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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Policy approaches focused on the structural root causes of homelessness might prioritize progressive zoning and tax regimes, equity in access to childcare and education, initiatives to encourage savings, target debt relief, and/or augment the social safety net. Coordination challenges between agencies (e.g.,

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I think that the real problem has been lack of neighborhood communication and education, heightened by the reality of car centricity, which automobile dependent residents aren't inclined to question--they just take it for granted. The roundabout just popped up with no notice.

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What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city? Doubling down on place values

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

While this criticism can be extended to most services delivered by bureaucratic organizations, it's definitely the case that students in public schools are "customers" too, and thinking about and addressing their comfort likely will have a positive impact on educational outcomes.

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The Impact of GDP shocks on Fertility Rates

The Lowe Down

In addition, economists have labeled the covid recession a “She-cession” as “less educated women with young children were the most adversely affected” (IMF). In the US, fertility rates have been steadily declining since the 2008 Financial Crisis, where “births have sunk below replacement level” (Miller). births per 1,000 women.

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Federalism and the Detroit Bankruptcy Case

Public Policy Blog

Hortonville Education Association, 426 U.S. 2012, April). Supreme Court is the ultimate arbiter of questions of federal law but the state courts are the ultimate arbiters of the laws of each state (Hortonville Joint School District No. 482, 488 (1976). Granting the U.S. Sources: Anonymous. Headlee Rollback and Headlee Override.

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Milwaukee’s three-pronged strategy to reduce teen pregnancy: An interview with Bevan Baker, Commissioner of Health, City of Milwaukee, and Nicole Angresano, United Way of Greater Milwaukee – Episode #118

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

Milwaukee’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, launched in 2008, is a citywide effort led by the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County. The use of evidence-based sex education. The initiative set a goal in 2008 to reduce Milwaukee’s teen births by 46% over 10 years.

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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There is an educational television program I saw over the weekend, " Towns in Tune ," featuring two communities, one in Canada, one in the US. An initiative, called ArtFields , is both an 11 day event, held in spots around the community, an organization, and an ongoing program including galleries, public art, and arts education.