Nursing homes have long faced staffing shortages, which are exacerbated by low pay and poor working conditions. Increasing immigration and employing immigrant workers could be a remedy for these challenges. Economists Delia Furtado and Karen Shen, economist and legal scholar Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, and public policy scholars Krista Ruffini and Yulya Truskinovsky will investigate the impact of greater local availability of immigrant workers on nursing home staffing practices and job quality.

This grant is co-funded with the William T. Grant Foundation.

In the United States, thousands of people experiencing homelessness are arrested and charged with crimes each year. Often, these charges stem from laws that criminalize acts and behaviors associated with homelessness, such as sleeping in public areas and panhandling. Advocates commonly argue that housing and social services will reduce these behaviors. Public policy scholars Andrew Sullivan and Stephanie Casey Pierce will collect data on extreme weather plans across the 100 largest counties in the United States.

Warn and release interventions – an intervention strategy that provides early warnings and in which typically no record is created – are a common informal diversion strategy. Despite their use, there is limited evidence on how warn and release interventions impact youth outcomes, particularly within the school context. Public policy scholar Jo King and education scholar Luis A. Rodriguez will estimate the impact of warn and release practices in schools on student behavior, including attendance, test scores, and suspensions.