News: Child poverty
ICYMI: Dr. Maria Y. Rodriguez on How Historic Poverty Shaped Today’s Child Welfare Policies (Video)
“[W]hen we think of some of the important child welfare policies of today, [we are seeing] child welfare as it…
Dean’s Spring Lecture Series Spotlights the Scholarship of Race and Racism
Topics addressed thus far include data racialization, educational disparities, and the constraints of life after prison. This past semester, the…
2021 GOLDSON LECTURE: The Promise of Prevention Science in Addressing Early Childhood Adversity
Prolonged trauma in early childhood can be devastating, but there is also a window of opportunity for interventions, says Dr….
Reimagining the Future After a Crisis: Falling Short, Winning Big, Challenging Norms, and Enacting Change
In this post for our special series on social work in times of crisis, the Center on Poverty and Social…
Tracking Poverty, Making Policy
Sophie Collyer, a dual-degree alumna of CSSW and SIPA, works at the intersection of policy analysis and social justice. This…
Enact Fundamental Change to Address Poverty
The COVID pandemic exacerbated poverty in the United States, and the Biden administration should take significant steps to support those…
Conferences, Collaboration, and Learning to Cook: A Visiting Scholar’s Year at the China Center
As a doctoral student at the School of Finance at Renmin University of China and a member of the China…
Poverty Center & Robin Hood Expand Scope of Their New York City Survey
An expanded poverty tracking survey will now look at early childhood poverty and the experiences of Asian-American New Yorkers. What’s…
Nine PhD Students Enter the Academic Job Market
Since its inception in 1950, the doctoral program at Columbia School of Social Work has produced many of the world’s…
New Study: Through Welfare, States Are Widening Black-White Child Poverty Gap
A poverty studies scholar uncovers racial bias in choices states make in the use and distribution of federal assistance benefits….