Innovative State Policies Fight Poverty

Working hard and being employed may no longer be enough to ward off poverty, according to a study released by the Sodexo Foundation and Brandeis University's Institute on Assets and Social Policy. The Sodexo Foundation-funded report finds that the U.S. has large contingencies of working poor who do not have sufficient resources to support their families at a minimum economic standard, and outlines the innovative policies states are taking to help them.

• Report on Innovative State Policies Reduce Poverty, Build Assets, and Expand the Middle Class
• Comparison of Asset Indicators for Selected States

Press Kit Materials:

• Press Release
• Report Overview
• Foundation Background
• About Stephen J. Brady, Sodexo Foundation President
• About Dr. Larry Brown, Executive Director, Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University