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New Publications and Events

New Book: “The Colors of Poverty: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist” Ann Chih Lin and David R. Harris (editors)

Policy Brief #10: Helping Disconnected Single Mothers.

Conference: The Long-run Impact of Early Life Events. December 13-14, 2007. Ann Arbor, MI.

Policy Brief #9: Education and Health.

New Book: "Making Americans Healthier: Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy" Robert F. Schoeni, James S. House, George A. Kaplan, and Harold Pollack (editors)

New Book: "Working and Poor" Published by the Russell Sage Foundation

Research Conference: "Access, Assets and Poverty" October 11-12, 2007. Washington, D.C.

Research Conference: "The Impact of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations on the Lives of Low Income Families" June 7, 2007. Washington, D.C.

Working Paper: "Cause or Consequence? Suburbanization and Crime in U.S Metropolitan Areas" Paul A. Jargowsky, University of Texas at Dallas; Yoonhwan Park, University of Texas at Dallas

Working Paper: "Implementation of 'Within My Reach:' Providing a Relationship Awareness and Communications Skills Program to TANF Recipients in Oklahoma" Anne Sparks

Working Paper: "Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: A Natural Experiment of the Effect of Residential Change on Recidivism" David S. Kirk

Syllabi, Reading Lists
From university courses taught by NPC-affiliated researchers.


Multimedia

Video: Helping Disconnected and Hard-to-Employ Single Mothers. 5/7/08.

Audio: The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America

Video: The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America

Video: Jobs and Housing: Trust, Distrust, and Social Class in the Black Community.

Video: Danziger and Schoeni discuss poverty, income data in U.S. Census Bureau report.

Audio: Making low-wage jobs family friendly: An oxymoron or cutting edge? Part II. CLASP conference featuring NPC Assistant Director Kristin Seefeldt. Transcript available here (PDF). 4/6/07.

Video: Making America Stronger: U.S. Food Stamp Program. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Washington, DC.

Video: Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and their Children. Greg Duncan, Northwestern University. 3/15/07.

Quick Links

National Poverty Center awarded three-year federal renewal


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Current RFPs

Call for Conference Papers: Influence of Early Life Events on Later-Life Outcomes
Deadline: August 1, 2008

 

 

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