Public Policy Associates
Throughout 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.
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...
ViewUnequal 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...
ViewAccess 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...
ViewRobb Burroughs is Public Policy Associates’ director of justice policy. He has spent 17 years working on criminal and juvenile justice issues in Michigan and other states. He has expertise...
ViewThe number of juveniles arrested each year in Michigan has been dropping steadily over the past decade. In 2009, law enforcement agencies in the state reported 22,222 arrests of juveniles. ...
ViewPublic Policy Associates, Inc. is the evaluation partner of the Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities’ Cultivating Community Resilience project. This project is devoted to improving culinary medicine education and culinary...
View