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Boards of Midsize Nonprofits: Their Needs and Challenges (Discussion Papers)
Author(s): Francie OstrowerPosted to Web: May 08, 2008

Nonprofit boards are receiving increased attention from policymakers, media, researchers and the public. Yet most research, policy proposals, and best practice guidelines have been oriented toward large organizations. This brief helps fill a major gap in our understanding by focusing on governance among midsize nonprofits, identifying certain problem areas, and suggesting strategies that those engaged with midsize nonprofits may find helpful in strengthening their boards. The discussion uses data on the subset of 1,862 midsize organizations in our Urban Institute National Survey of Nonprofit Governance, the first national representative study of nonprofit governance.

Publication Date: May 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

"Disturbing Levels of CEO Dissatisfaction With Board Performance" at Midsize Nonprofits, Study Finds (Press Release)
Author(s): The Urban InstitutePosted to Web: May 08, 2008

Most heads of midsize nonprofits give their trustees low marks for fundraising and monitoring board performance, an Urban Institute study of nonprofits with annual expenses between $500,000 and $5 million has found.

Publication Date: May 08, 2008Availability: HTML

Alcohol Outlets as Attractors of Violence and Disorder (Research Report)
Author(s): Caterina Gouvis Roman, Shannon Reid, Avi Bhati, Bogdan TereshchenkoPosted to Web: May 07, 2008

This report investigates the relationship between alcohol availability, type of alcohol establishment, distribution policies and violence and disorder at the block group level in the District of Columbia. We test whether density of alcohol outlets influences: (1) aggravated assault incidents, (2) calls for service for social "disorder" offenses, and (3) calls for service for a domestic incident, and examine variation in outcomes by time of day/day of week. Spatial econometric regression models are estimated using an information theoretic approach. The findings indicate that on-premise outlets, but not off-premise outlets are a significant predictor of aggravated assault.

Publication Date: April 28, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

The Jail Administrator's Toolkit for Reentry (Research Report)
Author(s): Jeff Mellow, Debbie Mukamal, Stefan F. LoBuglio, Amy L. Solomon, Jenny OsbornePosted to Web: May 07, 2008

Geared toward jail practitioners who are working to improve reentry in their jurisdictions, The Jail Administrator's Toolkit for Reentry provides key elements of the reentry process from jail staff issues and assessment screens to identifying community resources and coordinating stakeholders. The Toolkit also offers examples and materials taken from around the country to assist jail practitioners in developing reentry strategies that can serve a variety of jail populations, whether pretrial or sentenced, and in a variety of jail jurisdictions.

Publication Date: May 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community (Research Report)
Author(s): Amy L. Solomon, Jenny Osborne, Stefan F. LoBuglio, Jeff Mellow, Debbie MukamalPosted to Web: May 07, 2008

Each year, U.S. jails process an estimated 12 million admissions and releases. Substance addiction, job and housing instability, mental illness, and a host of health problems are part of the day-to-day realities for a significant share of this population. Given that more than 80 percent of inmates are incarcerated for less than one month, jails have little time or capacity to address these deep-rooted and often overlapping issues. Life After Lockup synthesizes key findings from the Jail Reentry Roundtable and examines opportunities on the jail-to-community continuum where reentry-focused interventions can make a difference.

Publication Date: May 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Reinsurance in Washington State (Research Report)
Author(s): Randall R. Bovbjerg, Lisa Clemans-Cope, Paul Masi, Bowen GarrettPosted to Web: May 05, 2008

This report estimates the benefits and costs of alternative forms of state-funded medical reinsurance in Washington using the Urban Institute's Reinsurance Model. A subsidy targeted at all small firms would substantially increase primary coverage but would be very expensive, as most benefit would flow to already insured people. Targeting the conventional small group market by excluding association health plans would reduce state cost per newly uninsured person and would bolster existing regulatory requirements for that sector;s insurers to use modified community rating. Any practical program also needs to identify secure funding and maintain cost consciousness among newly reinsured health plans.

Publication Date: February 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

The Nonprofit Almanac 2008 (Book)
Author(s): Amy Blackwood, Thomas H. Pollak, Kennard WingPosted to Web: May 02, 2008

America's nonprofit sector continues to grow faster than its business sector or its government. The Nonprofit Almanac 2008 presents data on nonprofits' place in the national economy and trends in wages, employment, private giving, volunteering, and finances. The tables and graphics will give scholars, practitioners, and policymakers the data they need at a glance, while the textual analysis will help them plan for the future.

Publication Date: May 02, 2008Availability: HTML

New Edition of Nonprofit Almanac Offers Detailed Portrait of an Expanding Sector (Press Release)
Author(s): The Urban InstitutePosted to Web: May 02, 2008

The Nonprofit Almanac 2008, from the Urban Institute Press, offers data and facts charting the sector’s recent evolution. The statistics-packed volume can help nonprofit managers, researchers, the press, and the public better understand changes in the sector and its economic role.

Publication Date: May 02, 2008Availability: HTML

Massachusetts Inmates Report High Use of Prison Program, But Face Postrelease Challenges With Substance Abuse and Limited Employment (Press Release)
Author(s): The Urban InstitutePosted to Web: April 30, 2008

Former prisoners in Massachusetts are back behind bars at a significantly lower rate than the national average, new research from the Urban Institute and the Massachusetts Department of Correction finds. Thirty-nine percent of the 1,786 male inmates released in 2002 by the Department of Correction (DOC) were in prison again within three years, compared with the national average of 53 percent. Interviews with 178 men who returned to prison show that substance use and employment instability ranked among their greatest challenges while in the community.

Publication Date: April 30, 2008Availability: HTML

Massachusetts Recidivism Study (Research Report)
Author(s): Rhiana Kohl, Hollie Matthews Hoover, Susan M. McDonald, Amy L. SolomonPosted to Web: April 30, 2008

The Massachusetts Recidivism Study aims to better understand the experiences of recidivists and how their previous incarceration and time in the community relate to their returns to prison. The study consists of three interrelated components: an analysis of DOC administrative data, interviews with recidivists as they return to prison, and parole officer focus groups. This report provides findings from the analysis of administrative data on the 2002 release cohort comparing recidivists with nonrecidivists. The report compares the two groups across demographics, criminal history, offense type, time served, release type, and in-prison reentry preparation.

Publication Date: February 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

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