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Fels Institute: A stellar U.S. Communities innovation partner

SmartTrack (formerly called Schoogle) was the 2015 Penn Policy Challenge (PPC) and runner-up in the Fels National Public Policy Challenge. SmartTrack focuses on assisting school…

americancityandcounty.com Fels Institute: A stellar U.S. Communities innovation partner

Housing Credit Improves Lives, Boosts Economy and Saves Government Money

Notable landmark research by Dennis Culhane, a professor with the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice, investigated government costs associated with chronic…

novoco.com Housing Credit Improves Lives, Boosts Economy and Saves Government Money

Commentary: Bucks case shows value of child-abuse reports

Debra Schilling Wolfe, executive director of the Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, and Research at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the value of reporting…

philly.com Commentary: Bucks case shows value of child-abuse reports

SP2 Student Named Pulitzer Center Student Fellow

SP2 student Rachel Townzen received an International Student Reporting Fellowship from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in partnership with Penn’s Middle East Center and…

news.upenn.edu SP2 Student Named Pulitzer Center Student Fellow

Audio: Investigations, Legislation Seek to Shed Light on the Red Cross

September 24, 2015

Kyle Sherman of the School of Social Policy & Practice’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy joins a conversation about proposed legislation to take a closer…

kqed.org Audio: Investigations, Legislation Seek to Shed Light on the Red Cross

Child poverty rates analyzed by state

September 9, 2015

In this article, WalletHub compares the welfare of young people within the 50 states and the District of Columbia to underscore the social issues plaguing…

wallethub.com Child poverty rates analyzed by state

Program helps turn ex-offenders into entrepreneurs

Partnering Penn with the Rescue Mission, the Penn Restorative Entrepreneurship Program provides entrepreneurship training and also pairs student-mentors from various Penn schools with clients for…

thedp.com Program helps turn ex-offenders into entrepreneurs

Phila. rates highest among top 10 cities for deep poverty

September 24, 2014

Associate Professor Roberta Iversen explains the inability to get jobs as the root cause for poverty.

philly.com Phila. rates highest among top 10 cities for deep poverty

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