your site name

Report to the Interagency Coordinating Council for Building Healthy Families (ICC) & the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)

 

The Office of Community Projects (OCP) at the UH Graduate College of Social Work, in collaboration with the Center for Public Policy conducted an evaluation on the effectiveness and efficiency of Texas’s publicly funded child abuse/neglect prevention and early intervention services. Financial structures, efficiency, outcomes, program development and quality assurance were examined. This evaluation will help provide the ICC with an analysis of the current status of the prevention programs and services and to offer specific options and methods for maximizing prevention services. Read the full report to the ICC & DFPS.

 

 
 
Immersed in Public Service: The 2010 Mickey Leland Congressional Interns

UH Chancellor Renu Khator with the 2010 Leland Interns

Eight bright and eager students from the University of Houston, Texas Southern University and the University of Houston-Downtown are pursuing their public service dreams on Capitol Hill. Learn more about the distinguished group participating in the 2010 class.

And don't miss Marisa Ramirez's coverage of the Mickey Leland Congressional Internship Program including interviews with former Leland intern District Court Judge Al Bennett and 2010 intern Janae Ladet on a recent segment of UH Moment on KUHF.

 

 
 
EXCLUSIVE: Check Out the Texas Political Atlas Texas

 

 

View Texas politics and demography by county, what makes Texas an urban state, how demographics affect voting, and more by downloading the Texas Political Atlas.

 

 

Found in the Texas Tribune

 

Read the article about the Texas Political Atlas by Governor Hobby in the Texas Tribune.

 

 

 
   

 

Tired of Graphs and Pie Charts?

Check Out the Center for Public Policy's Dynamic Data Visualizations

The Center for Public Policy's Concept Visualization Lab (CVL) creates multi-dimensional visualizations to display research findings in dynamic and interactive graphics.

Learn how the CVL visualizations can make data come alive.

 
 

The University of Houston Center for Public Policy has joined the Mayor's Complete Count Committee for the 2010 Census. Learn more about the United States Census 2010.
 
 

The Institute for Regional Forecasting's New Houston Forecast Released at Symposium

 

The Institute for Regional Forecasting released the new annual forecast for the next 5 years this past week at its annual Fall Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston. Read the summary of the forecast.

 
 
Barton Smith's Commentary: Understanding Regional Employment Statistics

Sometimes it can be terribly confusing understanding our local employment numbers and interpreting their implications for the Houston economy. Part of the problem is that novices and the media want to treat regional employment numbers like they do the national numbers, a habit that is reinforced by the way the Texas Workforce themselves report the data. The fact is that these numbers are neither the same, nor do they carry the same meaning. Read the full commentary by Dr. Smith, director of the Institute for Regional Forecasting.

 
 

Current Training on Future Social Scientists Evaluated at NSF Event

The UH Center for Public Policy headed a workshop on the future of a National Science Foundation Program. A gathering of some of the nation's best social scientists strategized about the future of their research fields and how best to prepare the next generation. Continue reading the full news release and view the agenda from the National Science Foundation Event.