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Poverty and Economic Mobility

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Chung receives Spencer Foundation grant to study postsecondary options in St. Louis

June 12, 2026
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Huang installed as Irving Louis Horowitz Professor in Social Policy

June 12, 2026
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February 10, 2026

Guaranteed income improves food security for Black households in Georgia, study finds

February 4, 2026

Brown School students take social work lessons to local policy hearings

February 3, 2026

Brown School to fund practicums, provide stipends for social work students 

January 12, 2026

St. Louis guaranteed basic income pilot improved financial stability, study finds

December 9, 2025
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November 13, 2025
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Jabbari receives grant to study social mobility

October 20, 2025

Opt-in enrollment could undermine Trump Accounts’ policy goals

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Naseh selected for national poverty scholars program

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Brown School faculty awarded $1.42M in grants to study economic mobility and wealth gaps

June 23, 2025
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