Anti-Poverty Proposals
Staying Home: The Rights of Renters Living in Foreclosed Properties (pdf)
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, June 2010
Feeding Opportunity: Ending Child Hunger Furthers the Goal of Cutting U.S. Poverty in Half over the Next Decade
Joel Berg, Center for American Progress and the Half in Ten Campaign, May 2010
The Benefits and Costs of the Section 8 Housing Subsidy Program: A Framework and First-Year Estimates (pdf)
Deven Carlson, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan and Barbara Wolfe, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, May 2010
Ending Family Homelessness in Massachusetts: A New Approach for the Emergency Assistance (EA) Program (pdf)
Dennis P. Culhane and Thomas Byrne, The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation, May 2010
KIDS COUNT 2010 Special Report: Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters (pdf)
Leila Fiester and Ralph Smith, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, May 2010
Poverty on the Rise in the District: The Impact of Unemployment in 2009 and 2010
DC Fiscal Policy Institute, March 2010
Strengthening State Economic Development Systems: A Framework for Change
John Quinterno, Working Poor Families Project, March 2010
A New Era of Partnerships: Report of Recommendations to the President
President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, March 2010
Failure to Extend Improvements in Child Tax Credit Would Harm Millions of Low-Income Working Families
Arloc Sherman, Avi Feller and Chuck Marr, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 2010
Improving Access to Public Benefits: Helping Eligible Individuals and Families Get the Income Supports They Need
Shelley Waters-Booth, The Ford Foundation; Open Society Institute; Annie E. Casey Foundation, February 2010
Poverty Elimination Strategies That Work
Kimberly Drew, Nadeen Israel and Tim Klein, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, January 2010
Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015: The Essential Strategies for Achieving the President's Goal (pdf)
The Food Research and Action Center, July 2009
The "Great Recession" and Redistribution: Federal Antipoverty Policies (pdf)
Gary Burtless, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2009
Roadmap to End Childhood Hunger in America by 2015 (pdf)
National Anti-Hunger Organizations, December 2009
An Expanded and Refundable Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Would Help Make Child Care More Affordable for Millions of Families (pdf)
National Women's Law Center, November 2009
Battered by the Storm: How the Safety Net Is Failing Americans and How to Fix It
Deepak Bhargava, Timothy Casey, John Cavanagh, Karen Dolan, Peter Edelman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Sarita Gupta, Dedrick Muhammad, Diana Pearce, Steve Savner and Kevin Shih, Institute for Policy Studies, December 2009
Workforce Development as an Antipoverty Strategy: What do we know? What should we do?
Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University and Institute for Research on Poverty, Focus, Fall 2009
A Just and Sustainable Recovery
Bread for the World Institute, November 2009
National Service and Youth Unemployment: Strategies for Job Creation Amid Economic Recovery
Melissa Boteach, Joy Moses and Shirley Sagawa, Center for American Progress, November 2009
Considerations in Efforts to Restructure Work-Based Credits
Steve Holt and Elaine Maag , Tax Policy Center, November 2009
Homeless Cost Study
United Way of Greater Los Angeles, October 2009
Poverty and Opportunity: State Government Task Forces
Center for Law and Social Policy, September 2009
Poverty: A New Agenda Tested by Hard Times
The American Prospect, September 2009
Vibrant Neighborhoods, Successful Schools: What the Federal Government Can Do to Foster Both
Margery Austin Turner and Alan Berube, The Urban Institute, July 2009
Reshaping the Advocacy Direction on Poverty Reduction: Bridging Individual and Community Strategies (pdf)
Charles Bruner, Child and Family Policy Center and the Northwest Area Foundation, May 2009
Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report (pdf)
Rachel Cooper, Crystal FitzSimons, Katherine Moos and Ben Hecht, Food Research and Action Center, July 2009
Safety Net Effective at Fighting Poverty But Has Weakened for the Very Poorest
Arloc Sherman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, July 2009
Measuring the "Faith Factor" in Social Service Program Outcome (pdf)
Jennifer Noyes, Institute for Research on Poverty, June 2009
Job Training That Works: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study
Sheila Maguire, Joshua Freely, Carol Clymer and Maureen Conway, Public/Private Ventures, May 2009
Analysis of Child Poverty and Economic Opportunity in Delaware: Finding and Initial Recommendations (pdf)
Child Poverty Task Force, State of Delaware, April 2009
Center for Economic Opportunity: Early Achievements and Lessons Learned (pdf)
New York City Center for Economic Opportunity, April 2009
Changing Poverty and Changing Antipoverty Policies
Maria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger, Institute for Research on Poverty, April 2009
Making the Link: Reducing Poverty at the State and Local Level
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families, April 2009
Paid Leave in the States: A Critical Support for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
Sarah Fass, National Center for Children in Poverty, March 2009
Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User's Guide to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Shawn Fremstad, Radhika Fox and Jason Walsh Green For All and PolicyLink, March 2009
Principles for State Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (pdf)
Working Poor Families Project, March 2009
Extending "Climate Rebates" to Include Middle-Income Consumers
Chad Stone and Hannah Shaw, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 2009
Policy Proposals to Reduce Poverty
Poverty Forum, February 2009
Resources for Living Wage Worship Services and Community Events
Let Justice Roll Campaign, January 2009
Target Practice: Lessons for Poverty Reduction
Jodie Levin-Epstein and Webb Lyons, Center for Law and Social Policy, January 2009
Measures and Methods: Four Tenets for Rural Economic Development in the New Economy (pdf)
Anita Brown-Graham and William Lambe, The Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire , October 2008
The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2007
Jason Levitis and Andrew Nicholas, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, October 2008
Bridging the Gap: Reshaping Poverty Policy in America (PDF)Neighborhood Funders Group, Special Conference Issue, Fall 2008
Staying Afloat in Tough Times: What States Are and Aren’t Doing to Promote Family Economic SecuritySarah Fass, Jodie Briggs and Nancy K. CauthenNational Center for Children in Poverty, August 2008
A Platform for Progress: Building a Better Future for Women and Their FamiliesNational Women’s Law Center , August 2008
State Strategies to Reduce Child and Family PovertySusan Golonka and Linda Hoffman,National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices, June 2008
Metro Raise: Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit to Help Metropolitan Workers and FamiliesAlan Berube, David Park, and Elizabeth Kneebone,The Brookings Institution, June, 2008
A Hand Up: A Strategy to Reward Work, Expand Opportunity, and Reduce PovertyJason E. Bordoff, Jason Furman, and Paige L. Shevlin, The Hamilton Project, December 2007
Four Years of Welfare Reform: A Progress ReportLisa Oliphant, Cato Institute, August 2000
Welfare Reform That Works: Explaining the Welfare Caseload Decline, 1996-2000Michael New, Cato Institute, May 2002
From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in HalfPoverty Task Force, Center for American Progress, April 2007
The Center for American Progress recommends 12 poverty reduction strategies that they believe will cut poverty in half.
Repairing the Economic Ladder: A Transformative Investment Strategy to Reduce Poverty and Expand America's Middle ClassU.S. Conference of Mayors,January 2007
Going for Broke: How Big-City Mayors are Resurrecting the National Anti-Poverty AgendaReid Cramer, New America Foundation, March 6, 2007, American Prospect Online
Commentary from Reid Cramer on the US Conference of Mayors recommendations for effective poverty reduction.
A Citizen-Based Social ContractMichael Lind, New America Foundation, July 2007
Calls for a new social contract that would guarantee all Americans with basic security and the goods necessary to live and thrive in the 21st Century.
Child Poverty and Welfare Reform: Stay the CourseJune E. O’Neill and Sanders Korenman, Manhattan Institute, December 2004
Report from the Manhattan Institute claims that welfare reform has played a significant role in the reduction of child poverty among black and Hispanic households headed by single mothers.
The Future of Children: The Next Generation of Antipoverty PoliciesRon Haskins and Isabel Sawhill, eds., Fall 2007
Includes research and analysis from leading researchers on a variety of poverty reduction strategies emphasizing the alleviation of child poverty.
Bloomberg Tackles PovertyReid Cramer, New American Foundation, June/July 2007
Many cities are using innovative poverty reduction strategies. Reid Cramer examines cash conditional transfers as a poverty reduction strategy in New York City.
Ending Poverty in America: Using Carrots and SticksThe American Prospect, May 2007
Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Center on Children and Families Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Center on Children and Families.
This article, published in the American Prospect, claims that poverty reduction strategies should include measures that attempt to change personal behavior as well as strengthen government support.
Working Harder for Working FamiliesBread for the World Institute, January 2008
Work and Marriage: The Way to End Poverty and WelfareRon Haskins and Isabel V. Sawhill, Brookings Institution, September 2003
Emphasizes poverty reduction strategies that encourage full time work and promote marriage.
Rewarding the Work of Individuals A Counterintuitive Approach to ReducingPoverty and Strengthening FamiliesGordon L. Berlin, MDRC, September 2007
This report, included in The Future of Children semiannual report, focuses on poverty reduction strategies that reward work among low-income individuals, with specific focus on expanding the EITC to all workers, those with or without children.
The Behavioral Aspects of PovertyThe Public Interest, Fall 2003
Isabel V. Sawhill, Vice President and Director, Economic Studies
This article, originally published in The Public Interest, argues that public policies around poverty reduction should be aimed at helping poor individuals adopt “mainstream behaviors” such as work and marriage.
Declining Employment among Young Black Less-Educated Men: The Role of Incarceration and Child SupportHarry Holzer, Paul Offner, Elaine Sorensen, April 2004
Poverty disproportionately affects the African-American population in the United States. This report from the Urban Institute describes declining employment among young black less-educated men and concludes that child support policies and post-incarceration effects are driving these men out of the traditional labor market.
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