DAVIS, Calif. — In his novel The Grapes of Wrath, John
Steinbeck made famous the image of poor farming families fleeing
a land that turned against them to seek better lives in
California. Drought, regular economic shocks and persistent rural
poverty nationwide are just a few reasons the rural poor that
Steinbeck portrayed continue to struggle today.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Center for Poverty Research Director Ann
Huff Stevens presented on poverty in California at the first
meeting of the new legislative caucus on ending poverty in the
state.
DAVIS, Calif. — Amid the 500-plus pages of the newly released
Shriver Report on poverty among women, you will find the Thrive
Index, the work of UC Davis economics professor Ann Huff Stevens
with research assistance from MBA students in the Graduate School
of Management.
Stevens is chair of the Department of Economics and director of
the Center for Poverty Research. Read about the center’s
recent
two-day conference marking the 50th anniversary of LBJ’s War
on Poverty.
In January 1964, President Lyndon Johnson launched America’s War
on Poverty — a battle today that is not so much won or lost, but
a continuing movement.
As members of that effort, UC Davis faculty who research poverty
have written that safety-net programs initiated with the War on
Poverty such as Head Start and food stamps have made a difference
in the lives of the poor.
But the Great Recession has resulted in reduced funding for many
of these core programs.
Jan. 8 marks the 50th anniversary of legislation launching
America’s War on Poverty. The story of that war is often told
with a sort of reverse Hollywood ending: oversimplified and
wrapped up neatly as a failure. No one can claim that the war on
poverty has been won, but the failure narrative is just as wrong.
The real story with some fundamental facts highlighted is more
complex than simple wins and losses, and long overdue.
More bad news, it seems, on student debt: A new report from the
Institute for College Access and Success shows that more students
are borrowing, and those who do are borrowing more. For
California, however, there is a silver lining. The report shows
California has the second-lowest level of student borrowing in
the nation.
DAVIS, Calif. — The Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis
hosted top health care experts from across the country to discuss
the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and what the health
care expansion means for poor and low income families in the U.S.
The Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis hosted top health
care experts from across the country to discuss the rollout of
the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and what the health care expansion
means for poor and low income families in the U.S.
These three projects won more than $1.3 million in the funding
this past June to support interdisciplinary research projects led
by Center for Poverty Research director Ann Huff Stevens, deputy
director Marianne Page, and faculty affiliate Giovanni Peri.
DAVIS, Calif. — The conference “Poverty and the Long-term
Effects of Early Life Experiences,” hosted by the UC Davis Center
for Poverty Research, gathered over a hundred attendees to hear
and discuss new research across the social science disciplines on
the long-term impacts of poverty in early life.
DAVIS, Calif. — Emerging poverty researchers from across the
country presented findings from their Center for Poverty Research
Small Grants-funded studies at the 2011-2012 Small Grants
Recipients Conference on Friday, April 26, 2013.
DAVIS, Calif. — Dr. Ron Haskins, the former White House and
congressional advisor who was instrumental in the 1996 overhaul
of national welfare policy, is the Center for Poverty Research
Winter Distinguished Visiting Scholar at UC Davis this February.
DAVIS, Calif. — The Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis
hosted an interdisciplinary gathering of scholars, educators and
policymakers to discuss new research on community colleges and
the role they play in workforce development. The conference took
place on January 11, 2013.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California State Assembly Committee on
Accountability and Administrative Review held hearings in
December 2011 on the problem of inequality and the potential role
of state government. Center for Poverty Research Director Ann
Huff Stevens testified, along with researchers from a variety of
universities and institutes throughout the state.
