Public Policy Associates, Inc. is pleased to welcome Dr. Clyde Barnett, III and Scott Southard to its staff. Dr. Barnett, a senior research associate, brings expertise in qualitative research, P-20 education, leadership, and elevating student and community voices. He has a Ph.D. in educational leadership and a master’s in higher education/student affairs from Eastern Michigan … Continued
The draft Child Care Market Rate Survey report completed by Public Policy Associates for the Michigan Department of Education is available for public comment until May 7, 2021. You may access the report and provide comments here: 2020 Draft Market Rate Survey (michigan.gov). States must update their Child Care Development Fund plans every three years. … Continued
On April 13, 2021, Daniel J. Quinn, Ph.D., Director for Education Policy at Public Policy Associates, Incorporated (PPA), spoke to the Education Policy Student Innovation (EPSI) Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University. The student-centered program includes students from colleges and universities across the country, ranging from the City University of New York to the University … Continued
On Wednesday, Public Policy Associates’ COO Colleen Graber and senior research associate Nathan Burroughs, Ph.D. presented to federal Child Care Development Block Grant grantees about the unique policy coordination self-assessment tool PPA created as part of its Child Care Policy Research Partnership study. This tool is being used to understand how two state agencies interacted … Continued
In a new brief, Public Policy Associates (PPA) shares the results of its analysis of administrative data from the Child Development and Care (CDC) program, which provides child care assistance to low-income families. This research was conducted under a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, in … Continued
Virginia Orabone is owner and chief financial officer of Public Policy Associates. She joined the company in 2005 as director of business management. Before coming to PPA, she was the U.S. Controller for Wirthlin Worldwide, a national market research firm, and she led the accounting operations in several organizations. She has a bachelor’s degree in … Continued
