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Calculating Success Rates for the Housing Choice Voucher Program using HUD Administrative Data

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The Housing Choice Voucher program is the nation’s largest rental assistance program, providing critical support to 2.3 Ensuring its continued effectiveness requires understanding not just where vouchers succeed, but also where improvements can help more families secure stable housing. million low-income households.

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Why Land Banks Matter

Center for Community Progress

They work with local leaders and residents to ensure that properties are transitioned to responsible owners, resulting in long-term benefits like stable housing and economic opportunity. Download this free resource today ! 31 of The Road Ahead ) 2. 31), green spaces (pg. 30), new businesses (pg. 46), and even a community apiary (pg.

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UK Biobank enables medical research worldwide through vast database powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

It houses a vast, continuously growing dataset of biological, health, and lifestyle information. UK Biobank is the world’s most comprehensive source of health data used for research.

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

In this chapter, John O’Callaghan , president and CEO of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP), and Mandy Eidson , senior manager of the ANDP Loan Fund, share how ANDP is innovatively meeting affordable single-family housing needs in Atlanta. Since its inception in 1991, the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.

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How Penn State built an all-in-one campus resource app on Modo Labs’ development platform using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since 2020, the app has had 332,000 downloads and has logged around 119 million lifetime user interactions, with 85 percent of students using the app at least one time a week. They are able to customize their resources, organize them, and can get quick access to apps like Canvas and Starfish for advising.”

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Realizing AI's Full Potential where Workforce, Security, & Collaboration Matter

Google Public Sector

39% percent of survey respondents report that their biggest challenge is a lack of in-house AI skills and expertise, and 68% are focused on training and retaining their workforce. Google is tackling this skills challenge head-on.

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Augmenting Intelligence in State and Local Government

GovLoop

He’s laid out a sample curriculum for basic in-house AI training but says most agencies feel the need to bring in expert trainers. We just type in this little dialogue box, or we download a document or ask it a question. Shark also recommends overcoming fears with information. We don’t see what goes on behind it,” Shark said.