A Conversation with Andrea Elliott, author of Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
- Andrea Elliott and Darcey Merritt
- Webinar
- January 12 2022
Andrea Elliott and Darcey Merritt in Conversation about Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
- Andrea Elliott and Darcey Merritt
- Podcasts
- January 12 2022
Amy Castro on Early Results from Guaranteed Income Programs
- Amy Castro
- Podcasts
- December 15 2021
Amelie Hecht on Universal Free School Meal Programs
- Amelie Hecht
- Podcasts
- November 29 2021
The Connection Between Unpredictable Work Schedules and Meeting Basic Household Needs
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 29 2021
Judi Bartfeld On Food Insecurity Rates and the Increase in SNAP Benefits
- Judi Bartfeld
- Podcasts
- October 15 2021
Early Impacts of the Expanded Child Tax Credit
- Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Zachary Parolin, Samuel Hammond, and Timothy Smeeding
- Webinar
- October 13 2021
What’s Next in Virtual Human Services
- Annette Waters, Matthew Lyons, and Nadeem Siddiqi
- Webinar
- June 09 2021
Options to Improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2021
Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement 37(1), June 2021
Assessing the Responsiveness of the U.S. Safety Net to the COVID-19 Economic Crisis
- Edited by Emma Caspar, Judith Siers-Poisson, and James T. Spartz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2021
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.