Brief

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

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

Paths to Quality Recognition

Document Type: Brief Date: October, 2025Tags: Child Care, Child Care Providers, Early Childhood Investment Corporation, Great Start to Quality, Michigan, MiLEAP

An Uphill Climb to Increase Access

Topic Area: Early Childhood, Workforce Client Type: Federal Agency Service Type: Analysis, Survey Document Type: Brief Date: August, 2025Tags: CDC, Child Care, Child Care Providers, Data Analysis, Survey

Temporary Payment Policy Impacts

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: State Agency Service Type: Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation, Research Document Type: Brief Date: March, 2025Tags: CDC, Child Care, Child Care Providers, COVID-19, Policy Change, Policy Research

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

The License-Exempt Child Care Option

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: Federal Agency Service Type: Research Document Type: Brief, Report Date: October, 2025Tags: Child Care, Child Care Providers, Child Development and Care Scholarship, LEPs, License-Exempt Providers, Michigan, MiLEAP, subsidy

Estimating the Economic Impacts of Immigration Policy

Service Type: Economic Modeling, Policy Analysis, Research, Secondary Data Analysis Document Type: Brief Date: March, 2025Tags: Economic Growth, Immigration, Policy, Population Growth, Refugees

Are we making progress? Trends in the U.S. Child Care Subsidy Program

Topic Area: Early Childhood Document Type: Brief, Report Tags: Child Care, Child Care Development Fund, Child Care Providers, Families

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