Using an Equity Lens in Evaluation
Policymakers, funders, and practitioners often turn to research and evaluation to learn about the outcomes and impacts of their efforts to make positive change. To ensure maximum insights, evaluation and...
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.
Mapping Inequity: Digital Access for Michigan Students
In April, Public Policy Associates, Inc. (PPA) released an issue brief analyzing the digital gap for Michigan students. The brief, Digital Inequities and Disparities: Technology Access for Michigan Students, examined...
ViewCOVID-19 Response Planning – Four Key Strategic Elements
Those with missions to serve the public–government agencies, philanthropies, community-based organizations, and others—are faced with increased demands due to the pandemic. Organizations must tackle the immediate challenges, but they can...
ViewPPA 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...
ViewPPA 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...
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