Making the U.S. Safety Net More Responsive to Economic Downturns
- Robert A. Moffitt and James P. Ziliak, edited by Mitchell McFarlane
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- April 2021
Analysis of the Unemployment Insurance Waiting Period in Wisconsin
- Jeffrey Smith, Yonah Drazen, Steven Cook, and Hilary Shager
- Report
- November 30 2020
Focus & Focus+ 36(3), October 2020
COVID-19 and Poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Policy and economic factors that affect food security
- Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Implementing Virtual Human Services: Lessons from Telehealth
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2020
Considerations for Successful Virtual Case Management in Human Service Delivery
- Joe Raymond, Lauren Supplee, and Gerrie Cotter
- Webinar
- April 28 2020
Cutting Child Poverty in Half: Directions for Policymakers
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- April 2020
Pathways to Prosperity and Well-Being: A New Family-Centered Approach to Human Services Delivery
- Leigh Durbahn, Paul Fleissner, Jenny Douville, and Sook Jin Ong
- Webinar
- January 15 2020
Cutting the Child Poverty Rate by Half: A Report from the National Academies
- Hilary Hoynes and Robert Moffitt
- Webinar
- May 15 2019
Suburban Poverty
- Will Maher
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2018
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.