Report

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

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

Findings from the System Evaluation of Homeless Solutions for Boulder County

Topic Area: Housing and Homelessness Client Type: Foundation Service Type: Analysis, Consulting, Interviews, Literature Review, Research Document Type: Report Partner(s): Homeless Solutions for Boulder CountyDate: May, 2025Tags: Boulder, Families, Homelessness, Housing, Housing First, Interviews, Mixed-Methods Evaluation, Policy

Year 2 Evaluation of Michigan’s Provider-Driven QRIS

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: Nonprofit, State Agency Service Type: Program Evaluation, Research Document Type: Report Partner(s): ECICTags: Child Care, Child Care Providers, Data Analysis, Early Childhood Investment Corporation, Policy Research

Detroit & Wayne County Regional Child Care Plan

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: CDFI, Economic Development Organization Service Type: Consulting, Facilitation, Landscape Scan, Research Document Type: Report Partner(s): IFF; Detroit Regional Workforce Partnership; Detroit Regional PartnershipDate: September, 2024Tags: Child Care, Child Care Providers, Families

The Burden of Change

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: Federal Agency Service Type: Analysis, Research Document Type: Report Partner(s): Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and PotentialDate: May, 2025Tags: CDC, Child Care, Child Care Providers, Educators, Families

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

Case Study Report: Experiences of Infant/Toddler Quality Improvement Pilot Providers

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: Nonprofit, State Agency Service Type: Case Study, Survey Document Type: Case Study, Report Date: October, 2024Tags: CDC, Child Care, Child Care Providers, Infant/Toddler Quality Improvement

Effects of an Eligibility-Threshold Increase and Providing Stabilization Grants

Topic Area: Early Childhood Client Type: Federal Agency Service Type: Analysis, Interviews, Research, Survey Document Type: Report Date: March, 2024Tags: CDC, Child Care, Child Care Providers, COVID-19, Equity, Families, Government, Interviews, Parents, Telephone Interviews

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