Romich studies resources and economic in families, with a particular emphasis on low income workers, household budgets and families’ interactions with public policy. Her recent poverty-related projects include ongoing research into effective marginal tax rates created by means-tested benefit schedules and the tax system; a mixed-methods investigation of income of families involved with the child welfare system; and an evaluation of the City of Seattle Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance. Romich is the Director of the West Coast Poverty Center and was recently appointed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Family Self-Sufficiency Research Scholars Network.