Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
Together, we will spark bold ideas, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of gender equity.
More than 11.5 million children live in poverty (US DOC 2001a) and likely will experience first-hand what
research tells us – that poverty has long-lasting negative effects (McLeod and Shanahan 1996; McLoyd 1998;
Reynolds and Ross 1998; Vandivere et al. 2000). Growing up in poverty, particularly if it is persistent: