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LEO Hosts Webinar on "Best Practices for Evaluation," Insights from the Stay the Course Study

Published: April 18, 2018

On April 17, Dr. Jim Sullivan, LEO co-founder, and Corinne Weaver, Director of Research and Evaluation at Catholic Charities Fort Worth, shared key insights from the process of partnering with LEO to conduct an impact evaluation,...

Undergraduate Spotlight: Tim Seida

Published: February 27, 2018

Author: Brendan Perry

LEO Research Assistant Tim Seida discusses his experience at LEO, his upcoming job at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and his educational aspirations.

Success in community college aided by comprehensive case management, study finds

Published: January 11, 2018

Author: Brittany Collins Kaufman

New research from the University of Notre Dame shows that students who participated in the full comprehensive case management program were significantly more likely to stay enrolled and to graduate within six semesters.

LEO Hosts Conference on Evaluation of Case Management Programs

Published: December 15, 2017

Author: Brendan Perry

LEO brought together service providers and researchers for a conference entitled, “Evaluating Case Management for Vulnerable Populations.”

LEO Presents at APPAM's Annual Fall Research Conference

Published: November 28, 2017

Author: Annalise Burnett

LEO's David Phillips presents on a panel at APPAM's Annual Fall Research Conference LEO Research Assistant Professor David Phillips presented twice at the 2017 Fall Research Conference hosted by the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management...

LEO earns $275,000 grant from The Kresge Foundation for expansion of community college support program.

Published: November 16, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame has received $275,000 in funding to continue its work reducing poverty and improving lives through evidence-based programs and policies.

LEO Hosts Webinar on "How to Impact Policy" with Denis Calabrese

Published: November 02, 2017

Author: Brendan Perry

On Nov. 1, 2017, Denis Calabrese, recent President of the Arnold Foundation, shared key strategies for providers and researchers interested in impacting policy to reduce poverty and improve lives....

Jim Sullivan Presents at the Lab @ DC

Published: October 23, 2017

Author: Annalise Burnett

LEO co-Founder Jim Sullivan (left) with the Lab @ DC's Director David Yokum (right) after his presentation in October. LEO co-Founder Jim Sullivan recently presented to the Lab @ DC on "How Evidence...

LEO Presents at CCUSA Annual Gathering

Published: October 23, 2017

Author: Annalise Burnett

LEO's Shawna Kolka and Catholic Charities Fort Worth's (CCFW's) Corinne Weaver, Nichole Rush, and Cindy Casey presented a joint session on "Embedding Research and Innovation in Practice" at the 2017 Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) Annual Gathering in Houston, TX....

LEO receives NIH grant to further acclaimed research on homelessness prevention

Published: October 11, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

LEO's Jim Sullivan and Bill Evans will continue to study the impact of homelessness with NIH funding to study the impact on health. Read more here.…

LEO Co-Founders Present at Notre Dame's Saturday Scholars Series

Published: October 09, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

Bill Evans and Jim Sullivan shared how the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) fulfills Fr. Sorin's vision that Notre Dame be " one of the most powerful means of doing good in this country". Watch the full talk...

Researchers find sharp decline in poverty in the U.S. despite report from U.S. Census Bureau.

Published: September 12, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

LEO Director, Jim Sullivan, and Bruce Meyer of University of Chicago released the Consumption Poverty Report for 2016. Contrary to numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau Tuesday (Sept. 12), Sullivan and Meyer show that poverty has fallen sharply in...

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking Releases Final Report

Published: September 07, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

Today the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP) released its final report, The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking. LEO co-Founder, Jim Sullivan, Associate Professor of Economics at Notre Dame, worked with policymakers on the creation of the Commission. In November 2016, he testified...

Bring It On: LEO's Jim Sullivan Talks with APHSA's Policy and Practice Magazine about the Role of Research in Poverty Reduction.

Published: August 21, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

In the August 2017 issue of Policy and Practice Magazine - a publication of the American Public Human Services Association - LEO Co-founder, Jim Sullivan, and President and CEO of Catholic Charities Fort Worth, Heather Reynolds talk about the challenges of changing...

New NBER Working Paper by LEO's Jim Sullivan and Bruce Meyer on consumption inequality.

Published: August 15, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

LEO Co-founder, Jim Sullivan, the Rev. Thomas J. McDonagh, C.S.C., Associate Professor of Economics, and co-author Bruce Meyer of University of Chicago, have a new NBER Working Paper demonstrating the changes in income inequality and consumption inequality over the past 50...

LEO earns $700,000 in funding awards to support continued anti-poverty work.

Published: July 31, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame has received multiple funding awards totaling nearly $700,000 this summer to continue its work reducing poverty and improving lives through...

Meet Our Summer Interns!

Published: July 28, 2017

Author: Annalise Burnett

Each year, the LEO staff nearly doubles with the arrival of our summer interns. Chosen from a pool of highly qualified undergraduates at Notre Dame, our interns prove to us how capable they are of jumping into a fast-paced work environment...

Research by LEO's Jim Sullivan Highlighted in Real Clear Policy article on Data and Poverty

Published: July 05, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

Fundamental to the work that LEO does is the use of data to improve understanding of anti-poverty programs. In a recent article for Real Clear Policy, Robert Doar, Morgridge Fellow of Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute articulates the...

Economic benefits of admitting refugees outweigh costs

Published: June 27, 2017

Author: Patrick Gibbons

Although working-age adult refugees who enter the United States often initially rely on public assistance programs, a study by researchers at the University of Notre Dame indicates that the long-term economic benefit...

LEO’s Jim Sullivan Presents on Homelessness Prevention at the National Human Services Data Consortium 2017 Spring Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Published: May 28, 2017

Author: Rachel Fulcher-Dawson

In April 2017, Jim Sullivan, Associate Professor of Economics and co-Founder of the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO), presented to practitioners and data administrators from across the country at the Spring Conference of the...