J-PAL North America partners with local governments to tackle homelessness and reduce incarceration
J-PAL North America, a research center at MIT, announced today that it will partner with three city and county governments to evaluate promising solutions to homelessness and other important policy challenges facing state and local governments in the U.S. The City of Baltimore, Maryland; King County, Washington; and Santa Clara County, California, will work with J-PAL North America staff and leading academic researchers to test programs designed to help vulnerable individuals find and keep housing and to reduce jail time and recidivism for low-level offenders. “We’re excited to partner with Baltimore, King County, and Santa Clara County as they take on some of the most important policy issues facing state and local leaders,” says Melissa Kearney, professor of economics at the University of Maryland, non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and co-chair of the J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative. “Through rigorous research, we can help governments identify the most effective...