AVANCE Quality Child Care Matters
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The Kinder Institute is helping to measure the impact of the QCCM program on providers' skills, practices and business operations.
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This evaluation of United Way's Integrated Client Journey initiative seeks to better understand which clients are "ready" to take steps toward financial stability.
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The Kinder Institute is assessing the impact of reVision’s school-based mentoring program on school retention rates, academic achievement and behavioral outcomes.
Voter Education and Participation
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The Kinder Institute is evaluating the Alief ISD Civic Engagement Program’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to examine the program’s effectiveness and sustainability.
FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US
URBAN EDGE :
New research and maps show most people with homes in flood-prone areas sell their properties instead of taking a federal buyout.
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The Kinder Institute is helping Alief ISD evaluate it Engaging All Families program, which provides programs and services to help families improve their access to economic opportunity.
URBAN EDGE :
The Texas Education Agency and several colleges are making moves to prepare teachers for serving the state's youngest students.
RESEARCH :
Low-income students are still being left behind, according to a new assessment of the state’s school accountability system.
Texas has a robust system for measuring postsecondary readiness. Here’s how it can get even better.
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Kinder Institute research shows the state's "college, career and military readiness" framework could benefit from better collaboration and consistency.
Congress’ debate over ‘Obamacare’ subsidies stands to impact 1 million Houstonians
URBAN EDGE :
For more than 1 million Houstonians benefiting from Affordable Care Act subsidies, the argument in Washington over continuing the support hits close to home.
Building the Data and Evaluation Capacity of Nonprofits in the Greater Houston Area
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Through a series of case studies, the Kinder Institute is teaching organizations how to use their data to better serve the community.
YMCA CEO: We’re working to tackle loneliness — and want more Houston leaders to join us
URBAN EDGE :
With data to guide us and dialogue to unite us, Houston can become a city known not just for its diversity and growth, but for its connectedness.
Sense of Achievement, Belonging and Connectedness
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Young adults and low-income earners report feeling less connected and supported.
Do Houston residents support mass deportation? Here’s what 9,800 of them said
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On immigration, a strong majority of Houstonians agree: Increase pathways to citizenship, stop mass deportation, let “Dreamers” stay, and finally fix a broken system.
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