National Economic Association

Organizations, Associations and Government Agencies

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs which promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. Site includes information on ACF programs, including The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, child support enforcement and Head Start, and links to other related Internet resources.

Census Bureau Research Program on Poverty Measuremen
Under the leadership of the Office of Management and Budget, the Census Bureau is undertaking a research program to examine alternatives to the official definition of poverty -- includes working papers on research program.

Center for Law and Social Policy
Concerned with economic conditions of low-income families with children and securing their access to the civil justice system.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and middle-income people.

Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is a national, university-based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan.

Joint Center for Poverty Research - Northwestern University/University of Chicago
The Poverty Research Center focuses on the causes of poverty and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty. Key areas of research include: changing labor markets and the causes of inequality in the current labor market; family functioning and the well-being of children; the impact of concentrated urban poverty; and the effects in these domains - and others - of changing policy and new programs.

National Center for Children in Poverty - Columbia University School of Public Health
This organization identifies and promotes strategies to reduce child poverty, and to improve the life chances of the millions of young children still living in poverty.

Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism Information Clearinghouse
The Research Forum operates an information clearinghouse of research related to income security and welfare reform, including the federal assistance program, Temporary Aid to Dependent Families (TANF). The clearinghouse features an on-line database with up-to-date summaries of welfare research projects. The database now includes 40 reviewed and 25 unreviewed research projects. .

National Poverty Center
The National Poverty Center (NPC) was established in the fall of 2002 as a university-based, nonpartisan research center. We conduct and promote multidisciplinary, policy-relevant research on the causes and consequences of poverty and provide mentoring and training to young scholars. Located within the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, the NPC’s primary funding is provided through a cooperative agreement with the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The National Poverty Center is co-directed by Rebecca M. Blank and Sheldon H. Danziger.

State Policy Documentation Project
A joint project of the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. SPDP tracks policy choices on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance programs and Medicaid in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Welfare & Poverty

Organizations, Associations and Government Agencies