spea.indiana.edu/ncsea
- New Findings on Children, Families, and Economic Self-Sufficiency
National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/findings/index.html
Contents: complete contents of report
- North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Oakbrook, IL
http://www.ncrel.org/
- Office of Human Services Policy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/office_specific/hsp.cfm
Contents: Main page, then search this site by program or topic area
- Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars
University of Wisconsin Extension
http://www.familyimpactseminars.org
Contents: resources for researchers, policymakers, administrators; publications
- Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence
University of Michigan
http://www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/
Contents: Publications, links
- Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
http://www.researchforum.org
Contents: publications, database of information on research projects
focussing on welfare reform and child well-being, newsletter, links
- Social Development Research Group
University of Washington
http://www.depts.washington.edu/sdrg/
Contents: publications and ordering information
- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Research
Institute of Psychiatry, London
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/IoP/Departments/SGDPsy/index.stm
- Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
http://www.wccf.org/
Contents: ordering information for Wisconsin Kids Count data books
Disability
- DisOrgNet
Institute for Independent Living
http://www.independentliving.org/donet/index.html
Contents: lists organizations in the field of disability, searchable
by expertise, cooperative interests, and keyword; extensive annotated directory
of links
- Family Village
Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/
Contents: resources and communication opportunities on the Internet
for persons with disabilities and their families; information on specific disabilities
Economics
- Corporation for Enterprise Development
Washington, DC
http://www.cfed.org/
Contents: Policy documents and public information in asset-building
and economic opportunity strategies, primarily in low-income and distressed
communities.
- County Business Patterns
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
- Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World (EDIRC)
University of Connecticut
http://edirc.repec.org/
Contents: registry of more than 6,600 economics institutions worldwide
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
United Kingdom
Economic and Social Research Council
http://www.ifs.org.uk/
Contents: research, publications and ordering information
- Jerome Levy Economics Institute
Bard College
http://www.levy.org/
Contents: research, publications and ordering information
- Journal of Human Resources
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/jhr/
Contents: table of contents for issues of this journal, which publishes
principally in the field of economics (NOT management); also subscription information
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
http://www.nber.org/
Contents: publications, data sets, programs and projects, links
- National Economic Association
http://www.neaecon.org
Contents: organization of black economists- links to related resources,
information for students and researchers
- RePEc
http://repec.org
Contents: Database of working papers, journal articles, and sofware components in economics
- Resources for Economists (RFE)
American Economic Association
http://rfe.org
Contents: links to research, professional sites, other resources
- W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
http://www.upjohninst.org/
Contents: staff projects, newsletter, publications, grant program
- World Bank
Washington, D.C.
http://www.worldbank.org/
Contents: publications, data sets, projects
Education
- Chicago Longitudinal Study
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/cls/
Contents: Reports from a study of the Child-Parent Centers, a large-scale early childhood intervention program
- Consortium for Policy Research in Education
http://www.cpre.org/
Contents: Research and policy consortium—University of Pennsylvania,
Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and the
UW-Madison: publications, news, links
- Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Contents: A database of journal and non-journal education literature. Reconstituted Fall 2004
- Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Columbia University
http://iume.tc.columbia.edu/
Contents: Research and evaluations, information services, and technical assistance
- National Institute for Urban School Improvement
Education Development Center, Inc.
http://www2.edc.org/urban/
Contents: Publications, project descriptions
- National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
OERI
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/At-Risk/
Contents: publications, research
- SchoolMatters
National Education Data Partnership
http://www.schoolmatters.com
Contents: SchoolMatters provides comparison tools, ratios, benchmarks,
and performance indicators for each state's school system.
Health and Insurance
- American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/research.html
Contents: Health policy research, children's health insurance status, Medicaid data
- Center for Health Administration Studies
University of Chicago
http://www.chas.uchicago.edu/
Contents: statistics, list of publications, research projects, links
- Covering Kids & Families
http://www.coveringkidsandfamilies.org/
Contents: Reports, data, state project lists for an organization that
works to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults eligible for public
health care coverage programs but not but not enrolled
- Department of Health Services
Wisconsin, State of
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/
- Forum for State Health Policy Leadership
National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/index.htm
Contents: state health policy research, publications and ordering information, links
- Health Insurance Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthins.html
Contents: Main page for accessing Census data on health insurance for adults and children
- Kaiser Family Foundation (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
http://www.kff.org
Contents: Research and policy publications; statistics on health and health insurance, public programs
- Low Income Uninsured Children by State
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/lowinckid.html
- National Academy for State Health Policy
http://www.nashp.org
Contents: Policy and research documents, best practices, news about state health policies and plans
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.nih.gov/
Contents: grant and funding opportunities, listing of organizations that make up NIH
- News Releases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/
- Public Health Institute
http://www.phi.org/
Contents: Research, demonstrations and technical assistance on the social,
environmental, economic and demographic aspects of health and well-being.
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ
http://www.rwjf.org/
Contents: information on funded programs in health and health care policy research
- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/
Contents: Research reports, policy papers, data
- Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/uwphi/
Contents: population health data, publications, links
- World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.who.int/en/
Homelessness
- Big Issue, The
http://www.bigissue.com
Contents: Homeless advocates newspaper
- Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
http://www.unitedwayla.org/getinformed/rr/research/Pages/default.aspx
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
http://www.endhomelessness.org/
Contents: Statistics, reports, links to community and government agencies
- National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
Contents: projects, legislative information, newsletter, large database of online reports, links
- National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
Washington, D.C.
http://www.nlchp.org/
Contents: related links, publications titles and ordering information,
legal and legislative information, summary statistics
- National Resource and Training Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov/
Contents: Focuses on effective organization and delivery of services to the homeless mentally ill
Housing
- Center for Housing and Urban Development
Texas A&M University
http://chud.tamu.edu/
Contents: description of research and outreach related to improving
living conditions, especially for Texas residents in "colonias" along the Texas-Mexican
border
- Enterprise Foundation
http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/
Contents: resources and links on affordable housing and community development
- Fannie Mae Foundation
http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/
- Homes for the Homeless/Institute for Children & Poverty
http://www.homesforthehomeless.com
Contents: Homes for the Homeless provides transitional housing in New
York City. It is run jointly with the Institute for Children and Poverty, a
research and policy organization. Reports, position papers
- HUD
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov
Contents: programs and policies to increase homeownership, support community
development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination
- HUD Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov/offices/fbci/index.cfm
- HUDUSER
Office of Policy Development and Research
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.huduser.org/
Contents: information on housing needs, market conditions, and data
on assisted housing and subsidized households over time; searchable links
- National Housing Conference
http://www.nhc.org
Contents: Reports, policy initiatives
Income and Wages
International
- Canadian Council on Social Development
Ottawa, Ontario
http://www.ccsd.ca/
- Childwatch International Research Network
http://www.childwatch.uio.no/
Contents: Extensive links to regional and international organizations in child advocacy and research
- CIESIN (Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network)
http://www.ciesin.org/datasets/us-demog/us-demog-home.html
Contents: U.S. Demographic Information
- Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
UNESCO and International Social Science Council
http://www.crop.org/
Contents: projects, publications and ordering information, newsletter, links
- Coombsweb - Social Sciences Server
Australian National University
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/
Contents: vast collection of social sciences (and subfield) links
and "virtual libraries"; not exhaustive, but very worthwhile
- Data Archive of the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joint
Information Systems Committee
University of Essex, UK
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
- Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World
(EDIRC)
University of Connecticut
http://edirc.repec.org/
Contents: registry of more than 6,600 economics institutions worldwide
- International Poverty Centre
United Nations Development Programme
http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/
Contents: Publications, events, training sessions, study tours, UNDP Network links
- International Sociological Association
http://www.isa-sociology.org
- Luxembourg Income Study
http://www.lisproject.org/
Contents: publications, newsletter, international comparative income statistics
- Poverty Lines
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdph/lsms/research/povline/plhome.html
Contents: newsletter summarizing research on poverty
- PovertyNet
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
Contents: Publications, policy, datasets
- Scottish Poverty Information Unit
Glasgow Caledonian University
http://www.povertyinformation.org/
Contents: information on poverty in Scotland, links
- Social Disadvantage Research Centre
Oxford University
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sdrc/pages/index/
Contents: publications, research list, low-income map of Oxford
- Social Policy Research Centre
University of New South Wales, Australia
http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/
- Social Science Information Gateway
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences
Contents: links to social science Internet resources
- Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Research
Institute of Psychiatry, London
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/IoP/Departments/SGDPsy/index.stm
- South Asia Poverty Portal
World Bank
http://digitalmedia.worldbank.org/sar/poverty/
Contents: Resources on poverty and economic growth in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
- Statistics Canada (English) and Statistique Canada (French)
Canada, Government of
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
Contents: Canada's national statistical agency, providing demographic, sociological, and economic data: summary statistics available online.
- World Bank
Washington, D.C.
http://www.worldbank.org/
Contents: publications, data sets, projects
- World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty / Journee Mondiale du Refus de
la Misere
http://www.oct17.org
Contents: information on activities planned for October 17 each year
- World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.who.int/en/
- World Hunger Year
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/
Contents: information about innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty worldwide
Nutrition and Food Insecurity
Population
- Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/
Contents: research projects, publications, links
- Center for Demography and Ecology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/
Contents: publications, data, links
- Center for Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org
Contents: Publications, policy
- NORC Population Research Center
University of Chicago
http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/orgs/prc/
Contents: publications and ordering information, links
- Office of Population Research
Princeton University
http://opr.princeton.edu/
Contents: newsletter, data, links
- Population Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.prc.utexas.edu/
Contents: research, data, publications and ordering information, links
- Population Research Institute
Pennsylvania State University
http://www.pop.psu.edu
- Population Studies and Training Center
Brown University
http://www.pstc.brown.edu/
Contents: publications, newsletter, links
- Population Studies Center
University of Michigan
http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/
Contents: publications, online data sets (require registration) and links to other data sources
- Population Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
http://www.pop.upenn.edu/
Contents: data sets, African Census Analysis Project
Poverty
- Center for Law and Social Policy
http://www.clasp.org/
Contents: a national public interest law firm with expertise in both
law and policy affecting the poor; publications; newsletters; links
- Center for Poverty Research
University of Kentucky
http://www.ukcpr.org/
Contents: Publications, news, relating to poverty in southern states
- Center on Business and Poverty
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.cobap.org
- Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/csup/index.php
Contents: publications, links
- Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Case Western Reserve University
http://povertycenter.cwru.edu
Contents: research projects, publications, description of database
- Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
UNESCO and International Social Science Council
http://www.crop.org/
Contents: projects, publications and ordering information, newsletter, links
- Ethics Updates on Poverty and Welfare
University of San Diego
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Poverty/index.asp
Contents: links to research literature on poverty and welfare issues
- Institute for Research on Poverty
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/
Contents: full text of publications since 1995; publication indexes;
research projects; comprehensive, categorized links to other sites
- Institute on Race and Poverty
University of Minnesota
http://www.irpumn.org
Contents: research projects, publications, links
- National Poverty Center
University of Michigan
http://www.npc.umich.edu/
Contents: Working papers, poverty briefs, news
- Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/
Contents: poverty guidelines (program eligibility figures) since 1996;
papers and references on poverty lines and poverty measurement.
- Poverty in America
Pennsylvania State University
http://www.povertyinamerica.psu.edu
Contents: Maps, data, essays; spatial distribution of U.S. poverty
- Poverty Law Resources
University of Denver College of Law
http://www.law.du.edu/povertylawresources/
Contents: An eclectic collection of links to sites, documents, & statistics
of use to those research issues of poverty and law.
- Poverty Lines
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdph/lsms/research/povline/plhome.html
Contents: newsletter summarizing research on poverty
- Poverty, Race and Inequality Program
Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/research/respoverty1.html
- PovertyNet
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
Contents: Publications, policy, datasets
- Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy
University of Michigan
http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/research/poverty/
Contents: research projects, publications, links
- Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice
Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/wilkins
Contents: publications, links
- Rural Poverty Research Center
http://www.rprconline.org/
Contents: Rural poverty research, publications
- Rural Sociological Society
http://www.ruralsociology.org/
Contents: publications
- Scottish Poverty Information Unit
Glasgow Caledonian University
http://www.povertyinformation.org/
Contents: information on poverty in Scotland, links
- Social Class and Poverty Links
http://www.abacon.com/sociology/soclinks/sclass.html
Contents: links to sites and specific articles
- Social Disadvantage Research Centre
Oxford University
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sdrc/pages/index/
Contents: publications, research list, low-income map of Oxford
- South Asia Poverty Portal
World Bank
http://digitalmedia.worldbank.org/sar/poverty/
Contents: Resources on poverty and economic growth in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
Public Policy and Public Affairs
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
Washington, DC
http://www.appam.org/
- Brookings Institution
Washington, DC
http://www.brookings.edu/
Contents: publications (some full-text), projects, op-ed pieces, ordering information
- Carter Center
Emory University
http://www.CarterCenter.org
- Cato Institute
Washington, DC
http://www.cato.org/
Contents: publications, research projects
- Center for Policy Research
Syracuse University
http://www-cpr.maxwell.syr.edu/
- Center for Urban Policy Research
Rutgers University
http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/
Contents: Basic & applied research on urban growth and development;
database of indicators of economic, social, health, & environmental indicators
of 77 U.S. cities and suburbs
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC
http://www.cbpp.org/
Contents: nonpartisan policy institute that conducts research on policies
affecting low- and middle-income people and welfare reform
- Century Foundation (formerly Twentieth Century Fund)
http://www.tcf.org/
- Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy
Council for Excellence in Government
http://coexgov.securesites.net/index.php?keyword=a432fbc34d71c7
Contents: Rates policies and programs using evidence based on rigorous evaluationstandards; publishes guides to evaluation
- Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epinet.org/
- Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/
- Graduate School of Public Affairs
University of Washington
http://www.gspa.washington.edu/
- Hoover Institution
Stanford University
http://www.hoover.org
- Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/
- Hudson Institute
Indianapolis, IN
http://www.hudson.org/
Contents: publication titles and abstracts; links; Welfare Policy Center
- Institute for Policy Research
Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/
- Institute for Public Affairs
Temple University
http://www.temple.edu/ipa/
Contents: research projects, publications
- Institute for Public Policy Research
United Kingdom
http://www.ippr.org.uk/
Contents: publication title lists and abstracts; research information
- Institute for Social Science Research
University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/
- Institute for Wisconsin's Future
http://www.wisconsinsfuture.org
Contents: Reports and analysis of community and public policy issues
(e.g., education, welfare, taxes, housing) in Wisconsin
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
Washington, DC
http://www.iwpr.org/
Contents: publications, links, information on research projects
- Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy
University of Chicago
http://www.harrisschool.uchicago.edu
- Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/
- Mathematica Policy Research
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/
- Moving Ideas: The Electronic Policy Network
http://www.movingideas.org/
Contents: a network of over 250 nonprofit organizations at the forefront
of progressive policy and advocacy work, links nonprofits with the public as
a resource for education and direct action
- National Academy of Social Insurance
Washington, DC
http://www.nasi.org/
Contents: publications (including Social Security Source Book and Social
Security Briefs), research projects, newsletter, links
- National Association of Counties
http://www.naco.org
Contents: Publications; best practices guides; policy analysis
- National Governors Association
http://www.nga.org
Contents: Policy analysis; legislative reports; best practices; state news
- Pew Center on the States
University of Richmond
http://www.stateline.org/
Contents: information on innovative public policies in the states
- Public Agenda
http://www.publicagenda.org
Contents: Summary statistics on social policy issues, summaries of policy options, background information
- Public Policy Institute of California
http://www.ppic.org
Contents: Research descriptions, reports, working papers
- RAND
http://www.rand.org/
Contents: projects, publications, research reports (full text) and ordering information
- Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/
- Rural Policy Research Institute
http://www.rupri.org
Contents: University consortium that studies rural impacts of public
policies and programs, including health, welfare, community policy; statistics,
reports
- Social Policy Research Centre
University of New South Wales, Australia
http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/
- Urban Institute
Washington, DC
http://www.urban.org/
Contents: projects, publications (full-text), extensive state databases
- Washington State Institute for Public Policy
http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/
Social Sciences Data Sets and Collections
- Childstats
Forum on Child and Family Statistics
http://www.childstats.gov
Contents: Federal and state statistics and reports on children and families
- Data and Information Services Center (formerly Data and Program Library Service)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://disc.wisc.edu/
Contents: online data sets, codebooks, links; includes Wisconsin Longitudinal
Study; Milwaukee Parental Choice; Catasto Study of 15C Italy
- Data Archive of the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joint Information Systems Committee
University of Essex, UK
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
University of Michigan
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
Contents: data sets, information about data sets
- Luxembourg Income Study
http://www.lisproject.org/
Contents: publications, newsletter, international comparative income statistics
- Henry A. Murray Research Archive
Cambridge, MA
Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University
http://www.murray.harvard.edu/
Contents: Social science data, particularly psychology, sociology, and education
- Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org
Contents: Publications, research, data
- PSID (Panel Study of Income Dynamics)
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/
Contents: data sets, information about data sets
- SSDC (Social Sciences Data Collection)
University of California, San Diego
http://ssdc.ucsd.edu/
Contents: online data, metadata
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Research
Social Sciences Internet Resource Collections
Statistics (Available Online)
- American FactFinder (AFF)
U.S. Census Bureau
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Contents: offers prepackaged data products and user-selected data tables and maps from Census data
- Atlas of United States Mortality
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.bls.gov/
Contents: publications and abstracts
- California Department of Social Services - Information Service
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/research/default.htm
- Canadian Council on Social Development
Ottawa, Ontario
http://www.ccsd.ca/
- Center for Governmental Studies
http://www.cgs.org
- CIESIN (Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network)
http://www.ciesin.org/datasets/us-demog/us-demog-home.html
Contents: U.S. Demographic Information
- Data on the Internet Catalog
University of California, San Diego
http://3stages.org/idata
- EPI DataZone
Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epinet.org/datazone/
Contents: recently updated figures and statistics for various economic measures, as well as historical labor market data
- FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Contents: "One-stop shopping" for U.S. Federal Government Statistics
- Food Research and Action Center
http://www.frac.org/
- Gateway to Census 2000
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
- Green Book 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004
U.S. Congress, House Ways and Means Committee
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wmprints/green/index.html
Contents: The Green Books provide program descriptions and historical
data on social welfare programs and social policy data.
- Green Book, 1994
U.S. Congress, House Ways and Means Committee
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/94gb/contents.htm
- Historical Demographic, Economic, and Social Data
University of Virginia
http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/census
- Housing and Household Economics Statistics Division
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/
- Kentucky State Data Center
http://ksdc.louisville.edu
- Louisiana State Census Data Center
Contents: census data and maps of Louisiana
- National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/
- Office of Policy Development and Research
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.huduser.org/
Contents: information on housing needs, market conditions, and data
for community development researchers and policymakers.
- Office of Social & Economic Data Analysis
University of Missouri
http://www.oseda.missouri.edu
Contents: thematic maps of U.S. and Missouri.
- Pennsylvania State Data Center
Pennsylvania State University
http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/
- Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org
Contents: U.S. population issues, trends, and statistics
- Poverty Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html
Contents: poverty estimates through 2001
- Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe.html
Contents: substate data on poverty and well-being
- State and County QuickFacts
U.S. Census Bureau
http://quickfacts.census.gov/
Contents: clickable map of United States which leads to state maps with
individual county profiles; links to Tiger map server
- Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
Contents: frequently requested tables online (Adobe Acrobat).
- Statistical Briefs
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/apsd/www/statbrief/
Contents: 2-4 page online reports in a narrative style with graphs; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Statistics Canada (English) and Statistique Canada (French)
Canada, Government of
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
Contents: Canada's national statistical agency, providing demographic,
sociological, and economic data: summary statistics available online.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://www.uscis.gov
Contents: The federal agency that replaces the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service. Monthly statistical reports, legal information.
- USA Counties
U.S. Census Bureau
http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml
Contents: This U.S. Census Bureau web site provides demographic, economic, and governmental information for county comparisons and profiles
Urban Issues
- Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
University of Minnesota
http://www.cura.umn.edu/
- Institute of Urban and Regional Development
University of California, Berkeley
http://www-iurd.ced.berkeley.edu
- Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/urbanpoverty/
Contents: Program analyzes the effects of increasing inner city poverty
and joblessness; research, conferences, on-line "smart libraries" on urban
poverty
- Rockefeller Foundation
http://www.rockfound.org/
Contents: Poor neighborhoods and low-wage work (many other projects,
most of them globally rather than U.S. oriented)
- Windows on Urban Poverty
Bruton Center, U.Texas/Brookings Institution
http://www.urbanpoverty.net
Contents: Documents the geographic distribution of poverty in the United States 1970-2000 through interactive maps
Welfare Reform
- American Public Human Services Association (formerly APWA)
http://www.aphsa.org/
Contents: articles and information on welfare reform; information on state reforms
- Department of Human Services
Iowa, State of
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/
Contents: Iowa state welfare and family support policies and programs
- Department of Workforce Development
Indiana, State of
http://www.state.in.us/dwd/
Contents: Indiana state workforce policies, programs
- Division of Transitional Services
Illinois Department of Human Services
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/ts/
Contents: Illinois state TANF, employment and training, and family support services information
- Economic Success Clearinghouse (formerly Welfare Information Network)
Finance Project
http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/
Contents: Links to resources for policies, programs, for helping low-income and working poor families
- Food Assistance Programs, Welfare Reform
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fncs
- Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Ohio, State of
http://www.state.oh.us/odjfs/index.stm
Contents: State welfare and family support programs and policies
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), 1996
U.S. Congress
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/wm015.pdf
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, 1996
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/wm015.txt
- Summary of Welfare Reforms Made by Public Law 104-193 --The Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act and Associated Legislation
WMCP: 104-15, Committee Print
U.S. Congress, House Ways and Means Committee
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/wm015.txt
- Welfare Links
State of Minnesota
Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/links/welfare.htm
- Welfare Reform Academy
School of Public Affairs
University of Maryland
http://www.welfareacademy.org/
- Welfare, Children & Families: A Three-City Study
Johns Hopkins University
http://web.jhu.edu/threecitystudy
Contents: publications from a study of the effects of welfare reform
on the well-being of children and families in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio
Welfare Reform Program Evaluation
- ACF Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://peerta.acf.hhs.gov
Contents: The Network provides peer-to-peer technical assistance to
public agencies and private organizations operating the TANF program
- Illinois Families Study
Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/research/IFS.html
Contents: Six-year panel study of Illinois families & welfare reform--research reports, policy
- Policy Information Center (PIC)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://aspe.hhs.gov/pic/
Welfare Reform State Demonstrations and Waivers
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