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National Organizations & Programs

• Federal Government
  • Ending Chronic Homelessness Strategies for Action (Governmental Approach) 
  • California Approach to End Homelessness
• Think Tanks / Research Centers
  • Joint Center for Poverty Research:  Working Papers by Subject
  • Institute for Policy Research (IPR) is an interdisciplinary public policy research institute founded in 1968 at Northwestern University. Our mission is to stimulate and support excellent social science research on significant public policy issues and to disseminate the findings widely -- to students, scholars, policymakers, and the public at large.
  • Harris School of Public Policy Studies seeks to understand and influence public policies by conducting policy-relevant research and preparing talented individuals to become leaders and agents of social change. To serve as a liaison between the academy's research on public policy questions and practitioners in the field.  
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• National Associations / Advocacy
  • Campus Kitchens
  • Bread for the World
  • Food Policy Councils
  • Food Research and Action Center: The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States. FRAC works with hundreds of national, state and local nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and corporations to address hunger and its root cause, poverty.
  • Heifer Project International
  • Meals on Wheels
  • National Coalition to End Homelessness
  • National Coalition for the Homeless
  • Oxfam America
  • Poverty Initiative:  The mission of the Poverty Initiative is to “raise generations of religious and community leaders committed to building a movement, led by the poor, to end poverty.”
  • Second Harvest
  • United Way
• Other
  • Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity —  potlight’s focus will include monitoring efforts by the Obama Administration and Congress to fight poverty, while providing a non-partisan platform for innovative ideas, programs and practices at the federal, state and local levels.  We will also sponsor policy briefings and forums and feature the latest news and commentary on these issues to ensure that combating poverty is at the top of the national agenda.  Finally, Spotlight will maintain its role as the nation’s go-to site for the most up-to-date news, ideas, and action on poverty and opportunity.

Research Reports / Policy Analysis

• National Coalition to End Homelessness' 2008 Policy Guide

Statistical Data

Funding Opportunities

Miscellaneous