PPA Staff Find Peace and Connection
The staff members of PPA have been adjusting to the new ways of working and limitations on day-to-day activities. Here, some of the staff share how they have found ways...
ViewThroughout the year, we like to share each of our success stories. Each news item is an opportunity to learn about an important topic or finding, discover something new about one of our team members, or keep up to date with the research activities in our office. Below you can find our most recent postings.
PPA Issue Brief: Disparate Jobless Risks Present Challenge for Workforce Agencies
Michigan’s unemployment rate has soared because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and economic uncertainty will hover for the foreseeable future. Nearly half of the state’s workers are in occupations considered to...
ViewMichigan Works! Network Strategies for Tackling Challenges to Employment
In the weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak, PPA talked with staff and partners of 14 of the 16 Michigan Works! agencies in order to bring to light the strengths of...
ViewNimbleness in Times of Change
Our researchers have seen a lot of project challenges: snow storms, client personnel changes, policy pivots, research question reboots, and even state legislative action to allow data-sharing! Most projects encounter...
ViewPPA Issue Brief Analyzes Digital Gap for Michigan Students
Unequal access to computers and the Internet present important challenges to school districts and policymakers seeking to address educational equity gaps in Michigan and across the United States. These challenges...
ViewPPA Issue Brief on Child Care Subsidies Benchmarks Michigan Against Other States
Access to quality child care for families is affected by state child care subsidy policies and how states run their subsidy programs. This issue brief benchmarks Michigan against other states...
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