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Assessing the New Federalism is a multi-year Urban Institute research project to analyze trends and policies that affect low-income families and the role of state and federal governments in financing and administering key programs
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.
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The Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality takes as its mission the investigation of income and wealth, along with exploring the dimensions of societal inequality in these household resources. The Center's interests encompass issues of poverty, labor market behavior, public transfer programs and tax policy, in that each has a clear relevance to economic inequality, family resources, and to living standards.
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The Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) fosters basic and applied research on social and economic inequalities, as well as the processes by which such inequalities change and persist.
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The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.
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The mission of the University of Northern Iowa Project EXPORT Center of Excellence on Health Disparities is to provide statewide leadership in applied research, training, education, and advocacy on health disparity issues that affect minorities, refugees, immigrants, and rural families in Iowa.
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IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. As one of three Area Poverty
Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest.
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The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is a public policy research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating the debate on public policy issues of critical importance to women and their families
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The Institute on Race & Poverty at the University of Minnesota Law School aims to share the latest and most relevant information on issues confronting communities facing the combined challenges of race and poverty. Our focus has always been on real issues that affect real people, and our goals are to create scholarship, commentary and dialogue to increase the understanding and support of those unfairly constrained by race and poverty.
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The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research supports academic research that examines what it means to be poor and live in America.
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Providing non-partisan, state-of-the-art analysis and research on social welfare policy
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The Center for the Study of Inequality is dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of the economic and social issues that confront the U.S. in the realm of social justice, while increasing the research capacity of faculty at traditional liberal arts colleges and minority colleges and universities.
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The Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) fosters basic and applied research on social, economic, and cultural inequalities and the processes by which such inequalities change and persist. It aims at developing formal models of the sources and causes of inequality, with the idea of moving beyond the conventional applied policy research that has dominated the field for decades. Its emphasizes on developing theory-based and empirically-tested models of inequality that should ultimately assist not only in understanding ongoing changes in inequality but also in evaluating public policy and social interventions. This Agenda is pursued by CSI affiliates through studies of diverse topics on Inequality and with a wide range of activities including: hosting symposia and lecture series, graduate and undergraduate training, research support, awarding breakthrough scholarship, disseminating research findings.
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The Center for the Study of Race, Inequality, and Politics, a research program housed within the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, emerged from the concern that even as de jure segregation and racial discrimination have been removed as official barriers to social mobility and "equal opportunity," race, racism, and persistent structural inequalities still frame and limit the interactions and lived experience of most Americans.
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The DMC Resource Center serves statewide and community efforts to reduce the over-representation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system. Working with the Department of Human Services the Resource Center is also working to reduce over-representation in the child welfare system.
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A communications project associated with The American Prospect.
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The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the leading provider of public-use social science data in the United States.
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The Iowa Policy Project is a non-profit and non-partisan organization for the production and dissemination of research on significant issues of public policy in the state of Iowa.
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NRCFCP's DMC Resource Center is working with the Iowa Department of Human Services in two local demonstration sites to reduce the over-representation of minority children in the child welfare system.
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A project of the University of Iowa School of Social Work with a mission of promoting family-centered, culturally responsive practice across human service systems through research and evaluation, training and technical assistance, and information dissemination.
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Statistics relating to social class in the United States, collected by the NY Times for its "Class Matters" series. Great for classes!
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PRRAC is a non-partisan, national, not-for-profit organization convened by major civil rights, civil liberties and anti-poverty groups. Our purpose is to link social science research to advocacy work in order to address problems at the intersection of race and poverty
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The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government.
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Started in August, 2006, the Iowa Social Science Research Center (SSRC) is an interdisciplinary institution dedicated to furthering social science research and practice across the university, and developing ways to connect that research to the broader community. The Center brings together top faculty from Political Science, Sociology, Economics, Journalism and Mass Communication in an interdisciplinary setting to provide a resource for addressing common theoretical and methodological problems. These disciplines share many of the same questions and methodologies. Scientific foundations, public agencies and private businesses increasingly use modern social science research methods, such as public opinion surveys, social experiments, and electronic data-gathering and archiving to gather information and pursue their goals. The SSRC enhances the ability of students and faculty affiliated with the Center to develop new social science methodologies and conduct new and exciting research on a variety of policy-relevant topics that affect Iowa and the world. More importantly the SSRC is a vehicle for disseminating this knowledge to students and constituents in the larger community.
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Up to 20 participants will receive reimbursement for travel expenses and will be offered accomodation and some meals. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 29, 2005
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Supporting efforts that promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society.
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