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Doctoral student is influencing policy in Washington D.C.

HDFS PhD student Jessica Dahlgren’s policy recommendation was chosen to be reviewed at Social Work Day on the Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 20. Her recommendation is to create policies that increase funding for organizations that support children of incarcerated parents to stop the cycle of intergenerational incarceration. Jessica will be attending the CRISP […]

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PhD student’s work accepted to regional symposiums

Health policy PhD student Abby Mulcahy will present “Queering the concept of successful aging” at the Lewis and Clark Gender Studies Symposium in March. The paper and a workshop, “Defiance in the U.S. healthcare system,” have both been accepted to the Pacific & Western Disability Studies Symposium in May.

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Mikayla Pivec is assisting for life

You might be surprised to find a student-athlete playing Uno with a homeless woman at a cold weather shelter on Monroe Avenue.

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Kudos Research

CPHHS powerhouse publishes article on depression rates

Their article is the first to examine rates of depression among 19 different race and ethnicity groups in a national sample.

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HDFS News Research

Child care remains in short supply across Oregon

Regulated child care remains in short supply across Oregon, creating child care “deserts” in all 36 of the state’s counties.

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Nearly two-thirds of American children live in asset poverty

More than 63 percent of American children and 55 percent of Americans live in “asset” poverty, meaning they have few or no assets to rely on in the event of a financial shock such as a job loss, a medical crisis or the recent federal government shutdown, new research from Oregon State University indicates.