Innovative State Policies Fight Poverty

Working hard and being employed may no longer be enough to ward off poverty, according to a study released by the Sodexho Foundation and Brandeis University's Institute on Assets and Social Policy. The study finds that the U.S. has a large contingency of working poor who do not have sufficient resources to support their families at a minimum economic standard.

• Report on Innovative State Policies Reduce Poverty, Build Assets, and Expand the Middle Class (2.5 MB PDF)
• Comparison of Asset Indicators for Selected States (PDF)

Press Kit Materials:

• Press Release
• Report Overview
• Foundation Background
• About Stephen J. Brady, Sodexho Foundation President
• About Dr. Larry Brown, Executive Director, Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University

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