Featured Work

Public Policy Associates produces high-quality, independent reports that offer analysis and insight to clients and their stakeholders. Here is a sampling:

Report and Recommendations for Coordinating Homeowner Rehabilitation in Michigan

Topic Area: Housing and Homelessness Client Type: Grant Service Type: Data Analysis, Interviews, Landscape Scan, Policy Analysis, Policy Recommendations, Report, scan Document Type: Report, Summary Tags: Frey Foundation, Housing, Hudson-Webber Foundation, InvestUP, Michigan Municipal League Foundation, Policy, Policy Change, Policy Research, Rehabilitation, Rocket Community Fund, Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency, Wege Foundation

Supporting Child Care Businesses While Advancing Nutrition

Topic Area: Early Childhood, Food and Nutition, Public Health Client Type: Grant Service Type: Interviews, Literature Review, Roundtables, Secondary Data Analysis Document Type: Report Date: May, 2026Tags: 1837 Partners, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Investment Corporation, Families, Food Access, Food Assistance, Food Security, Health, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, MiLEAP

Feeding Michigan’s Future: Two Issue Briefs

Topic Area: Food and Nutition Client Type: Nonprofit Service Type: Program Evaluation, Research Document Type: Brief Date: February, 2026Tags: 1837 Partners, CACFP, Child and Adult Food Program, Food Assistance, Food Policy, Food Security, Interviews, MDE, Michigan After School Partnership, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, Out-of-School time, Roundtables, USDA

Pathways to College: Exploring Dual Enrollment Models

Topic Area: Higher Education Client Type: Rackham Graduate Internship Service Type: Policy Analysis, Policy Recommendations, Research Document Type: Brief Date: January, 2026Tags: College Access, Dual Enrollment, Educators, Higher Education, K-12, Postsecondary Participation, Sixty by 30

Non-Traditional Child Care Demand

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: Federal Agency Service Type: Analysis Document Type: Brief Date: June, 2026Tags: American Community Survey, Child Care, Child Care Providers, Families, Non-Traditional Hours

When Program Communications Add Burden

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: Grant Service Type: Data Analysis, Interviews, Literature Review, Policy Analysis, Research, Secondary Data Analysis Document Type: Report Date: April, 2026Tags: Administrative Burden, Communication

Financing Michigan’s Early Childhood System

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: State Agency Service Type: Research Document Type: Brief Date: September, 2025Tags: Child Care, Child Care Providers, Early Childhood Education, Policy, Policy Change, Policy Research, PreK

Michigan Microbusiness Coalition White Paper: A Proposal for Targeted Economic Support in Michigan

Topic Area: Community Development, Microbusiness, Microenterprise Client Type: Coalition, Nonprofit Service Type: Policy Analysis, Policy Recommendations, Research Document Type: White Paper Date: November, 2025Tags: Inclusive Development, Michigan, Microbusiness, Microenterprise, Policy, Small Business

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