Poverty Related Research
Our work is based on research and best practices from across the country. If you are looking for more information on a specific issue, the links below will take you to either a current study or an organization related to that issue. If you don't find what you need here, contact one of our staff. We'd be glad to help.
General Poverty Issues
Poverty Institute - linkWest Coast Poverty Center (U of W) - link
National Poverty Center - link
US Census Bureau on poverty - link
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP): Discussion Papers - link
IRP Poverty - Current Poverty Dispatches - link
Spotlight On Poverty - link
Poverty U.S.: Oregon - link
Geography and the Construction of U.S. Poverty Policy, Dr. Amy Glasmeier (audio lecture)
Working Poor Families Project - link
Strategies to End Poverty (STEP) - link
NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation/Kennedy School of Government Survey about
Poverty in America (2001) - pdf
Causes of Poverty - Mid-America Institute on Poverty - pdf
State of Working America - link
Poverty in America, Trends & Explanations - pdf
Poverty and Equality - pdf
Urban Institute, Child Support Offers Some Protection Against Poverty - pdf
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States, Institute of Research on Poverty - pdf
Federal Poverty Guidelines, Current and Past
2010 Federal Poverty Guidelines - pdfOregon Center for Public Policy - link
Brookings Institute: Discussion on Supplemental Poverty Measurment - link
Poverty In Oregon
TANF (Temporary Aid To Needy Families) and food stamp (SNAP), Monthly - linkOregon Health Plan Enrollment, Monthly - link
Unemployment, Monthly - link
One-night shelter counts, annual - link to pdf's
National Low Income Housing Coalition (annual, county-level data)
Oregon Poverty Report, biennial - link
A Portrait of Poverty In Oregon, Oregon State University - link
Kids Count Data Center, Annie E. Casey Foundation - link
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States - pdf
Working Poor Families Project - Oregon Data - link
OSU Research, Newly Poor in the Great Recession - pdf
Per Capita Income - Why Oregon Trails the Nation - pdf
Poverty and Economics
Diminishing Returns: Income Inequality in the U.S., Princeton U.(audio lecture)
One Nation Underprivileged: Why American Poverty effects Us All (audio lecture)
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce - Application of Industry Cluster-Based and Sector-Focused Strategies to Rural Economies - link
Social Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty - link
Elder Economic Security Standard, Elder Index - link
Poverty and Homelessness
Homeless Leadership Coalition (Central Oregon) - link
Oregon's Ending Homelessness Advisory Council (EHAC) - link
National Alliance to End Homelessness - link
Central Oregon Project Connect - link
State by State Homeless Data - link
A Home For Hope: Oregon’s 10-Year Plan To End Homelessness - link
Stronger Youth and Smarter Communities: (Homeless and Runaway Youth in Oregon) - link
Federal Definition of Homeless, HUD - link
Poverty and Affordable Housing
National Low Income Housing Coalition - link
Corporation for Supportive Housing - link
Minorities, Immigrants and Homeownership - link
Out of Reach, Renters in the Great Recession, the Crisis Continues - pdf
Guide to Affordable Housing - link
Poverty and Asset Development
Institute on Assets and Social Policy - link
Asset Coalition Toolkit for States - link
Annie E Casey Foundation - Family Economic Success - link
Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) Score Card - link
Center for Economic Progress - link
Asset Poverty and Debt Among Families with Children - link
The Assets Agenda 2011, Policy Options to Promote Savings and Asset Development - pdf
Earned Income Tax Credit and Tax Issues Facing Low-Income Oregonians
National Community Tax Coalition - link
EITC - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - link
Brookings Institute, EITC series - link
Financial Services for Low-Income Families
Banking the Unbanked - pdf
Unbanked White Paper - pdf
Bank on Central Oregon - link
Toward a New Credit Path - pdf
Financial Education
Financial Literacy - pdf
Federal Reserve Education - link
Institute for Financial Literacy - link
Poverty and Faith Based Intervention
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life - link
Pew Charitable Trusts Center On Religion and Social Welfare - link
Scope and Scale of Faith-Based Social Services - pdf
American Congregations and Social Service Programs: Results of a Survey - pdf
The Comparative Effectiveness of Faith-Based Social Services
A Primer on Faith-Based Social Services
Guidance to Faith-Based Organizations Partnering With Government
Our Hidden Safety Net: Social and Community Work by Urban American Religious Congregations
Poverty and Education
Bridges to Opportunity for Underprepared Adults - link
Overcoming the Silence of Generational Poverty - pdf
Latinos and Education: Explaining the Attainment Gap - pdf
Educational Premium Puzzle - pdf
Role of Education and Training in the TANF program - pdf
US DHHS - Education and TANF Recipients - link
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Education Pays - link
The effects of poverty on school education - links to 8 articles
Consequences of Dropping Out of High School - pdf
Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation - link
From GED to College Degree: creating pathways to postsecondary success for high school dropouts - pdf
Education in Chronically Poor Rural Areas Lags Across Generations -pdf
Unequal Pathways through American Universities - pdf
National Center for Homeless Education - link
Poverty and Healthcare
National Conference of State legislatures: healthcare legislation 2010 - pdf
Hispanics, Health Insurance and Health Care Access - pdf
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? - video series
SharedCare by HealthMatters of Central Oregon - link
Nutrition & Health Characteristics of Low Income Populations -link
Rich Foods, Poor Diet - UW Study - link
Poverty & Obesity: The Role of Energy Density and Cost of Diet - link
Study: Why is the Developed World Obese? - pdf
How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families - link
Seeing Red: The
Growing Burden of Medical Bills and Debt Faced by U.S. Families - pdf
Out of Pocket Medical Expenses and Poverty - pdf
County Health Rankings - link
Poverty and Children
National Center for Children in Poverty - linkChild Poverty and Intergenerational Mobility - link
A Guide to Understanding State Childcare Subsidy Programs - link
Child Care and Early Education Research Connection - link
Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress and Working Memory -pdf
Casey Institute, Unequal Distribution of Child Poverty - pdf
The Children Left Behind, UNICEF Report - pdf
Child Care Choices of Low-Income Working Families - link
Poverty and Transportation
Rural Public Transportation - Using GIS to Guide Service Planning - pdfNational Household Transport Survey - link
Transiting to work: the role of private transportation for low-income households - pdf
Transportation Issues in Welfare Reform - link
How Welfare Recipients Travel on Public Transit and their Accessibility to Employment Outside Large Urban Areas - link
Rural Assistance Center - Transportation Needs in Rural Communities - link
Rural Transportation Policy Position Paper-10/2010 - pdf
Community Transportation Association - link
Poverty and Hunger
Oregon Food Bank - link
Feeding America - Meal Gap by County, Executive Summary - link
Poverty and Workforce Development
Annie E Casey Foundation - link
Central Oregon Workforce Coordinating Council (WCC) - link
Worksource Oregon - link
Rutgers University, John J Heldrich Center for Workforce Development - link
National Skills Coalition - link
Workforce3 One - link
Department of Labor - link
Workforce Investment Act, Law and Information - link
Urban Institute, Economic Costs of Inadequate Investments - link
Poverty and Domestic Violence
Welfare, Poverty, and Abused Women - pdf
Poverty and Incarceration
Collateral Costs: Incarceration's Effect on Economic Mobility - pdf
Poverty and Race
Racial Wealth Gap Increases Four Fold
Poverty and Substance Abuse, Mental Health
Substance Abuse and Welfare Reform, National Poverty Center - pdf
Socioeconomic Status and Mental Illness - pdf
Smoking, Drinking & Body Weight After Re-Employment: Does
Unemployment Experience and Compensation Make a Difference? - pdf
Poverty and Policy/Advocacy
Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020 - pdfState Governments and the New Commitment To Reduce Poverty In America - pdf
Strategies To Build Economic Security and Reduce Poverty: A Toolkit for States - pdf
Policy Levers To Reduce Poverty and Build Prosperity in the Upper Midwest and Pacific NW - pdf
Center For The Study of Social Policy: Policy Matters - pdf
Reshaping the Advocacy Direction on Poverty Reduction - pdf
Northwest Area Foundation: Oregon Action Toolkit
CLASP- link
Partnership to End Poverty - PO Box 147 - Redmond, OR 97756 - (541)504-1389 - Site Map
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