Our staff and consultants bring the expertise needed to deliver high-caliber research and consulting within key policy areas.
In each policy area, we apply not only a focus on policies and what is possible, but also an equity lens that ensures our research and findings capture the whole human experience of the people and communities being impacted.
Talent and Economic Development
PPA is dedicated to creating economies where people, places, and communities can grow and thrive together. We work with our clients to identify barriers to economic participation and ways to foster more inclusive economic development, and to share promising practices that lead to job and wealth creation.
Education and Early Childhood
PPA is focused on the education and care of young children because their start in life affects their futures. Using an equity lens, we research child outcomes, family outcomes, and community prosperity. Our projects in this area have focused on child care policy, the child care market, the early childhood workforce, quality, and other topics.
Healthy Communities
PPA’s work is essential in supporting appropriate infrastructure, vibrant communities, viable regional food systems, and a healthier population, including public health, community development, and housing and homelessness, to impact community resiliency and health.
Justice
PPA assists government agencies, nonprofits, and other stakeholders in shaping policies to reduce crime, improve responses to behavioral health needs, divert juveniles from court, minimize secure confinement for youth, and support the successful reintegration of incarcerated individuals into the community.
