Tag: Urban Institute

Preparing for Retirement Reforms (Karen E. Smith, C. Eugene Steuerle, Damir Cosic, Urban Institute)

This study uses the Urban Institute’s Dynamic Simulation of Income Model to project the share of Social Security beneficiaries whose retirement incomes fall below...

Mutual Accountability Is the Key to Equity-Oriented Systems Change (Lydia Lo, Laudan Y. Aron, Kathryn L.S. Pettit, Corianne Payton Scally, Urban Institute)

In the face of increased national attention to long-existent and worsening racialized gaps in health, wealth, and well-being, some philanthropic organizations are reexamining what...

The Impact of the Expanded Child Tax Credit in Oklahoma (Elaine Maag, Fay Walker, Urban Institute)

In 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act temporarily expanded the federal child tax credit (CTC) for one year, including some families formerly ineligible for...

Nonprofit Trends and Impacts 2021 (Lewis Faulk, Mirae Kim, Teresa Derrick-Mills, Elizabeth T. Boris, Laura Tomasko, Nora Hakizimana, Tianyu Chen, Minjung Kim, Layla Nath,...

Nonprofit organizations in the United States play a vital role delivering services, strengthening communities, and facilitating civic engagement. In our nationally representative survey of...

USA – Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence in Correctional Facilities (Urban Institute)

Colette Marcellin Evelyn F. McCoy Sexual violence in correctional facilities is a long-standing problem. In 2003, Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) with unanimous,...

USA – Changing the “Family Glitch” Would Make Health Coverage More Affordable for Many Families (Urban Institute)

Matthew Buettgens Jessica Banthin Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), families are generally ineligible for Marketplace premium tax credits (PTCs) if a family member is offered...

USA – Strengthening DC’s Education Data Infrastructure (Urban Institute)

Matthew Chingos In this letter, members of the DC Education Research Collaborative offer recommendations to improve the District’s education data infrastructure. Suggestions include making data...

USA – Public Sector Apprenticeship: Improving Work for Governments and Residents (Urban Institute)

Diana Elliott, Andrew Campbell, John Marotta Public sector apprenticeships are a powerful and underutilized tool for workforce and economic development. When state and local governments create apprenticeship programs for...

USA – Has $3.5 Trillion of Pandemic Relief Enacted in 2020 Altered the Nation’s Long-Term Budgetary Path? (Urban Institute)

Erald Kolasi, C. Eugene Steuerle The first CBO report of the Biden presidency laid out the fiscal status of the federal government at the start of...

USA – Supporting Young Parents in NYC (Urban Institute)

Theresa Anderson Alexander Carther Alan D. Dodkowitz New York City’s Performance Partnership Pilot (P3) program helped participants complete high school equivalency and occupational credentials. The program, however,...

USA – What if the American Rescue Plan’s Enhanced Marketplace Subsidies Were Made Permanent? Estimates for 2022 (Urban Institute)

Jessica Banthin Matthew Buettgens Michael Simpson Robin Wang The recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) includes several provisions designed to expand access to affordable health insurance coverage...

USA – Average Decline in Material Hardship during the Pandemic Conceals Unequal Circumstances (Urban Institute)

Michael Karpman Stephen Zuckerman In this brief, we assess how material hardship changed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, between December 2019 and December...

USA – Evidence-Informed and Community-Based Recommendations for Improving Black Maternal Health (Urban Institute)

Ebonie Megibow Peace Gwam Dawn Godbolt Alise Powell Joia Crear-Perry The Urban Institute collaborated with the National Birth Equity Collaborative, a national nonprofit organization that creates solutions that optimize...

(USA) Improving Child Well-Being and Reducing Food Insecurity (Urban Institute)

Margaret Simms RaJade Berry-James Gary Glickman Demetra Smith Nightingale Food insecurity in children is a major challenge in the United States, especially during the current Covid-19 pandemic.  According...

(USA) The Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements Will Hamper Access to Credit (Urban Institute)

Edward Golding Laurie Goodman Jung Hyun Choi John Walsh The changes that Trump administration officials made to the preferred Stock Purchase Agreements (PSPAs) – the contracts that govern...

(USA) The Upper Middle Class Continued to Grow from 2014 to 2019 (Urban Institute)

Stephen Rose This update of a 2016 brief shows that the combined size of the upper middle class and rich grew from 31 to 39 percent of...