Homelessness remains a crisis across the country, with too many people experiencing homelessness. The exact number of people without homes fluctuates day-to-day and year-to-year. In Pasadena, California, the most recent point-in-time count found 512 people unhoused over one night. With the goal of making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring, the City of Pasadena Department of … Continued
Michigan officials issued a series of orders in 2020 designed to lower the number of young people in confinement and reduce the health risks resulting from the pandemic. In response, juvenile courts expanded the use of existing alternatives to confinement and worked with community-based systems to provide greater access to services. The number of youths … Continued
Nathalie Winans brings creativity, critical thinking, and a broad skill set to her work at Public Policy Associates. She embeds a commitment to equity and inclusion in her research, helping clients identify disparities and create more equitable programs. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in urban and … Continued
Federal workforce training programs need to examine outcomes by race and ethnicity to measure their effectiveness in addressing historic disparities, a new report co-authored by Public Policy Associate’s Colleen Graber concludes. The report by the Joint Commission for Political and Economic Studies, “Improving Training Evaluation Data to Brighten the Future of Black Workers,” examined 80 … Continued
Public Policy Associates, Inc. is helping leaders and staff of a juvenile court services program in Iowa understand their organizational climate and continue to improve it. A key part of the work involves examining how well the practices within the organization, as well as services provided to youth and families, reflect the values of diversity, … Continued
The Michigan Higher Education Attainment Roundtable (MIHEART) updated its “Michigan’s Talent Priority Top Ten Recommendations,” which offer a renewed call to action and a state-level policy agenda to ensure all Michiganders have the education and skills needed to succeed. MIHEART’s top-ten recommendations include: Improving postsecondary participation and completion rates by closing opportunity gaps Increasing FAFSA … Continued
