Join us in-person at Baruch College to learn more about the new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that recommends updates for the Supplemental Poverty Measure to better reflect household needs and resources, including medical care, childcare, and housing costs. This event is co-sponsored by the Marxe School at Baruch College at CUNY, the Wagner School at NYU, and the Center on Poverty and Social Policy (CPSP) at Columbia University. It features CPSP researchers, Jane Waldfogel, as a presenter who served on the report committee and Director Christopher Wimer, as a panelist invited to discuss the report’s recommendations. View event.

The Columbia University's Center on Poverty and Social Policy, The Hamilton Project at Brookings, and the Russell Sage Foundation host a book launch of Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19 with author Zachary Parolin, followed by a policy discussion.

On May 18, 2023, the Center on Poverty and Social Policy hosted a symposium and data training featuring the Poverty Tracker, a unique longitudinal study of the dynamics of poverty and disadvantage in New York City.

Robin Hood gathered to consider the state of child poverty in New York City and how we can collectively chart a path forward. This event focused on critical topics where Robin Hood’s community could learn, share, and collaborate to fight poverty in New York City.

The Iowa Hunger Summit hosted CPSP researchers in a discussion on the impact of the Child Tax Credit on food security.

The Center on Poverty and Social Policy hosted its annual conference to feature our latest research on poverty and social policy in New York City and nationwide. Our keynote speaker was Dorothy Brown of Emory University School of Law.

The Institute for Research on Poverty hosted leading poverty policy experts to examine the expanded Child Tax Credit and discuss its potential impact on poverty and the challenges of delivering the credit to families who need it the most.

The CPSP annual conference featured our latest poverty research with a focus on race, poverty, and social policy.

Eva Rosen of Georgetown University discussed her book The Voucher Promise, in which she examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program through the lives of families living in a neighborhood in Baltimore, MD.

The Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York hosted CPSP researchers in a discussion on the Child Tax Credit reform included in the American Rescue Plan.

Christina Cross, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, presented on family structures as they relate to race and class.

Daniel Edmiston, Lecturer at the University of Leeds, made the case for a pluralistic approach to poverty measurement to capture heterogeneity within broader analytical and methodological category of ‘the poor’.

Jacob Faber, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Service at New York University, discussed his recent research on the racial impacts of the New Deal housing policies that still persist today.

Leading national experts discussed a report on how child poverty could be reduced if the United States adopted a child allowance modeled on Canada’s successful Child Benefit.

The CPSP annual conference featured our latest poverty research with a spotlight on income support amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Mark Stabile, Professor of Economics at INSEAD, discussed the welfare effects of child benefits and evaluated the Canadian Child Benefit.

Kelley Fong shared her current research focused on Child Protective Services as a state response to families facing adversity.

José Pacas, visiting scholar from University of Minnesota, shared his work on the factors influencing poverty transitions.

In the fifth annual New Frontiers in Poverty Research conference, experts examined some of the boldest presidential policy proposals and discussed how to reach the bold goal of cutting child poverty in half in 10 years.