http://www.clasp.org/issues/rss/highlights.xml?type=poverty_and_opportunity Featured Highlights from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 08:01:20 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Poverty-Impact-Projections.pdf 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. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Poverty-Impact-Projections.pdf Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/documents/files/Poverty-and-Opportunity-What-Difference-Can-a-Task-Force-Make.pdf 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. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/documents/files/Poverty-and-Opportunity-What-Difference-Can-a-Task-Force-Make.pdf Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP_121010_1230.mp3 This Spotlight on Poverty national audio conference featured Illinois state legislators and experts discussing newly released recommendations from the state's poverty commission. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP_121010_1230.mp3 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0816&list=publications On Sept. 14, MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall broadcast a segment on the expected increase in poverty. Jodie Levin-Epstein provided insight. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0816&list=publications Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/news_room/clips?id=0056 http://www.clasp.org/news_room/clips?id=0056 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP_060110.mp3 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? http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP_060110.mp3 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/State-Poverty-Task-Forces-a-Step-Ahead-on-Modern-Poverty-Measure-2.pdf 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. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/State-Poverty-Task-Forces-a-Step-Ahead-on-Modern-Poverty-Measure-2.pdf Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/measurebymeasure.pdf This audio conference focuses on federal efforts to implement a modernized federal poverty measure and what states can do in the absence of one. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/measurebymeasure.pdf Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/pages?type=poverty_and_opportunity&id=0001 http://www.clasp.org/issues/pages?type=poverty_and_opportunity&id=0001 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/StatewithPovertyCommissions-1.pdf 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. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/StatewithPovertyCommissions-1.pdf Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/IncreasingLowIncomeAccesstoOpportunity-1.pdf 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. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/IncreasingLowIncomeAccesstoOpportunity-1.pdf Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/publications/target_practice_lessons.pdf 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. http://www.clasp.org/publications/target_practice_lessons.pdf Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/publications/clasp_report_0418.pdf 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. http://www.clasp.org/publications/clasp_report_0418.pdf Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP_091611.mp3 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. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP_091611.mp3