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Despite growing evidence of the effectiveness of permanent supportive housing, local governments often have difficulty securing the necessary investments to expand the programs. The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO), in partnership with the…

Employment rates and earnings rise sharply for those with a post-secondary education. However, the high cost can put it out of reach for many children; fully 97 percent of college students from low-income households are unable to cover their costs…

EPA’s Office of Research and Development needed to expand its online, publicly available Drinking Water Treatability Database (TDB). The goal was to allow the database to better support decision making about emerging contaminants of concern.

Fannie Mae had conducted extensive research with various groups of consumers (e.g., renters, young adults, delinquent borrowers, homeowners, refinancers, etc.), including several survey research projects to examine how consumers shop for mortgages. To…

Low-income workers with only a high school education face poor and declining employment prospects. Policymakers, workforce development organizations, educators  and other key stakeholders are interested in how to facilitate a better match between the…

Homeless encampments have not been as visible on the American landscape since the Great Depression. Today’s encampments appear to reflect a complex set of factors, including increasing numbers of people living in deep poverty, underinvestment in new…

Through the AdvancingCities Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competitions, JPMorgan Chase leverages a spectrum of solutions. Whether focused on neighborhood-level interventions or city-wide systems change, these initiatives encourage applicants to embody…

The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (NSLP/SBP) underwent widespread changes beginning in school year 2012-2013. USDA needed to know how these food, nutrition and price reforms affected school food authorities and student participation.

To date, evidence on the effectiveness of school voucher programs is mixed. That’s why the U.S. Congress mandated an evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), the only federally funded voucher program.  The Department of Education’s…

Following the 2010 reauthorization of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) created a Farm to School Program to distribute grant funding, provide training and technical assistance for improving access…