Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
Focus on Poverty, IRP’s flagship online publication, includes brief essays summarizing current poverty and policy research for non-researchers. The collection is prepared for educators, policymakers, policy analysts, and state and federal officials. Each issue is accompanied by Focus on Poverty Classroom Supplement, a college classroom resource, which includes additional information and web links on the topics covered in Focus on Poverty.
Resources
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Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement 39(2), January 2024: Early Childhood Care and Education: A Patchwork of Policy and Practice
- Edited by James T. Spartz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- January 2024
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Maternal Employment Drops when Child Care is Expensive and Hard to Find
- Liana Christin Landivar, William J. Scarborough, Caitlyn Collins, and Leah Ruppanner
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- January 2024
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Disrupting Discrimination in Funding for Early Care and Education
- Karen Babbs Hollett and Erica Frankenberg
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- January 2024
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Social Support Can Mitigate Material Hardship for Families Facing Unstable Child Care Subsidy Use
- Jaeseung Kim and Julia R. Henly
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- January 2024
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Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement 39(1), June 2023: Youth with Foster Care Histories: Emancipation and Well-Being
- Edited by James T. Spartz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2023
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Foster Care Well-Being Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity
- Reeve S. Kennedy, Marina H. Potter, and Sarah A. Font
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2023
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When Foster Youth Go to College: Assessing Barriers and Supports to Degree Completion for College Students with Foster Care Histories
- Nathanael J. Okpych and Mark E. Courtney
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2023
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Comparing Outcomes 20 Years Apart: Transitioning Out of Foster Care for Emerging Adults
- Thom Reilly and David Schlinkert
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2023
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Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement 38(2), November 2022: Monetary Sanctions and the Criminal Legal System: Punishment and Revenue
- Edited by James T. Spartz with additional support from Judith Siers-Poisson
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- November 2022
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Court fees criminalize low-income defendants
- Devah Pager, Rebecca Goldstein, Helen Ho, and Bruce Western
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- November 2022