With meetings from the start of the process and continuous updates through a project’s different stages, we always aim to coordinate closely to ensure that the work is informed by a client’s communities, contexts, and needs. It is because of this that many of our clients come back again and again to work with us. Below is only a partial list of some of our clients.
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Featured Work
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The Impact of Policy Changes on Program Handbook Complexity
Administrative burden arises when individuals encounter challenges accessing, utilizing, or understanding government services and programs, such as the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF), the nation’s child care assistance program. When intended beneficiaries (such as families and child care providers) perceive that the required efforts and costs associated with the program outweigh the benefits received, this […]
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Effects of an Eligibility-Threshold Increase and Providing Stabilization Grants
MICHIGAN CHILD CARE SUBSIDY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH RESEARCH:CHILD CARE POLICY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP PPA studied two major shifts in the policies around child care affecting the Child Development and Care (CDC) program: (1) an increase in the program’s eligibility threshold from 185% of the federal poverty level (FPL) to 200% of the FPL and (2) the introduction […]
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State Perspectives
Insights from Michigan’s Cross-Department Coordination for the Child Development and Care Program, 2019-2023 Across the years 2019 to 2022—which included the COVID-19 pandemic—a federally funded research partnership between Public Policy Associates (PPA) and two State agencies examined the effects of policy changes on child care access. This brief shares the learning from State eligibility specialists […]
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