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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 Health Policy for Low-Income People in Illinois
There are two Highlights for each state. The Highlights that focus on health cover Medicaid, other public insurance programs, the health care marketplace, and the role of public providers. The Highlights capture policies in place and planned in 1996 and early 1997.
Research Report Health Policy for Low-Income People in Wisconsin
There are two Highlights for each state. The Highlights that focus on health cover Medicaid, other public insurance programs, the health care marketplace, and the role of public providers. The Highlights capture policies in place and planned in 1996 and early 1997.
Brief Does Work Pay? A Summary of the Work Incentives under TANF
This brief focuses on how current state welfare programs, food stamps, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and tax payments affect a low-income mother's financial incentives to work. The central finding is that work pays.
Brief One-size-fits-all justice simply isn't fair
[Christian Science Monitor] A recent Amnesty International USA report describes juvenile detention practices in many areas of the United States as abuses of human rights. Behind the physical and psychological traumas publicized by Amnesty International is a juvenile justice system that took a wrong
Research Report Health Policy for Low-Income People in North Carolina
There are two Highlights for each state. The Highlights that focus on health cover Medicaid, other public insurance programs, the health care marketplace, and the role of public providers. The Highlights capture policies in place and planned in 1996 and early 1997.
Research Report Cash Assistance in Transition: The Story of 13 States
Because states varied considerably in their use of waivers, substantial diversity already existed among states' welfare programs when Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) was created in mid-1996. This paper examines how this diversity influenced initial state actions regarding TANF. It
Research Report Controlling the Supply of Long-Term Care Providers at the State Level
Many states have responded to growing Medicaid long-term care expenditures by limiting the number of nursing home, home health, and nonmedical residential facilities through certificate-of-need (CON) programs and moratoria on new construction. This report focuses on the use of CON programs and