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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

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Will private investors help pay for social services? Oregon projects seek to find out, By Amy Wang, March 12, 2015, The Oregonian: “Oregon Health & Science University, two counties and a Portland-based nonprofit will join a national initiative looking into whether it’s feasible to tap private investors to fund some social services.  The Oregon project, Pay for Prevention, will focus on preventing children and youth from entering the state’s child welfare and foster care systems…”