This research agreement between IRP and the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (Daniel R. Meyer, Principal Investigator) supports data collection and research related to the child support system. The primary projects and summary descriptions …
2019–2020 Graduate Research Fellows Program Call for Applications (Due: 8/25/19)
View/download PDF version of the call About Program The IRP Graduate Research Fellows (GRF) Program is conducted for Ph.D. students in the social sciences (broadly conceived) at UW–Madison who have an interest in poverty research …
The CAP Times: Madison teams win major funding competition with ideas to raise net incomes of Dane County families
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Chancellor Rebecca Blank: University-Community Partnerships Show the Power of the Wisconsin Idea in the DreamUp Competition
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Congratulations to our DreamUp Wisconsin teams: Schmidt Futures announces winners of the 2019 competition
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2019: Human Services Programs and the Opioid Crisis
Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum September 17, 2019 Holiday Inn Washington-Capitol 550 C Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. Convened by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Supported by the Office …
DreamUp Project Leaders: University-Community Partnership Already a Win
For the last year, the DreamUp Wisconsin team at UW–Madison has worked with groups across Dane County to “dream up” ideas to put more money in families’ pockets. The people we heard from and their …
2019–2020 Emerging Poverty Scholars Fellowship Call for Applications: Deadline 8/12/2019
Date: June 24, 2019 To: U.S.-Based, Pre-Tenure, Tenure-Track Poverty Scholars from Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Populations From: Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP), University of Wisconsin–Madison Re: 2019–2020 Emerging Poverty Scholars Fellowship Call for Applications The Institute for Research …
Wisconsin poverty rate fell overall and for children, but rose for elderly
CONTACT: Timothy Smeeding, smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1317 MADISON—The latest Wisconsin poverty analysis using a state-specific poverty measure devised by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers found mixed results in our efforts to alleviate poverty and promote self-sufficiency in …
David Pate on Milwaukee—most segregated, most incarcerated area in U.S.—declaration of racism as a public health crisis
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