Frontline Worker Responses to Domestic Violence Disclosure in Public Welfare Offices

The January 2010 issue of the Poverty Research Flash highlights research by West Coast Poverty Center Faculty Affiliate Taryn Lindhorst in which she explores how welfare caseworkers respond to clients' disclosures of domestic violence.

This and other Poverty Research Flashes are available on the WCPC Publication page.

WCPC 2009-2010 Seminar Series

The WCPC Seminar Series brings prominent national and local faculty to the UW campus to present their cutting-edge research on poverty and public policy. Approximately five seminars are offered each quarter and are open to faculty and graduate students from all disciplines and members of the public who are interested in research on issues of poverty and inequality and related public policies.

Please join us at 12:30 p.m. on February 22, 2010, in 309 Parrington for a talk by Marna Miller, from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, entitled "Depression Among Female TANF Recipients in Washington State."

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Food stamp use takes record jump in Washington.

By Sanjay Bhatt, December 20, 2009, Seattle Times Read the article

Living on Nothing but Food Stamps.

By Jason DeParle and Robert M. Gebeloff, January 2, 2010, The New York Times Read the article