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Every day, poverty stifles hope, opportunity, and dignity for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. And despite well-intentioned policies and programs, little is known about how to break poverty’s vicious generational cycle. The Notre Dame Poverty Initiative will establish Notre Dame as a leading institution for poverty research, preparing students for careers and service in anti-poverty efforts, and turning evidence into action, illuminating proven pathways out of poverty for people around the world.
Status Update
The Poverty Initiative held its kickoff meeting in early November, where the Executive Committee had a robust discussion about how to lay a strong foundation for carrying out the Initiative’s charge, including criteria for areas of investment and ways to measure the Initiative’s impact.
This spring, the Poverty Initiative made initial investments in several key projects and put out a call for Poverty Research Package proposals that drew nearly 30 applications from faculty representing 16 different departments across campus. Recipients will be announced later this summer.
The University of Notre Dame is launching a bold new Poverty Initiative to develop and advance innovative solutions to help vulnerable populations and to train a new generation of leaders committed to the fight against poverty.
Led by the University of Notre Dame’s Poverty Initiative, the summit will explore how evidence-based practices can inform decision making and ensure that the National Opioids Settlement best helps the people and communities it is meant to serve.
More than 175 faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdocs attended the Connect with the Poverty Initiative event on Feb. 8 to learn more about this University-wide effort to fight poverty in the U.S. and around the globe.
Additional partners will be added as work on the initiative continues in the coming months and years.