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On the Anniversary of the Evidence Act

Published: February 10, 2020

It’s been a year since the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, championed by former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), was signed into law. This legislation--commonly known...

Pure Goodness

Published: January 30, 2020

Author: Leigh Lynes

By Heather Reynolds, LEO Managing Director I arrive in Austin, Texas thrilled to be spending the night at Mobile Loaves and Fishes, not the average “on the road” hotel. As I...

Insights from our Trip to King County, Washington

Published: December 17, 2019

Author: Leigh Lynes

Becca and LEO faculty affiliate Matt Freedman visit with King County Metro team members Mark Konecny, Jabari Hampton, and Maria Jimenez-Zepeda. Last week, LEO Research Associate Becca Brough made her...

Connections, Community, and Impact

Published: December 09, 2019

Author: Leigh Lynes

Robert Putnam, professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, published a comprehensive study of the state of community in the U.S. today. Interestingly, he...

Pulte family’s $111 million partnership provides Notre Dame with resources to fight poverty

Published: November 26, 2019

Author: Dennis Brown

The University of Notre Dame has developed a variety of tools to address the problems of the poor and to develop and measure the impact of anti-poverty programs. Now, thanks to a $111 million partnership between the University and the...

LEO’s Evans on Capitol Hill: Study shows housing vouchers reduced veteran homelessness

Published: November 21, 2019

Author: Leigh Lynes

The President’s proposed fiscal year 2020 federal budget includes no growth in funding for HUD-VASH - the supportive housing voucher program for homeless veterans - eliminating new vouchers for anyone not currently holding one. William Evans, co-founder of the...

LEO Faculty Affiliate, Chloe Gibbs, receives NSF Grant

Published: November 21, 2019

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

Chloe Gibbs, Assistant Professor of Economics and LEO Faculty Affiliate was recently awarded a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her research on preschool children and their parents. Read more here…

LEO Quarterly Report - Fall 2019

Published: November 18, 2019

Author: Grace Palmer

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ND economics students gain hands-on research experience in LEO’s fight against poverty

Published: October 29, 2019

Author: Leigh Lynes

Economics students at the University of Notre Dame are contributing to the evidence-based anti-poverty research conducted by Notre Dame economics professors and research faculty at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities...

U.S. poverty numbers continue to decline, according to 2018 consumption poverty report

Published: October 17, 2019

Author: Leigh Lynes

A more accurate measure of the poverty rate, based on how much people consume, highlights the dramatic decline in poverty over the past four decades, a fact that is missed by the official government poverty numbers. This can be visualized...

Ending Poverty: What's your why?

Published: October 11, 2019

Author: Leigh Lynes

If you’ve met anyone from LEO, you’ve invariably been asked about your “why” – the experience that inspired your life commitment, the memory you cling to when keeping that commitment seems too hard, the...

Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks about evidence-based anti-poverty policy

Published: September 25, 2019

Author: Leigh Lynes

LEO was honored to cohost, with The Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, an event for University of Notre Dame students featuring Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. The event, “Evidence and Policymaking in the Age...

LEO earns $750,000 in funding awards to support continued anti-poverty work

Published: August 26, 2019

Author: Leigh Lynes

The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame has received multiple funding awards totaling nearly $750,000 this summer to continue its work reducing poverty and improving lives through evidence-based programs and policies. Read More about LEO earns $750,000 in funding awards to support continued anti-poverty work

LEO Quarterly Report - Summer 2019

Published: July 29, 2019

Author: Grace Palmer

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LEO at IRP

Published: June 25, 2019

Author: Grace Palmer

LEO co-founder Jim Sullivan and research faculty Patrick Turner were both in Wisconsin recently to present at the Institution for Research on Poverty's Summer Research Workshop. Here, Dr. Sullivan discussed the Padua Project…

LEO Faculty Affiliate Melissa Kearney Featured in the News

Published: June 24, 2019

Author: Grace Palmer

Dr. Melissa Kearney, Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland and a lead researcher on LEO’s Stay the Course project, recently had her work on effective solutions to poverty and the impact of fatherlessness in families featured in news...

Impact+: LEO and Stand Together

Published: June 24, 2019

Author: Grace Palmer

LEO and Stand Together met earlier this month to lead six non-profits in a workshop centered on their partnership, Impact+. While here, LEO provided the organizations with tools to design program evaluations based on evidence to create an impact that lasts....

LEO Quarterly Report - Spring 2019

Published: May 07, 2019

Author: Aubrey McDonough

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LEO's Jim Sullivan's statement on the new Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking

Published: May 02, 2019

Author: Grace Palmer

Dr. Sullivan highlights his work with lawmakers and the Commission for Evidence-Based Policymaking leading to this new bipartisan effort. Read more here!…

LEO Participates in ND Day

Published: April 20, 2019

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

ND Day is an annual celebration of community at Notre Dame where voters determine the allocation of a $1.2 million challenge fund to groups and causes on campus.…