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- Aug 23, 2011 At the Forefront: Poverty Impact Projections A Poverty Impact Projection (PIP) is an emerging tool that asks and answers the question at the forefront of the policy process such as, "If we pursue this policy, how much should it increase or decrease poverty?" This new report examines states where PIPs have been considered and offers thoughts about structuring PIPs. Download PDF
- Jul 28, 2011 Poverty and Opportunity: What Difference Can a Task Force Make? About 20 states, including Washington D.C., have established a state government poverty and opportunity task force. Eleven of these states have set poverty reduction targets, such as cutting poverty in half in a decade. This report profiles four of these task forces in Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois and Colorado, and provides an overview of their impacts. Download PDF
- Dec 10, 2010 | Jodie Levin-Epstein Illinois Poverty Commission Recommendations This Spotlight on Poverty national audio conference featured Illinois state legislators and experts discussing newly released recommendations from the state's poverty commission. Download Audio
- Sep 14, 2010 | Jodie Levin-Epstein Poverty and the Census Data (MSNBC video) On Sept. 14, MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall broadcast a segment on the expected increase in poverty. Jodie Levin-Epstein provided insight. Read Online
- Jun 10, 2010 | Jodie Levin-Epstein Criticisms of an Improved Poverty Measure Go from Spin to Soap Read Online
- Jun 01, 2010 | CLASP Audio Conference Fighting U.S. Poverty from the U.K. Experience... "A Conversation with Jane Waldfogel In this 5 minute interview with poverty researcher Jane Waldfogel, learn the lessons and messages out of the U.K.'s ability to cut child poverty in half (in absolute terms) that can help you in your own poverty reduction efforts. How to learn about them quickly? Download Audio
- Dec 02, 2009 | Dorothy Smith State Poverty Task Forces a Step Ahead on Modern Poverty Measure In the absence of a modern federal measure of poverty, a growing number of state poverty task forces are calling for federal action and have begun exploring alternative ways to more accurately measure income poverty. Download PDF
- Nov 24, 2009 | Dorothy Smith Measure by Measure: The Current Poverty Measure v. the National Academy of Sciences Measure This audio conference focuses on federal efforts to implement a modernized federal poverty measure and what states can do in the absence of one. Download PDF
- Sep 29, 2009 | CLASP Recommendations to States for Addressing Poverty in Tough Economic Times Read Online
- Sep 16, 2009 | Jodie Levin-Epstein Poverty and Opportunity: State Government Task Forces This publication provides information about how states are addressing poverty through task forces. It includes links to state-specific information such as authorizing legislation and poverty task force reports. Download PDF
- Sep 08, 2009 | Jodie Levin-Epstein Increasing Low-Income Access to Opportunity This article, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, focuses on the New England region's efforts to give visibility to poverty and opportunity through task force initiatives, summits, and state poverty targets. Download PDF
- Jan 15, 2009 | Jodie Levin-Epstein and Webb Lyons Target Practice: Lessons for Poverty Reduction Target Practice outlines how governments (local, state and the federal) can use targets (goals and timelines to achieve those goals) as a policy tool for reducing poverty by drawing on lessons learned from targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and homelessness. Download PDF
- Apr 01, 2008 | Jodie Levin-Epstein and Kristen Michelle Gorzelaney Seizing the Moment: State Governments and the New Commitment to Reduce Poverty in America The three leading presidential candidates are now on record with a public commitment to address poverty and opportunity in the United States. This is in concert with growing state efforts and signals a dramatic turnaround in tackling poverty. In just the last two years, one of every five states has taken action to put poverty on the political agenda. This joint report from CLASP and Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity outlines those efforts and provides charts detailing action by policy area. Download PDF
- Sep 16, 2011 Poverty Impact Projections: What Are They and How They Can Make a Difference This audio conference, a state advocate describes how the number has mattered, a state legislator tells why he wants a poverty impact projection attached to bills, and researchers will discuss how states can tailor analysis to their own policies and programs designed to decrease poverty. Download Audio