This 2009 Urban Institute report explores the relative effects of school and neighborhood characteristics on student achievement.
Read MoreThis 2015 white paper takes a look at the efficacy of the Obama Administration's handling of the Fair Housing Act.
Read MoreHarvard's National Bureau of Economic Research takes a look at the Moving to Opportunity program and its impacts on children's long-term outcomes using administrative data from tax returns.
Read MoreThis Housing Opportunities Made Equal report outlines some clear differences in loan approval between white and minority borrowers in the City of Richmond.
Read MoreThis 2015 white paper takes a look at effective housing policy solutions to solve the affordability crisis in the Greater Washington region
Read MoreHennepin Health, a Hennepin County, Minn. Accountable Care Organization, is a new kind of health care delivery organization focusing on integrating social services into health care. Serving non-disabled, low-income adults enrolled on Medicaid, Hennepin offers housing navigation services and case management to help members find stable and affordable housing.
Read MoreNew York State is implementing a variety of Medicaid reform initiatives, including the use of state Medicaid savings to finance supportive housing development. The Creston Avenue Residence is a new mixed affordable and supportive housing development in New York City financed in part with state Medicaid savings.
Read MoreThis research, which involved children enrolled in the Chicago public school system, was published in the APA journal Developmental Psychology®. It shows that children who experienced fewer school transitions over a five-year period demonstrated greater cognitive skills and higher math achievement in early elementary school, relative to their counterparts who changed schools frequently.
Read MoreLead poisoning, often resulting from exposure to lead paint in older homes, poses a serious health threat to children. The Georgia Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (GHHLPPP) uses Medicaid and other funding to carry out blood lead testing, home lead hazards assessments and education to prevent lead poisoning among low-income children. GHHLPPP will soon begin piloting home asthma risk assessments for children with severe asthma.
Read MoreThis Harvard School of Education study reviews evidence from six recent studies, which collectively suggest that teachers who leave high-poverty schools are not fleeing their students, but rather the poor working conditions that make it difficult for them to teach and their students to learn.
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