The Urban Institute
Research Intern (Income and Benefits Policy Center) (R&D)
At the nonprofit Urban Institute, we believe in the power of evidence to improve lives and strengthen communities. Our employees are empowered to open minds, shape decisions and offer solutions. We encourage intellectual honesty, innovation, diversity, and mutual respect, and our analysis elevates debate, wherever it takes place.
The Urban Institute Summer Internship is a paid 10 week program designed to provide students interested in research, public policy issues and organizational operations with rewarding and substantive work assignments that contribute to Urban's mission.
The Income and Benefits Policy Center is looking for full-time, temporary research assistants for the summer who are interested in researching the details of state welfare and child care subsidy programs. This is a paid position requiring a minimum of ten weeks of work.
The Research Intern will continue previous work researching changes to welfare or child care assistance programs on one of two projects: The Welfare Rules Database (the WRD) or the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies Database. The WRD serves as the primary source of information on state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies, and the CCDF Policies Database is the most comprehensive source of state child care subsidy policies. Both databases generate publicly available information for use by federal agencies, state administrators, and researchers.
Responsibilities include:
The successful candidate will:
Internship Dates: June 4th - August 10th 2018
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