BEING LED BY EVIDENCE - BRINGING FAMILIES HOME. California Policy Lab released an evaluation of a program designed to help families involved with the child welfare system in California: capolicylab.org/bringing-famil…

🗣️Join O-Lab & Urban Institute on May 23 for a webinar exploring how cash assistance can support low-income families with children – ft. a keynote from Michael Bennet, fireside chat w/ Natalie Foster Michael Tubbs Jason DeParle, new research, + more: olab.berkeley.edu/olab-events/ur…

🚨New report 🚨

Important new evidence about the intersection of homelessness and the child welfare system.

Congrats to Krista Ruffini, Jane Mauldon, Emily, and Himal Suthar, as well as the many folks at CDSS and CPL who've worked on this over the years.

I'm excited that this important report is out - we've been working on it for a long time. Congratulations Krista Ruffini, Emily, Jane Mauldon, and Himal Suthar!

Thread below shares some of the key research findings from the new Bringing Families Home program evaluation report + companion policy brief ⬇️

.Los Angeles County uses #ArtificialIntelligence to pull data from six county departments & create a list of their most vulnerable population, then offers people supportive services through its #Homelessness Prevention program. California Policy Lab h/t Meredith Moran naco.org/news/la-county…

Congratulations to CPL's Berkeley faculty director, Jesse Rothstein, on receiving the 2024 AEAMP Impactful Mentor Award at the 2024 AEA Summer Mentoring Pipeline Conference!

“We know food insecurity among college students is a major concern for educators and policymakers yet we haven’t really known  whether CA college students are taking advantage of the #CalFresh program” -Johanna Lacoe spoke w/ KCRA about our new research: capolicylab.org/calfresh-parti… #caleg

A few years ago California Policy Lab linked homeless service records in CA to state employment records and found that ~1 in 5 people using homeless services for the 1st time had formal employment in that same quarter.
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CPL's new #unemployment website has:
✅pandemic research (20+ data points, briefs, reports)
✅ongoing research (including on work sharing, UI and entrepreneurship, and how workers are recovering, post-pandemic)
✅research resources (sortable inventory) capolicylab.org/publications/u…

Nonpublic data on SAT scores helped launch Institute advisor + UC Berkeley prof Jesse Rothstein’s economics career. Now Rothstein spearheads effort at California Policy Lab to democratize access, offering researchers a faster way to connect ideas w/ good data.  bit.ly/443rHNS

ICYMI: New research shows 240,000+ college students in California benefited from #CalFresh each year of the pandemic. See 🧵below for key findings - and a preview of a report being released next month that will estimate eligibility + take-up of CalFresh by these same students.

New research showing how many college students are using food assistance. Part of our series on getting low-income students the supports they need to succeed.

How did UCSF increase their participation so much?

Check out the interactive chart.