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supported this research. The views expressed in this paper do not reflect those of the granting agency or the reviewers. The author would like to thank Kevin and Kim Bacon and UC Center Sacramento for their support. The author also thanks Natasha Orlova for her excellent research assistance, and acknowledges Chloe East, Sarah Miller and Laura Wherry who are collaborators on the multi-generational analyses described in this paper. Two anonymous referees also provided useful insights. Pat Barnes, Amy Branum, Clint Carter and John Sullivan provided assistance in accessing the restricted data used in the multi-generational analyses conducted at the California and Michigan Census Research Data Centers. Many of the ideas in this paper were formulated as a result of on-going interdisciplinary work funded by a UC Davis Interdisciplinary Frontiers in the Humanities and Arts Grant, the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research, and the National Science Foundation (Grant #1327768). Marianne Page, Ph.D., Professor of Economics Deputy Director, Center for Poverty Research University of California Davis The Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and the Long Reach of Child Health and Nutrition Programs WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC