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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This piece examines the CARE Act with a focus on the provisions that affect affordability and coverage.
Research Report Advancing Early Education Collaborative
In this third and final report presenting findings from the evaluation of the AEEC, we share data collected in 2025 and offer final reflections of the collaborative’s successes and lessons learned over the duration of the grant period.
Brief Closing Health System Performance Gaps
Health care access, quality, and outcomes continue to vary between patients of different demographic backgrounds. It’s therefore important to identify appropriate and effective measures of demographic differences in health system performance, and harness these data to identify interventions and
A young woman in a business-casual outfit holds a coffee mug, looking out a window to her right, standing in front of her desk, which features plenty of evidence of productivity: a calendar, a stack of books, motivational quotes, a desk top, a laptop, and even a backup cup of coffee.
Median household incomes have increased nearly 32 percent since 1970, but that growth hasn’t been equally distributed nationwide.
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We map the current area each SSA office covers to understand people’s access to SSA offices and how long people would have to drive if their nearest office were to close.
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By making renovation financing more accessible, federal policymakers and agencies could help more households—especially those with lower incomes—improve their homes and maintain the US housing stock.
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A research agenda is needed to analyze the role of private equity in early childhood care and education and inform future laws and regulations.