Newswise — Urban Institute researchers are available to help reporters delve into the Census Bureau’s new poverty numbers, to be released Thursday, September 16.
To speak with an Urban Institute expert, contact Simona Combi at 202-261-5709 or [email protected].
Topics and Experts
• Adult consequences of childhood poverty: Caroline Ratcliffe• Alternative poverty measures: Sheila Zedlewski• Asset poverty: Greg Mills• Child poverty: Ajay Chaudry and Olivia Golden• Children of immigrants and poverty: Ajay Chaudry• Federal budget implications: Rudolph Penner and Eugene Steuerle • Federal policies that can alleviate poverty: Olivia Golden• Food stamp use: Sheila Zedlewski• Foreclosures, unaffordable rents: Kathy Pettit• Health insurance coverage and the uninsured: Linda Blumberg and John Holahan• Homelessness: Mary Cunningham• Neighborhood poverty’s impact on children and youth: Sue Popkin• Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty: Rolf Pendall• Older adults in poverty: Richard Johnson• Populations with higher-than-average poverty rate: Margaret Simms• Poverty by family status: Robert Lerman• Racial disparities: Ajay Chaudry• Safety net programs: Olivia Golden• Single mothers and employment: Robert Lerman• State budget implications: Olivia Golden• State data: Austin Nichols and Sheila Zedlewski• Uninsured children: Genevieve Kenney• Welfare: Olivia Golden and Sheila Zedlewski• Youth unemployment and poverty: Harry Holzer
For the Urban Institute’s most recent publications on poverty, visit http://www.urban.org/economy/poverty.cfm.
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