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What Happens to Poor Families When They Hit Welfare Time Limits and Cash Benefits Disappear?
Sandra Butler, May 2013
Family Policies, Antipoverty Policy, Public Sector Reforms
To Help Disadvantaged Children Learn, We Must Acknowledge that Poverty Hampers Education
Helen F. Ladd, January 2013
Children & Families, School Reform, K-12 Education, Antipoverty Policy
Why Poverty Leads to Obesity and Life-Long Problems
Hedwig Lee, December 2012
Health Care Reform, Antipoverty Policy
The Strengths and Limits of the Earned Income Tax Credit as a Tool to Fight Poverty
Daniel S. Feder, November 2012
Public Budgets and Taxes, Antipoverty Policy
How Head Start Helps to Fight Childhood Obesity
David E. Frisvold, September 2012
Health Care Reform, Preschool Education, Antipoverty Policy
How to Reduce Persistent Poverty for Single Mothers
Randy Albelda, August 2012
Jobs and Workers, Women, Antipoverty Policy
The Prospects for Reducing Poverty are Dismal - Unless America's Leaders Change Course
Sheldon Danziger, August 2012
Jobs and Workers, Economic Growth & Innovation, Unemployment Insurance, Antipoverty Policy
How to Make Sure a Growing U.S. Economy Helps the Poor
Lane Kenworthy, July 2012
Antipoverty Policy
Rethinking the Safety Net for Low-Income Americans
Scott W. Allard, May 2012
Antipoverty Policy
How Neighborhoods Can Help Poor Black Women Fight AIDS
Celeste Watkins-Hayes, May 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy
Race and Penalties at the Frontlines of Welfare Reform
Joe Soss, May 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy
Race, Immigration, and the American Welfare State
Cybelle Fox, April 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Social Security, Antipoverty Policy
$2-a-Day Poverty in the United States
Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer, April 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Antipoverty Policy
What Can Government Do to Support Employed Mothers?
Ann Orloff, April 2012
Women, Antipoverty Policy
Fathers' Work and Child Wellbeing
Christine Percheski and Christopher Wildeman, March 2012
Inequality & the Middle Class, Antipoverty Policy
The Rising Challenge of Poverty in the Suburbs
Margaret Weir, March 2012
Cities and Regions, Antipoverty Policy
Human Capital in Difficult Times: Maine's Competitive Skills Scholarship Program
Sandra Butler, Luisa S. Deprez and John Dorrer, March 2012
Higher Education, Antipoverty Policy
Opening the Doors to Higher Education for Low-Income Women: The Success of Maine’s Parents as Scholars Program
Sandra Butler and Luisa S. Deprez, March 2012
Women, Higher Education, Antipoverty Policy