Poverty crosses party lines (Elizabeth Kneebone, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/poverty-crosses-party-lines/#AL

Tackling persistent poverty: Three challenges for the 10-20-30 plan (Elizabeth Kneebone, Brookings)

Back in 2009, when Congress and the Obama administration were crafting the Recovery Act, Rep. Jim Clyburn saw an opportunity to begin to target more federal resources to communities grappling with persistent poverty. He called his plan 10-20-30. As the title suggests, the plan is straightforward, at least on its face. Any federal program subject to this plan would be required to direct at least 10 percent of total investments to counties where at least 20 percent of the population has lived under the federal poverty line for at least 30 years. The Recovery Act ultimately applied the 10-20-30 plan to three rural development investment programs totaling $1.7 billion.

https://www.brookings.edu/research/tackling-persistent-poverty-three-challenges-for-the-10-20-30-plan/

Suburban poverty is missing from the conversation about America’s future (Elizabeth Kneebone, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/suburban-poverty-is-missing-from-the-conversation-about-americas-future/

The intersection of race, place, and multidimensional poverty (Elizabeth Kneebone, Richard V. Reeves, Brookings)

For many poor people in the United States, narrow income measures of poverty fail to reflect the multiple barriers and challenges that complicate their path out of poverty. Disadvantages beyond (although often related to) low incomes—such as lack of training and skills, unemployment, poor health, and living in a distressed and high-poverty community—can make it harder for poor individuals and families to work their way out of poverty over time.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2016/04/21-race-place-multidimensional-poverty-kneebone-reeves

Five evils: Multidimensional poverty and race in America (Richard V. Reeves, Edward Rodrigue, Elizabeth Kneebone, Brookings)

Poverty is about a lack of money, but it’s not only about that. As a lived experience, poverty is also characterized by ill health, insecurity, discomfort, isolation, and more. To put it another way: Poverty is multidimensional, and its dimensions often cluster together to intensify the negative effects of being poor.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2016/five-evils-multidimensional-poverty-race

U.S. concentrated poverty in the wake of the Great Recession (Elizabeth Kneebone, Natalie Holmes, Brookings)

The Great Recession may have ended in 2009, but despite the subsequent jobs rebound and declining unemployment rate, the number of people living below the federal poverty line in the United States remains stuck at recession-era record levels.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2016/03/31-concentrated-poverty-recession-kneebone-holmes