Testimony of Heather Reynolds, Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, University of Notre Dame
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Testimony of Heather Reynolds, Managing Director of the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities at the University of Notre Dame, before the House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth on July 28, 2022, for the hearing Building a Modern Economic Foundation: Economic Security and Income Support for 21st Century America. Reynolds states that LEO is a research center that matches top researchers with leaders in the social service sector to conduct impact evaluations of anti-poverty programs. She states that LEO believes poverty can be outsmarted and that rigorous research is a powerful means to an end to poverty.
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Testimony of Heather Reynolds, Managing Director
Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
The University of Notre Dame
United States House of Representatives
Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
Building a Modern Economic Foundation:
Economic Security and Income Support for 21st Century America
July 28, 2022
The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) is a research center at
the University of Notre Dame. We believe that academic researchers, service
providers, and policymakers all play a critical role in ending poverty. LEO matches
top researchers with passionate leaders in the social service sector to conduct
impact evaluations that identify the innovative, effective, and scalable programs
and policies that help people move permanently out of poverty.
We believe that poverty can be outsmarted and that people in poverty deserve
interventions that work. The social service community contains the innovations
that, when studied, can show us what works. We believe that rigorous research is a
powerful means to an end to poverty.
Our research is conducted by Notre Dame faculty and an interdisciplinary network
of scholars from across the country. They have in common a deep belief in human
dignity, a commitment to excellence in their research methods, and expertise in
evaluating domestic anti-poverty programs. Through these impact evaluations, we
aim to generate evidence that lights the path to learning, and to share what we
learn with more people who need it—from policymakers to front-line service
providers—so that each success can inspire thousands more.
We partner with service providers who want to disrupt the anti-poverty space.
They realize that decades of "business as usual" have not sufficiently turned the
tide on poverty and have left us with scant understanding of what works to lift lives
up. They are early adopters, generating innovative ideas about ways to end the
cycle of poverty for American families. As poverty's fiercest adversaries, they also
have the courage to test their ideas, build evidence, and share what works with
more people who need it. They believe that rigorous research can be an end to
poverty and a new beginning for millions of families who are ready to thrive.
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