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UKCPR National Welfare Data Updated

The Center for Poverty Research has updated their National Welfare Data.  The state-level panel data series covers population, employment, unemployment, welfare, poverty and politics and are publically available to all users for years 1980-2014.  For more information, please click here.  

UKCPR Announces 2015 Grantees for Research Using the NHIS

The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR) is pleased to announce the competitive awarding of four grants totaling $300,000 dollars as part of our initiative Understanding the Relationships between SNAP, Food Security, and Health in the National Health Interview Survey. The focus of this initiative is to provide rigorous research that utilizes data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) in order to expand our understanding of the effects of (1) the interaction between adult mental and physical health and household food insecurity, (2) SNAP on the health of both family caretaker and children, and (3) food insecurity on health and the possible mediating role of SNAP.  Underwriting for the competition was generously provided by the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Educational, Psychological, and Social Impact of Discrimination on the Immigrant Child

A report released today by the Migration Policy Institute in DC by UKCPR Faculty Affiliate, Christia Spears Brown, focuses on the incidence of personal discrimination as perceived by children.  Dr. Brown's research is supported in part by UKCPR. The findings from this report and two others in the series will be discussed in a webinar is scheduled for September 11, 2015. To register for the webinar, please click here.  To view the full report, please click here.  

Food Banks Struggle to Meet Surprising Demand

In a recent article in the Associated Press and spotlighted on ABC News, James Ziliak comments on the increased demand for food banks.  Food banks across the country are seeing a rise in demand for free groceries, and are expected to give away about 4 billion pounds of food this year.  

UKCPR Graduate Fellow Discusses Research with Nobel Laureate James Heckman

UKCPR Graduate Fellow, Robert Paul Hartley, discusses research with Nobel Laureate James Heckman.  Hartley, a 4th year PhD student, was accepted to participate in the 3rd Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality - Chicago 2015. The program focuses on new methods of inequality research to address interdisciplinary insights of human behavior through economic models.  For more information on his research, please click here.  

SA's Second In the Country For Elderly Food Insecurity

In a recent article in the San Antonio Current, James Ziliak comments on the dramatic rise of food insecure elderly.  To read the article, please click here.

James Ziliak Speakers at Birmingham Conference

In a recent conference at Children's of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, James Ziliak speaks on the increase in childhood food insecurity.  Ziliak, finds that one in five children in America lives in a household that is food insecure, and in Alabama, 26.7 percent of kids are food insecure.  The article featured on al.com can be read here.

UK, Ziliak Working to Battle Kentucky's Poverty, Improve Nutrition

James Ziliak, Director of UK's Center for Poverty Research, is playing a leading role in trying to figure out some of the challenges of poverty in this nation, including Kentucky.  To view a video featuring Dr. Ziliak's efforts on mitigating Kentucky poverty, please click here.  To view a video focusing on Dr. Ziliak's efforts on mitigating food insecurity, please click here. To view the full UK Now article, please click here.   

District Ranks Fourth in Hunger Risk for Senior, Report Says

UKCPR Director, James Ziliak, and University of Illinois Professor, Craig Gundersen, finds that 15.5% or 9.6 million seniors face the threat of hunger.  To read the Washington Post article, please click here. To view the full report on Senior Hunger, please click here.   

March 2nd, James Ziliak to present before the National Commission on Hunger

March 2nd, James Ziliak to present before the National Commission on Hunger, established by Congress in 2014, on policies to combat very low food security in the U.S.  For more information on the Commission, please visit:  https://hungercommission.rti.org. Read the testiomony here.