What's happening in policy-focused research in California? We're glad you asked! Read about new trends in lending, "short" stays in prison, new funding for CPL, and meet our newest Graduate Student Researcher, Jacob Morris. https://lnkd.in/gHZsdQGR Sign up here to receive this monthly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gR6NHPwZ
California Policy Lab
Public Policy Offices
Los Angeles, California 4,147 followers
We translate research insights into government impact.
About us
The California Policy Lab generates research insights for government impact. Through hands-on partnerships with government agencies, CPL performs rigorous research across issue silos and builds the data infrastructure necessary to improve programs and policies that millions of Californians rely on every day.
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http://www.capolicylab.org
External link for California Policy Lab
- Industry
- Public Policy Offices
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, California
- Type
- Educational
- Founded
- 2017
Locations
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Primary
337 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, California 90095, US
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2521 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 84530, US
Employees at California Policy Lab
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Jules Polonetsky
Jules Polonetsky is an Influencer CEO @ Future of Privacy Forum | Advancing Responsible Data Practices
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Chris Runde
Operations Director at California Policy Lab
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Sean Coffey
Director of Communications and Outreach at California Policy Lab
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Janey Rountree
Executive Director of the California Policy Lab at UCLA
Updates
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Policy-focused researcher? The California Policy Lab manages a number of datasets on criminal justice reform, the social safety net, health, and financial well-being that may be of interest. Sept 30th is the next application deadline for the Safety Net dataset. Learn more about these and other opportunities: https://lnkd.in/gDFvqB4n
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How are Californians doing financially? Our snapshot highlights 3 trends from Q2 2024 in student loan payments, new car loans and mortgages. These are from our interactive California Credit Dashboard, which tracks 6 types of debt and can be sorted by age group, economic region, and credit score: https://lnkd.in/gsDAcaBV
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A new "By The Numbers" Fact Sheet shows that the share of people who were released from California prisons after a "short stay" (defined as 1 year or less) has increased from about 1/3 of all releases in 2014 to about 1/2 of all releases in 2023: https://lnkd.in/gkiZX7Er
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"Strong relationships between counties and campuses emerged as a powerful strategy for increasing enrollment. Where these relationships are strong, campus and county representatives work together to understand and adapt to new policies (e.g., expanded eligibility during the pandemic), strategize to increase enrollment, and resolve issues with individual cases." In a new blog post, Jennifer Hogg, who manages our Student Supports Initiative, shares ways that community colleges and universities are increasing #CalFresh enrollment.
SNAP benefits can help college students pay for groceries, but barriers to access have created a large take-up gap. Learn about strategies California community colleges have used to connect students with food benefits in a new blog post from the California Policy Lab for the #ARCCNetwork.
Most Eligible College Students Don’t Participate in SNAP. How Can Colleges Change That? - ARCC Network
https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/arccnetwork
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CPL’s research infrastructure not only powers CPL’s research, but also facilitates “hosted” projects by external researchers. This streamlines the process for researchers to start and execute research projects, making more policy-focused research possible on faster timelines. Learn more about CPL's hosted projects in our monthly newsletter, along with job openings and more: https://lnkd.in/gs3UFpr7
California Policy Lab August 2024 Newsletter - California Policy Lab
https://capolicylab.org
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“A common critique of reforming bail policies is that reforms will lead to increases in crime, but that’s not what we found,” explains co-author Dr. Johanna Lacoe, Research Director of the California Policy Lab's University of California, Berkeley site. “Not surprisingly, the bail policy changes impacted the number of people who are held in jail, but for the most part, we didn’t see statistically significant changes in total crime reports or arrests following these bail policy changes.” Read our new report, focused on 3 recent bail policy changes in #LosAngeles, and the short-term impacts on jail populations, crime, and arrests: https://lnkd.in/g6iEBzJf
The Short-Term Impacts of Bail Policy on Crime in Los Angeles - California Policy Lab
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"By linking this data, we helped measure how many Californians receiving safety-net benefits were at risk of not receiving federal stimulus payments, the state Earned Income Tax Credit, and the advanced Child Tax Credit – resulting in millions of dollars of federal aid delivered to non-filing Californians." Linking together data is powerful strategy we employ for supporting efforts to make programs more accessible and increase take-up. The California Policy Lab's Data Linking Toolkit includes a guide for agency leaders, a technical guide for analysts, as well as repository of sample code: https://lnkd.in/dPVTnrch
Connecting Families to Benefits Using Linked Data: a Toolkit - California Policy Lab
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"The goal is to connect researchers with this data set — one of the largest and most complex in the country — to produce rigorous evidence on the outcomes of prosecutor policies and practices." Read more about our partnership to launch the Los Angles Prosecution Data Hub in this Arnold Ventures interview with Alissa Skog, a CPL researcher who focuses on criminal justice reform: https://lnkd.in/gF4VyAx7 Learn more about the Data Hub here: https://lnkd.in/gZ8b8mmk
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