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Welcome to the Michigan Applied Public Policy Research Program database! Provided below is a listing of all funded projects to date. This listing is complete with project summaries, full reports, as well as video and news clips when available. A link to the free plugin for viewing Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf)* and RealPlayer files is available on the Institute's Plugin Information page.
Children, Youth, and Families Aging Out of Foster Care: Policy Implications for the State of Michigan
Gary Anderson		 ... HTML File Summary
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The Dynamics of School Choice in Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing
Gary Sykes - David Arsen - David N. Plank
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K-12 Funding Reform
Leslie Papke
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  Michigan's Charter Schools as Sites for Educational Innovation
Michael Mintrom
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Criminal Justice Dealing with the Use and Abuse of Illicit Drugs: Examining Problems and Policy Issues
Sheila Maxwell

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  Michigan's Sentencing and Incarceration Practices
Chris Maxwell - Tim Bynum
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Health Policy Assisted Living in Michigan: Policy and Practice
Maureen Mickus
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Evaluating the Administration of Workers' Compensation and Its Relationship to Program Outcomes: Implications for Michigan
Karen Roberts - Ed Welch
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The Impact of Welfare Reform Incentives on Health Care Utilization and Cost Patterns Among Families Leaving the Medicaid Program
Charles Given - Cathy Bradley - Elaine Beane

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Medicaid Managed Care: How Will it Work for African Americans
Reynard Bouknight - Andrew J. Hogan

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Newborn Intensive Care Units and the Inner-City Detroit Neighborhoods
Michael A. Rip - Steven Dosh
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A Risk-based Model of Nurse Practitioner (NP) Diabetes Case Management: Improving the Quality of Primary Care For the Michigan Medicaid Diabetic Population
Grace J. Kreulen
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Telemedicine in Michigan: A Policy Report Addressing Legal and Regulary Barriers
Pamela Whitten
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Women's Health Policy in Michigan
Karen Williams
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Urban & Local Government Policy Analysis of Michigan Local Economic Development Policy to Promote Aging City Revitalization
Roger Hamlin

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  Brownfield Redevelopment in Michigan Cities
Richard Hula
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Community Asset Development for Youth: A Strengths-based Approach to Preventing Substance Abuse and Violence
William Donohue - Steve Kaagan - Joanne Keith

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  The Detroit Living Wage Ordinance: Will it Reduce Urban Poverty?
David Neumark
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Land Use Planning and Cooperation under Michigan’s Conditional Land Transfer Act (Public Act 425, 1984): Findings from a Survey of Local Officials
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A Proposal to Study Current Policy Regarding Educational Programs in the Michigan Dept. of Corrections and its Effect on the Inmate Population
Charles Corley - John Dirkx - Gloria Kielbaso
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Public Policy and Evaluation of Services to Enable and Empower Kids
Carl Taylor - Lori Wibert - Chun-Hao Li
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Reducing Probationer Recidivism: A Collaborative Project by the School of Criminal Justice and the Michigan Department of Corrections
Sheila Maxwell - Timothy Bynum
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Rural Landowners and Urbal Sprawl: Examining Influences on Landowner Decisions to Sell or Develop Their Land
Angela G. Mertig
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Understanding Michigan's Brownfield Initiative
Richard Hula

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Urban Concerns-Urban Land Revitalization and Sustainable Development
Cynthia Fridgen - Michael R. Thomas
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Other Issues Economics: Michigan's Changing Demography: Effects on State Expenditures
Paul Menchik
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Environment: Stakeholder Attitudes about Managing Michigan’s Watersheds and Wetlands
Michael Kaplowitz and John Kerr

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