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Public Service Clinic: Eliminating Poverty
The “Eliminating Poverty” Clinic examines local, state and regional policies and programs that seek to reduce poverty, mitigate the adverse effects of poverty on children and families, provide financial security against economic losses, help low and middle income families build assets, and expand economic opportunities for disadvantaged persons and families. It also examines policies and programs with other primary goals but which affect many low income persons (e.g. child welfare, juvenile justice).
Students will complete projects that address policy, management and evaluation aspects of income support programs, asset building programs, low income housing, labor market policies and programs for low and middle income workers, programs to expanding educational opportunities for poor and at-risk children, social services for low and middle income families, economic and social disparities, etc. The projects help public and non-profit agencies design, improve, advocate for, manage and evaluate their policies and programs.
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