Our Work Consensus/Advisory Activity Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years

Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years

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An ad hoc committee of experts will conduct a consensus study of the costs of child poverty in the United States and the effectiveness of current efforts aimed at reducing poverty. The committee will review available high-quality research on current programs, with emphasis on evaluations that include benefit-cost analysis. Based on these analyses the committee will make recommendations for federal investment aimed at reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.

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Events

Tackling Child Poverty in the Wake of COVID-19

June 18, 2020
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)

Past

Growing up in poverty has life-long consequences for a child’s physical and mental health and economic well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated conditions for millions of children and familie...

A Dialogue on Racial/Ethnic Equity and Policy Proposals to Reduce Child Poverty (Boston, MA)

November 22, 2019
9:00 AM - 2:45 PM (EST)

Past

Discussion based on the 2019 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty.

Dialogue with Texas Leaders on Reducing Child Poverty (Austin, TX)

October 24, 2019
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM (CDT)

Past

Discussion on Reducing Child Poverty in Texas

A Chicago Dialogue on A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty: Programs and Policies to Reduce Child Poverty by Half in 10 Years (Chicago, IL)

September 19 - 20, 2019

Past

Goals for the Meeting: To share the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus study report, A Roadmap to Reducing Ch...

A Dialogue on A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty (Downey, CA)

August 27, 2019
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM (PDT)

Past

Discussion of the report in the Los Angeles area of California. 11:30 AM Registration and Lunch 12:00 PM Welcome Natacha Blain, Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Academies o...

Meetings

A Dialogue on Measuring and Reducing Child Poverty via WEBCAST

March 13, 2020
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

Meeting
Past

The event will feature panels on the Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty report and recommendations for improving poverty measurement; an overview of poverty measurement research and policy and implicat...

A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty Webinar

April 26, 2019
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

Tele Conference
Past

Committee members Greg Duncan, University of California at Irvine, and Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution present findings from the report. LaDonna Pavetti, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and...