Utah’s Intergenerational Welfare Reform Commission has provided its latest update on intergenerational poverty in Utah. Learn more about it here.
Economic Mobility
Utah Needs a Child-centered Approach to Fighting Poverty
Paul Mero recently wrote an op-ed for the Salt Lake Tribune in which he highlights new research challenging many...
New Research Pinpoints Lives and Circumstances of IGP Children and Families
A new report sheds interesting light on children in intergenerational poverty and their families. Here are the key...
Conservatives Must Lead the Fight for Welfare Reform
Paul Mero, president and CEO of Next Generation Freedom Fund, wrote an op-ed in the Deseret News explaining that...
Intergenerational Poverty in Utah, 2018
Over the past six years, Utah has made progress addressing intergenerational poverty. The progress is not being made through the establishment of new government programs or significant increases in...
Possible Civil Rights Violations at Utah Elementary and High Schools
There at least 23 open investigations into alleged civil rights violations — most on the basis of disability, sex or race — in elementary and high schools across seven Utah school districts that...
Utah Legislature Leaves Thousands of Workers without Workplace Protections
Workers at companies with less than 15 employees still have no legal recourse for biases against their gender, race, sex, religion, pregnancy or other protected classes. A bill that would have...
County Plans Overview, 2017
From September 2016 to June 2017, thirteen Utah counties were selected by Utah’s Department of Workforce Services (DWS) to develop local strategic plans to address high rates of intergenerational...
Utah Omnibus Research, 2017
Next Generation Freedom Fund teamed with Heart & Mind Strategies to survey Utahns about their understanding of poverty in Utah, especially intergenerational poverty. Findings reveal that Utahns...
Report: Intergenerational Poverty in Utah, 2017
Under the leadership of Utah’s Lieutenant Governor, leaders in 11 rural counties and two urban counties were engaged to develop local plans that align with the Commission’s goals to reduce IGP among...
The American Dream is Alive in Utah
There is still one part of the country where the poor can become successful: Salt Lake City. If you’re in the bottom 20 percent of incomes and living in Charlotte, North Carolina, you only have a 4...
Intergenerational Trauma Among American Indians
Trauma has been garnering more and more attention over the past few years, with the rampant climb of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the understanding of what can cause it. Intergenerational...
Report: Intergenerational Poverty in Utah, 2016
Key findings in the 2016 annual report include struggles in early childhood development, lack of children’s health care, childhood homelessness and juvenile justice system involvement. The report...
Congress Begins to Wrap Its Mind Around Intergenerational Poverty
Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) have introduced the Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act pushing the federal government to collaborate and innovate with states on...
Not Native Enough
About 27 percent of Utah’s American Indian students are chronically absent from school — higher than any other racial group in Utah and higher than the national average of 21 percent for American...
As Family Goes, So Go the Public Schools
When it comes to education, Florida faces a paradox: Its public schools are highly rated, but its students register just average scores and high suspension rates. The Urban Institute in a recent...
Where’s the Parent Outrage over Education?
What makes the matter so outrageous is that the governor, legislators and business leaders keep spending more money, and they ignore the most serious problem affecting public education — its...
Utah Legislature tries to address struggling schools
The School Turnaround and Leadership Development Act (and amended) came as follow-up legislation to the school grading system, which lawmakers enacted several years ago as a way to easily identify...
Report: Intergenerational Poverty in Utah, 2015
Utah communities impacted by intergenerational poverty are increasingly utilizing the data contained in these annual reports. These communities are attaining greater understanding of the educational...
