I have worked on multiple briefings with Katherine Curtis that aid community leaders and program developers in understanding the state of poverty in Wisconsin.  Our set of poverty briefings focus on the temporal and spatial patterns of poverty in Wisconsin; poverty in relation to race/ethnicity; county poverty correlates;  poverty projections for each county; and the spatial distribution of layoffs in recent years.  See below for links to each of the briefings.

Katherine J. Curtis and Heather A. O’Connell. “Historical Trends in Wisconsin Poverty, 1900-2000.” UW-Extension report, June 2010. http://www.apl.wisc.edu/publications/WisPovertyBriefing-1.pdf

Katherine J. Curtis and Heather A. O’Connell. “Trends in the Racial Distribution of Wisconsin Poverty, 1970-2000.” UW-Extension report, July 2010. http://www.apl.wisc.edu/publications/WisPovertyBriefing-2.pdf

Katherine J. Curtis and Heather A. O’Connell. “County Factors Related to Wisconsin Poverty, 2000.” UW-Extension report, August 2010. http://www.apl.wisc.edu/publications/WisPovertyBriefing-3.pdf

Katherine J. Curtis and Heather A. O’Connell. “Wisconsin Poverty Projections through 2020.” UW-Extension report, October 2010. http://www.apl.wisc.edu/publications/WisPovertyBriefing-4.pdf

Heather A. O’Connell and Katherine J. Curtis. “Recent Trends in Closings and Layoffs in Wisconsin, 2000-2010.” UW-Extension report, December 2010. http://www.apl.wisc.edu/publications/WisPovertyBriefing-5.pdf