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Actionable Poverty Research

Actionable Poverty Research

The Center on Poverty and Social Policy is producing actionable research at the intersection of poverty and social policy in New York City and the United States.

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Recent Publications

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How did the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affect children?

Jan 2025

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The ‘Credit for Other Dependents’: A Policy Explainer

Jan 2025

Graduation Cap
The net benefits of raising bachelor’s degree completion through CUNY’s ACE Program

Dec 2024

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Children left behind by the Child Tax Credit in 2023

Oct 2024

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2023 poverty rates in historical perspective

Sept 2024

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The Poverty Tracker

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Food assistance from New York City's pantry system

Nov 2024

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Home-based child care in NYC in the Early Childhood Poverty Tracker

Sept 2024

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Child care-related work disruption in the Early Childhood Poverty Tracker

Sept 2024

The prevalence and persistence of energy insecurity in New York City

July 2024

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Young adults in New York City

June 2024

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