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
Crime-free housing ordinances and eviction
- Kathryn Ramsey Mason
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2020
Focus & Focus+ 36(4), December 2020
Systemic racism and the justice system
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2020
Negotiating race and racial inequality in family court
- Tonya L. Brito, David J. Pate Jr., and Jia-Hui Stefanie Wong
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2020
The effects of having an incarcerated family member on Black women’s health
- Hedwig Lee, Christopher Wildeman, Emily A. Wang, Niki Matusko, and James S. Jackson
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2020
Discrimination and African American health inequities
- Bridget Goosby, Jacob E. Cheadle, and Colter M. Mitchell
- 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
Focus & Focus+ 36(3), October 2020
COVID-19 and Poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Administrative burdens in the time of Covid-19
- Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Rural communities’ challenges in accessing treatment services
- Patricia Strach, Elizabeth Pérez-Chiqués, and Katie Zuber
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- May 2020
Barriers to addressing the opioid crisis
- Pamela Petersen-Baston
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- May 2020