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Children

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Poverty, criminal justice, and social justice

  • Bruce Western
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • November 2019
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Adjusting estimates of poverty reduction for behavioral effects

  • Hilary Hoynes and Robert Moffitt
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • September 2019
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Policy approaches to reducing poverty and deep poverty among children

  • Hilary Hoynes, Robert Moffitt, and Timothy Smeeding
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • September 2019
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Measuring child poverty in the United States

  • Hilary Hoynes, Robert Moffitt, and Timothy Smeeding
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • September 2019
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Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall on the Value of Investments in Quality Child Care

  • Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall
  • Podcasts
  • August 2019
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Do low-income noncustodial fathers “trade” earlier families for newer ones?

  • Lawrence M. Berger, Maria Cancian, Angela Guarin, and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • July 2019
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The brain science of poverty and its policy implications

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • June 2019
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Cost of Raising Children and Expenditures on Children

  • Cliff Robb
  • Report
  • June 2019
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Cutting the Child Poverty Rate by Half: A Report from the National Academies

  • Hilary Hoynes and Robert Moffitt
  • Webinar
  • May 15 2019
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Reducing high infant mortality rates in the United States

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • May 2019
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Center on Child Welfare Policy & Practice

The Center on Child Welfare Policy and Practice (CCWPP) is a joint effort between the School of Social Work (SSW) and the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The CCWPP engages in inter-disciplinary efforts to inform child welfare policy and practice knowledge through enhanced collaboration and communication among researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.