The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) released the first-ever “Wisconsin Poverty Report,” an up-to-date analysis of poverty, food insecurity and areas of rapidly growing economic need that covers all Wisconsin’s 72 counties. IRP Director Timothy Smeeding presented the report at the May 2009 “Bridges to Family Economic Success” summit held in Milwaukee and organized by Governor Doyle and Reggie Bicha of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.
The report details the nature, location, and depth of poverty; compares Wisconsin poverty to other states; and proposes a Wisconsin-specific poverty measure, to be developed by IRP.