As the National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility, IRP funds projects and programs designed to improve the effectiveness of public policies that reduce poverty and its consequences, promote economic mobility and further develop knowledge of the causes of poverty and economic insecurity.
IRP is working with the other ten institutions in the Collaborative of U.S. Poverty Centers (CPC) on projects, including fellowships that provide training and mentoring as well as financial support; grants to support poverty and economic mobility research; annual training workshops for scholars at all stages of their careers; and dissemination of cutting-edge poverty and economic mobility research to a variety of audiences, including federal and state policymakers.
IRP integrates its National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility efforts with its ongoing research, training, and dissemination activities that are funded by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, private foundations, and state and federal agencies.