A New Era in Poverty Policy? The Social Safety Net in the Second Trump Administration
- Bradley Hardy, Pamela Herd, Josh McCabe, Angela Rachidi
- Webinar
- January 22 2025
Colleen Heflin on SNAP and Reauthorization of the Farm Bill
- Colleen Heflin
- Podcasts
- November 19 2024
Approaches to Reducing Administrative Burdens in Accessing and Maintaining Services from Government Agencies and Public Programs
- Carolyn Barnes, Elizabeth Bell, Meredith Dost, and Donald Moynihan
- Webinar
- September 25 2024
Marci Ybarra on Challenges for Latina Mothers Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Marci Ybarra
- Podcasts
- April 02 2024
Interrupting Intergenerational Poverty: New Research and Recommendations for Policy and Practice
- Greg Duncan, Mary E. Pattillo, Michael R. Strain, and Rita Hamad
- Webinar
- March 20 2024
Manny Teodoro On Increasing Water Affordability through a Permanent Federal Water Assistance Program
- Manny Teodoro
- Podcasts
- August 29 2023
Improving How Poverty Is Measured: A Recommendation To Better Reflect Households’ Basic Needs
- James Ziliak, Barbara Wolfe, Jane Waldfogel, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Indivar Dutta-Gupta
- Webinar
- July 26 2023
Expanded SNAP Benefits During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned
- Cindy Leung, Marianne Bitler, and Chloe Green
- Webinar
- April 05 2023
Community Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic
- Colleen Heflin, Shannon Monnat, Lindsey Bullinger, Jessica Pac, Jessica Drescher, and Jason DeParle
- Webinar
- March 23 2023
Exploring the Long-Term Effects of Child Support
- Jooyoung Kong, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Quentin Riser
- Report
- June 2022
Research Areas
Food Assistance Program Research Center
IRP served as a Food Assistance Program Research Center from 1999 to 2015. The Center, which was directed by IRP Affiliate Judith Bartfeld, was supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (ERS) as part of the ERS Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program.
Reports from the studies funded by the Center are available on . For a full listing of project summaries for all RIDGE-supported research projects, including those not affiliated with IRP, go to the ERS website.
Wisconsin Food Security Project
To promote food security in Wisconsin, IRP Affiliate Judith Bartfeld and colleagues at the Applied Population Lab have created the Wisconsin Food Security Project.
The interactive data and mapping website includes state and local data on economic well-being, food security, the retail food environment, and the availability and use of public and private food assistance programs.