Poverty Center

The Land: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said one of the biggest objections landlords have to Cleveland’s lead safe ordinance is that the financial costs a...

cleveland.com: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development, explained how only a fraction of Cleveland landlords are complying with the city’s lead safety law—and they're heading in the wrong direction. He noted that if not stopped, the issu...

WEWS: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, and Michael Henderson, a senior research associate with the Mandel School, explained their findings in a study of Clev...

Crain’s Cleveland Business: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed United Way of America’s pivot from using a national model for funding—including shifti...

Spectrum News: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the City of Cleveland’s plan to criminally prosecute those who have not complied with fixing their ...

Signal Cleveland: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, weighed in on how public policy on wages is influencing child care staffing shortages. Read the article...

U.S. News & World Report: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed a new study that found young Black children living in racially segregated U.S. neighborh...

WEWS: Robert Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, discussed proposed changes to federal assistance and food benefits. "[SNAP benefits] along with Medicaid, are one of the most far-reaching of our social s...

cleveland.com: David Crampton, associate professor, discussed the positive efforts of the Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS). “While we need to celebrate the dedication of DCFS staff, we should also try to prevent families from becoming involved with DCFS,” he wrote. R...

Professor Grace Longwell Coyle (1892–1962) made a profound impact on the study of social work group work and its practice. Her books and presentations were seminal to promoting group work education and the important analysis of group leadership, group dynamics and elevating social work leadership. T...