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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 The State Children's Health Insurance Program
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) makes approximately $24 billion available over the next five years to help states provide health insurance for low-income children who do not have private health insurance and who are not eligible to receive Medicaid. This paper finds that certain
Testimony Long-Term Budget Projections and Issues
The government doesn't exist to reduce its own deficit! The deficit is merely the residual from all of the other spending and tax actions that are taken. Despite higher levels of confidence in public officials, as is often associated with an economic expansion, the public simultaneously expresses
Testimony The Labor Market for Information Technology Workers
Urban Institute researcher, Robert Lerman, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration regarding the labor market for information technology workers and immigration policy. In his testimony he focuses on questions of relevance to decisions about whether to expand
Brief Ensure Availability Of Quality Nursing Care
[Miami Herald] When President Clinton signed the Balanced Budget Act last July, the floor on nursing-home reimbursement rates for Medicaid residents was abolished. For 18 years the "Boren Amendment" required states to cover the cost of an "economically and efficiently" run facility that met quality