Impact Analysis
The Safety Net We’d Build Today: Empowerment Accounts as a State-Led Pilot Concept
The launch of the war on poverty in 1964 created the intellectual and policy framing for much of today’s federal social welfare system. And while there is ample evidence of America’s social safety net alleviating material…
Tinker or transform: The new welfare reform movement
Because families experience the safety net holistically, we need reform efforts that can be holistic as well. That means we need to ask another question: “If we were designing this system from scratch, with the explicit goal…
Tinker or transform: The new welfare reform movement
Because families experience the safety net holistically, we need reform efforts that can be holistic as well. That means we need to ask another question: “If we were designing this system from scratch, with the explicit goal…
Building a Human-Centered Digital Future, Part 1: Data Centers
Building a Human-Centered Digital Future, Part 1: Data Centers Written by Every time you post to a social media account, use an AI tool like ChatGPT, or stream your favorite show or movie, you’re using a data center. Data…
Building a Human-Centered Digital Future, Part 1: Data Centers
Every time you post to a social media account, use an AI tool like ChatGPT, or stream your favorite show or movie, you’re using a data center. Data centers are the 24/7 technology infrastructure that makes our modern world…
Utah Housing Reforms that Garner Public Support
Utah Housing Reforms that Garner Public Support Written by Key Takeaways Utah voters strongly prefer market forces over government regulation in housing, but broadly support specific, targeted reforms at both the state and…
Utah Housing Reforms that Garner Public Support
Executive Summary As Utah lawmakers head into the legislative interim period, housing affordability will remain a top concern for Utah families, just as it is an ongoing national focus. A key point of ongoing tension is…
2026 Status of Utah Open Enrollment Policy and Compliance
This past legislative session shows that Utah lawmakers are still interested in education choice in all its forms, including open enrollment. Utah has made progress in its open enrollment landscape, both in legislative…
2026 Status of Utah Open Enrollment Policy and Compliance
This past legislative session shows that Utah lawmakers are still interested in education choice in all its forms, including open enrollment. Utah has made progress in its open enrollment landscape, both in legislative…
The Upward Mobility Act: A state solutions framework for benefit cliffs
America’s social welfare system is intended to provide needed, temporary stabilization to families striving to escape poverty, while helping them move back into stable employment and self-reliance. But for far too many…
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