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The Randi and Brian Schwartz Social Innovation Scholarship will provide full-tuition support for students seeking to generate impact in such areas as economic security, immigration, and global conflict.
Denise Johnson has two roles in Penn’s gun violence prevention efforts as program manager for the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center-based Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program and the Penn Community Violence Prevention team.
Associate professor Amy Castro of the School of Social Policy & Practice shares the final results from the Stockton pilot program, which show connections between financial security and better health.
The Social Justice Scholars Program at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice is broadening access to graduate student education.
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy identifies strategies for donors seeking to do more good.
How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect people’s volunteering, donating, and helping behaviors? A report by SP2 faculty and students summarizes a nationally representative study aiming to answer this question.
The importance of addressing depression among low-income women in multiple contexts is a theme of recent research by April Ivey, Jacqueline Corcoran, and others at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.
A Fulbright award augments Toorjo Ghose’s work to document and support the social movement happening among sex workers in India against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In her new book, Iversen proposes that a different future could be possible in areas such as civic engagement and infrastructure for the benefit of both workers and their communities.
The doctoral student in the School of Social Policy & Practice received the Joy Award from the Boris L. Henson Foundation and is writing a dissertation on teen parenting within the foster care system.
Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that the population of homeless seniors 65 and older will likely double or even triple 2017 levels in some places before peaking around 2030.
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The Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice is participating in a study on the impact of $50 a week for Indianapolis high schoolers.
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Ram A. Cnaan of the School of Social Policy & Practice says job demands and multiple jobs prevent many people from doing traditional volunteering.
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Amy Beth Castro of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that Massachusetts is an ideal laboratory for guaranteed income programs.
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The Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice is studying 30 guaranteed income programs around the country, with commentary by Amy Beth Castro.
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A report co-authored by Amy Beth Castro of the School of Social Policy & Practice found that people who received a $500 monthly stipend in Stockton, California, were more likely to be able to handle a $400 emergency.
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