Public Policy Associates has provided research, evaluation and strategic consultation services to help clients achieve their public policy goals in the effective delivery of human services.
The PPA work has produced real results to improve the lives of those in need and to help clients assess their programs and strategies. PPA's mix of work in this area has ranged from managing a statewide task force charged with developing better approaches to assisting vulnerable children to evaluating a Michigan effort to increase access to entitlement benefits. This work has also included major projects for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, including facilitating a statewide collaborative effort to prevent and reduce homelessness, led by Colleen E. Graber, and the evaluation of state energy-assistance programs, led by Nancy McCrohan, Ph.D. With PPA's help, clients better understand how their programs are working, where changes can be made to improve existing programs, and how to design new and better ways to deliver services.
Take a look at some of the Human Services projects we've worked on:
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has awarded more than $460 million in grants to support energy assistance, energy efficiency, and energy saving technologies. PPA's evaluation of the use and results of the grants provides the Commission with information to strategically enhance future grant-making and move the state toward a more energy efficient, green economy.
read more »When the Michigan Department of Human Services was seeking to re-examine its entire child welfare system, it turned to PPA. PPA was selected as project manager for the 85-member Child Welfare Improvement Task Force, whose charge was to recommend ways to improve programs and processes to better the lives and life prospects for vulnerable children.
read more »PPA has provided strategic consultation and staff support to launch and sustain Michigan’s Campaign to End Homelessness. PPA is supporting the work of a multi-agency leadership team and helping to create a landscape that promotes regional collaboration and maximizes the impact of limited public and private resources. The Campaign represented a fundamental shift in the strategy of addressing homelessness. It focuses on prevention, rapid rehousing, and supportive services.
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