Institute for Research on Poverty
IRP is a national center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. We are part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- 📣 IRP is Accepting Paper Submissions for the 2026 IRP Summer Research Workshop – Due 2/23/2026! Read more about this opportunity here: www.irp.wisc.edu/2026-irp-sum...
- Happy 60th to IRP! Celebrate with us over 2026 as we highlight people & projects from the last 6 decades, starting with founding director Robert J. Lampman. A pioneering economist focused on social programs, we continue to honor his legacy with our work and annual lecture series: go.wisc.edu/12za28
- Happy 2026 from the Institute for Research on Poverty! We're excited to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of IRP this year, so stay tuned for ongoing celebrations of this milestone throughout 2026. If you have not yet viewed our 2025 Impact Report, take a look here: www.irp.wisc.edu/a-message-fr...
- 📣 New Podcast from IRP: @rourkeobrien.bsky.social on the Impact of Spending by Different Levels of Government www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/rou...
- Please join us for an upcoming Dec. 3rd Webinar: Understanding and Improving Healthcare Systems for Indigenous Peoples. We'll speak with a panel of experts working towards solutions for healthcare disparities: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/und...
- 📣 There is still time to register for today's webinar: Engaging and Serving Young Fathers, with Tova Walsh, Raheem Brooks, Justin Harty, and Avery Hennigar. Please register to attend the live event or to receive a link to the recording if you can't make it today: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/eng...
- 🎉 Congratulations to Alison Berube, winner of #2025APPAM Poster Award on "Geographic Variation in Child Support Debt: The Role of Neighborhood Contexts and Mobility." Alison is an IRP Graduate Research Fellow and PhD student in Consumer Behavior & Family Economics at UW–Madison. Great work, Alison!
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out Trisha Chanda, a Graduate Research Fellow with IRP at UW-Madison, presenting: “Implications of Consumer Debt for Families Served by Child Support.” Sat 11/15, 3:30 to 5:00 pm, Property: Hyatt Regency Seattle, Floor: 7th Floor, Room: 706.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Christal Hamilton, University of Connecticut School of Public Policy, presenting: “Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Policies on Young Adult Hardship.” Sat 11/15, 1:45 to 3:15 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room: 707.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Elizabeth Rivera, Montclair State University, presenting: “Gentrification, Segregation, and Stratified Opportunity in Urban Schooling.” Sat 11/15, 3:30 to 5:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Flr, Rm 503.
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar Maretta McDonald, Virgina Tech, presenting: “Two Sides of the Same Coin: Examination of Administrative Leniency in SNAP and Child Support Enforcement.” Sat 11/15, 3:30-5pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Flr, Rm 706.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar @khmusen.bsky.social, Dept of Econ at Columbia University, presenting: “Fostering a Gentler Flight from the Nest: Effects of Foster Care Reform on Labor Market Outcomes.” Sat 11/15, 8:30 to 10:00 am, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Rm 707.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Meredith Dost of the Better Government Lab, presenting: “Reducing Administrative Burden through Universal Free Lunch: Effects on Student Outcomes and Political Support for Schools.” Sat 11/15, 3:30 to 5:00 pm, Hyatt Regency, Rm 601.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Elizabeth Tong, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, presenting: “Neighborhood Institutions in Big Data: Exploring Cell-Phone Mobility Data.” 11/15, 10:15 to 11:45 am, Hyatt Regency, 7th Flr, Rm 709
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Clay Fannin, UW-Madison, presenting: “Effects of WIC Physical Presence Requirements on Benefit Redemption: Evidence from Remote Services during COVID-19.” Sat 11/15, 3:30 to 5:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room: 603.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Hanna Han, Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin, presenting: “All SROs are not created equal: Heterogeneity in school policing.” Sat 11/15, 3:30 to 5:00 pm, Property: Hyatt Regency Seattle, Floor: 5th Floor, Rm 503
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Alison Berube, UW-Madison School of Human Ecology, presenting: “Poster #53 - Geographic Variation in Child Support Debt: The Role of Neighborhood Contexts and Mobility.” Sat 11/15, 12:00 to 1:30 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Regency Ballroom.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar @olayusuff.bsky.social, Georgia State University, presenting: “Health Effects of Local and Geographic Access to Mental Health Treatment Facilities.” Sat 11/15, 8:30 to 10:00 am, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Rm 512
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar @kimbhiguera.bsky.social, California Polytechnic State University, presenting: “Poster #128 - The Uptake of WIC amongst Linguistically Isolated Latinx Households.” Sat 11/15, 12:00 to 1:30 pm, Property: Hyatt Regency, 7th Floor, Regency Ballroom.
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar Anna Walther, UW-Madison’s School of Social Work, presenting: “Expert intermediaries: Family Resource Center staff approaches to resource navigation for low-income families.” 11/15, 8:30-10am, Grand Hyatt, 1st Flr, EA Amphitheater.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar @mattunrath.bsky.social, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, presenting: “Unlocking the Front Door: Reducing Compliance Costs and Improving SNAP Retention through Pre-Population.” 11/15, 3:30-5:00 pm, Grand Hyatt,1st Floor, Rm: Princess 2.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Yoona Kim of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, presenting this paper: “Income Imputation and Child Support Outcomes.” Fri 11/14, 1:45 to 3:15 pm, Property: Hyatt Regency Seattle, Floor: 7th Floor, Room: 706
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out Trisha Chanda, a Graduate Research Fellow w/ IRP at the UW-Madison, presenting: “Who Supports Children Post-Separation? An Analysis of Income Sources by Custody Type in 7 Countries.” 11/14, 1:45-3:15 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Rm 706.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Alberto Ortega, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, presenting: “Reading Wars: May the Phonics Be With You.” Fri 11/14, 3:30 to 5:00 pm, Grand Hyatt Seattle, 1st Floor/Lobby Level, Rm Princess 1.
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar @isaacsederbaum.bsky.social, University of California, Berkeley, presenting: “Normative Sexual Citizens: Administrative Burden, Citizen-State Interactions, and Transgender People in the US.” 11/14, 8:30-10am, Grand Hyatt Seattle, EA Amphitheater
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar @courtneemelton.bsky.social of the School of Public Health at the University of Memphis, presenting this paper: “The political geography of workers' rights preemption in the South.” Fri 11/14, 1:45 to 3:15 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Rm 703
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar Joaquin Rubalcaba, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, presenting: “The Difference a Day Makes: Can Changes to US Criminal Misdemeanor Sentencing Influence Deportation and Crime?” 11/14, 1:45-3:15 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, Rm 608
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar Kathryn Taber of UW-Madison’s Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, presenting: “Patterns of Parental Wellbeing Following Child Welfare System Contact: NSCAW Data.” Fri 11/14, 8:30-10:00 am, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room: 707
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Heather Little of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, presenting this paper: “Guaranteed Admission at UW–Madison.” Fri 11/14, 10:15 to 11:45am, Property: Grand Hyatt Seattle, Floor: 1st Floor/Lobby Level, Room: Leonesa 3
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Grace Landrum of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, presenting: “Invisible” Needs and Hypervisible Families.” Fri 11/14, 8:30 to 10:00am, Property: Hyatt Regency Seattle, Floor: 6th Floor, Room: 603 – Skagit.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Jamie Koenig of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, presenting this paper: “How Do SSI Recipients Deal With Debt?” Fri 11/14, 8:30 to 10:00am, Property: Hyatt Regency Seattle, Floor: 6th Floor, Room: 601 – Hoh.
- Attending #2025APPAM? Join us tonight 11/13, 7-9pm for our annual networking and socializing reception! Location: Grand Hyatt Seattle, Princessa Ballroom
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Katie Pullom of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, presenting: “The Effects of Safety Net Program Participation on Achievement Measures.” Fri 11/14, 3:30-5:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room: 601
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar @energymorgan.bsky.social of the UW-Madison’s La Follette School, presenting: “Designing effective and equitable policies for natural gas phaseout in buildings.” Fri 11/14, 8:30-10am, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Rm 507 – Sauk.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar @mattunrath.bsky.social of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, presenting this paper: “National Experimental Wellbeing Statistics.” Fri 11/14, 10:15 to 11:45 am, Property: Hyatt Regency Seattle, Floor: 6th Floor, Room: 603 – Skagit.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Colleen Heflin, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, presenting: “Silver Years, Empty Plates: Food Insecurity in a Changing America.” Fri 11/14, 8:30-10am, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room: 603
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar Cara Kelly of the Early Childhood Education Institute at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, presenting: “Investigating Quality in a Statewide Center-Based Infant and Toddler Initiative.” 11/13, 8:30-10:00 am, Grand Hyatt Seattle
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out Shoshana Shapiro, an IRP National Poverty Fellow at UW-Madison, presenting this paper: “Nonprofit Human Services in Counties at Risk of Human Services Desert Status.” Th 11/13, 3:30 to 5:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room: 603 Skagit
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Elizabeth Tong, Evans School at the University of Washington, presenting: “How Organizational Implementation of Equity Values Shapes Participant Experiences.” 11/13, 1:45-3:15 pm, Grand Hyatt Seattle, 1st Floor, Discovery A.
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar Saloni Bhogale, Dept of Political Science at UW-Madison, presenting: “No Free Lunch: Unintended consequences of unfunded mandates on the justice system.” Th 11/13 10:15-11:45 am, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Rm 503 Duckabush.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Serena Xu of the Dept of Economics at UW-Madison, presenting: “The Effects of Floodplain Regulations on Post-Disaster Housing Markets and Recovery.” Th 11/13, 1:45-3:15 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, Floor: 5th Floor, Room: 507 – Sauk.
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar Ann Swanson of UW-Madison’s School of Social Work, presenting this paper: “Closing the Gap: Assessing Mental Health Needs Within 30 Days of Foster Care Entry.” Th 11/13, 1:45-3:15 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room: 607 Wishkah.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Ann Swanson, UW-Madison’s School of Social Work, presenting: “Intragenerational and Intergenerational Patterns of Child Protective Services and Criminal Legal System Contact.” 11/13, 8:30-10am, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Flr, Rm 503
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar @isabelmcmullen.bsky.social of the Dept of Poli Sci at the UW-Madison, presenting this paper: “Exploring the Mechanisms and Direct Impact of College Access Advising: The Case of AdviseTN.” Th 11/13, 3:30-5pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Flr, Rm: 505
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Colleen Heflin, Syracuse University Maxwell School, presenting this paper: “Silver Years, Empty Plates: Food Insecurity in a Changing America.” Th 11/13, 1:45 to 3:15 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room: 603 – Skagit.
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Frankie Lin of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, presenting this paper: “Canned: Market Power and the Prison Commissary.” Th 11/13, 1:45 to 3:15pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, Floor: 6th Floor, Room: 606
- Attending #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar Jamie Koenig, UW-Madison School of Social Work, presenting: “Exploring associations between SNAP Employment and Training programs and Labor Force Participation among ABAWDs with disabilities.” 11/13, 3:30pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle,Rm 603
- At #2025APPAM? Check out IRP scholar Anna Ko of the UW-Madison’s Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, presenting this paper: “Unemployment Insurance Generosity and Child Protective Services Involvement.” Th 11/13, 10:15-11:45am, Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room: 707
- If you are at #2025APPAM, check out IRP scholar Taehwan Choi, UW-Madison’s Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, presenting: “Effects of Opioid Exposure During Pregnancy on Primary Grade Test Scores.” Th 11/13, 3:30-5:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Seattle, Floor: 5th Floor, Rm: 508
