Urban across the Country

Urban’s researchers partner with state and local leaders to provide the evidence, tools, and support they need to improve lives and strengthen communities. This work includes strategic advising to translate research into action, program evaluations to measure effectiveness, and research and data analysis to inform decisionmaking. Our experts develop custom data tools and modeling to support equitable resource allocation and lead community-engaged research and convenings to ensure policies reflect local priorities.

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Research Report Resident-Reported Health and Well-Being in Supportive Housing
This paper presents findings from a longitudinal survey and qualitative interviews with study participants, highlighting participant experiences with behavioral health services and recommendations for improving health and well-being in supportive housing programs.
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Michael Karpman, a health policy expert at the Urban Institute, and colleagues estimate the work requirements, along with more-frequent eligibility redeterminations, would lead to 5 to 10 million people losing coverage nationwide.
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Federal investments in children are set to decrease under current law, and priorities in the ongoing budget debate risk furthering this decline.
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States have long used measures of student poverty to allocate additional funding to school districts.
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In conversation with MS NOW, Jennifer Haley, a health policy expert at the Urban Institute, broke down coming changes to Medicaid work requirements.
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This essay looks at school-district-level data on specific federal funding streams—including title revenue, revenue for students with disabilities, and school-based nutrition revenue—to understand how these funding sources are correlated with district characteristics and staffing per pupil.