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A Locally Based Initiative to Support People and Communities by Transformative Use of Data

April 24, 2018
Julia Lane, David C. Kendrick, David T. Ellwood

The data revolution is transforming how executives manage operations and businesses deliver goods and services. Yet when it comes to helping people escape poverty, the revolution has barely begun...

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Measuring Mobility from Poverty

April 19, 2018
Gregory Acs, Amrita Maitreyi, Alana L. Conner, Hazel Rose Markus, Nisha G. Patel, Sarah Lyons-Padilla, Jennifer L. Eberhardt

The US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty’s definition of mobility comprises three core principles: economic success, power and autonomy, and being valued in community. This paper curates and describes selected measures of these three principles.

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Changing the Narrative

April 12, 2018
Ai-jen Poo & Eldar Shafir

Narratives are stories we rely on to make sense of the world. In America today, inaccurate narratives about poverty too often get in the way of meaningful change. More accurate narratives about poverty and the true nature of upward mobility will lead to more...

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Improving the Child Tax Credit for Very Low-Income Families

April 2, 2018
Robert Greenstein, Elaine Maag, Chye-Ching Huang, Emily Horton, Chloe Cho

All children should have the opportunity to have healthy childhoods, do well in school, and succeed as adults. One effective tool for helping children in poverty succeed is the federal child tax credit (CTC), which provides many working parents an annual tax credit...

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SPARKS for Young People's Mobility out of Poverty

March 19, 2018
Heather Hahn, Kathryn Edin, Lauren Abrahams

To achieve mobility from poverty, young people must have resources to develop their identities and avoid unintended pregnancy. We propose expanding programs that help young people find their “why” —their personal reasons for making thoughtful decisions during...

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Transforming Child Support into a Family-Building System

March 12, 2018
Heather Hahn, Kathryn Edin, Lauren Abrahams

Child support is a vital tool for providing income to children living in poverty. For families living in poverty who receive child support, it makes up 41 percent of their income on average. But the system can be punitive, requiring noncustodial parents—typically...

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Using Brain Science to Transform Human Services and Increase Personal Mobility from Poverty

March 5, 2018
Elisabeth Babcock

We can use emerging scientific findings on the ways poverty affects behavior and decisionmaking to help people living in poverty achieve dramatic gains in mobility. We can revolutionize human services delivery by moving away from strategies that seek modest gains...

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Participatory Justice

February 19, 2018
Jesse Jannetta, Jeremy Travis, Evelyn F. McCoy

What might justice look like if the people most affected by crime and poverty had a much greater say in what safety means to them and how their government delivers it?

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Opening Mobility Pathways by Closing the Financial Services Gap

February 12, 2018
William J. Bynum, Diana Elliott, Edward Sivak

Having access to a mainstream bank account, credit, and other financial services is vital to upward mobility. Safe, affordable financial services facilitate saving, homeownership, and small business ownership, and thus financial stability. That stability gives people room to plan for the future...

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Why Isn’t There Enough Affordable Housing for the Families Who Need It Most?

February 8, 2018
Maya Brennan & Solomon Greene

The ability to afford a decent stable home is a primary concern for families seeking to achieve mobility from poverty. This memo describes the scope of the housing affordability crisis, the market challenges that impede affordability, current policy responses, and options for improving...

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