Policy

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

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

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

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

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