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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Discrimination and African American health inequities
- Bridget Goosby, Jacob E. Cheadle, and Colter M. Mitchell
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
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Policy and economic factors that affect food security
- Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
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Focus & Focus+ 36(3), October 2020
COVID-19 and Poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
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Administrative burdens in the time of Covid-19
- Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
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Rural communities’ challenges in accessing treatment services
- Patricia Strach, Elizabeth Pérez-Chiqués, and Katie Zuber
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- May 2020
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Barriers to addressing the opioid crisis
- Pamela Petersen-Baston
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- May 2020
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Maryland’s approach to the opioid crisis
- Randi Walters and Brandi Stocksdale
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- May 2020
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The response of state courts to the opioid crisis
- Deborah Taylor Tate
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- May 2020
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Ohio’s actions to address the opioid crisis
- Kimberly Hall
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- May 2020
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Supporting treatment and recovery in human services programs
- Barbara Ramlow and Carl Leukefeld
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- May 2020