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How do paid leave and TANF generosity affect welfare participation and material hardship around a birth?

  • Marci Ybarra, Alexandra B. Stanczyk, and Yoonsook Ha
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • June 2018
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How do parental welfare work requirements affect children?

  • Chris M. Herbst
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • June 2018
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The opioid epidemic and socioeconomic disadvantage

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • March 2018
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Reducing Adverse Birth Outcomes

  • Deborah Ehrenthal
  • Webinar
  • February 28 2018
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Parental Substance Use, Opioid Misuse, and Child Welfare: A Mixed Methods Research Study

  • Robin Ghertner and Annette Waters
  • Webinar
  • January 24 2018
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Neighborhood poverty and school readiness

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • January 2018
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A universal child allowance

  • H. Luke Shaefer, Sophie Collyer, Greg Duncan, Kathryn Edin, Irwin Garfinkel, David Harris, Timothy Smeeding, Jane Waldfogel, Christopher Wimer, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • Special Issue 2017
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Cash for kids

  • Marianne P. Bitler, Annie L. Hines, and Marianne Page
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • Special Issue 2017
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Single-Parent-Family policy

  • Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • Special Issue 2017
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How Does Exposure to Toxic Waste Sites Before Birth Affect Children’s Development?

  • Claudia Persico
  • Podcasts
  • November 2017
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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.