PRWG Resources
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - This study shows that the work we are already doing in Washington lifts over 1 million people out of poverty every year. Great impact by our existing system.
- U.S. Mobility Partnership - Restoring the American Dream
- Gates Foundation recent comments on poverty
- NPR piece on Bill Gates addressing poverty
- Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation National Evaluation - Page 137 of this study shows the most successful welfare to work program in the study (in Portland) increased annual income from $8,361 to $8,735
- National Bureau of Economic Research - California GAIN Impacts - Page 52 of this study shows earned income increasing from $2,253 to $3,668 in the most successful welfare to work program they studied.
- Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy - Evidence Summary - This high school education program increased annual earned incomes of participants from $22,100 to $24,560.
- Taylor & Francis Early Childhood Education: Long-Term Benefits - Early childhood education increases percent of fourth graders meeting or exceeding standard by 11 percentage points.
- Washington State Institute for Public Policy Early Childhood Education analysis - This analysis shows early childhood education for low income children increased earnings (through age 54) by $8,241 (or about +$228 in annual earnings each year ages 18-54).
- Washington Institute for Public Policy Benefit-Cost Results 297
- Washington State Public Policy Benefit-Cost Results CBT 494 - Treatment for major depression increased earnings by $1,603 (about $53 more in annual earnings assuming 30 years of work post treatment).
- HUD Family Options Study - Housing and Services Interventions
- Ascent @ The Aspen Institute Colorado Case Study - Colorado Case Study on 2GEN in Health & Human Services.
International examples
- Millennium Development Goals - “The Millennium Development Goals have produced the most successful anti-poverty movement in history.”
- United Nations 8 Millennium Goals - The 8 Millennium Goals created a comprehensive approach, including poverty, education, gender equity, health, and economic development.
- United Nations 2015 Millennium Goals Report
- Economist article on Chile efforts to abolish poverty
- World Economic Forum - Lessons from Chile on tackling poverty
- New York Times article - Chile Advances in a War on Poverty
Root causes of poverty in the United States
- Root Cause Coalition Study
- The Heartland Alliance Poverty Report
- Confronting Poverty Study - Poverty Discussion Guide: How can we understand the root causes of poverty?
- St. Louis Review article - Only way to end poverty
- University of California, Davis statement - In response to the U.S. Census Bureau report on poverty in 2015, Center for Poverty research, University of California, Davis.
- The Borgen Project Blog: What are the Root Causes of Poverty? - Studies of the root causes of poverty internationally and identifies multiple factors.
- National Equity Atlas - Comprehensive data resource to track, measure and make the case for inclusive growth.
- The Equality of Opportunity Project - How can we improve economic opportunities for children? Using big data to identify new pathways to upward mobility.
Additional resources
- Ideas42 - Poverty Interrupted - Breaking the Cycle of Inter-Generational Poverty for Good
- Frontiers of Innovation - Harvard Center for the Developing Child
- Governor Inslee's Healthiest Next Generation site
- Governor Inslee's Council on Health Disparities
- Washington State Workforce Development Initiatives - Includes Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
- ChildTrends childcare accessibility and subsidy policy research - The present study asked how low-income children’s access to ECE might differ from that of their higher-income peers, and how child care subsidy policies might be helping to close the gap.
- Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: State and local action to prevent expulsion and suspension in early learning settings
