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The focus on skills-development by the departments of corrections arguably gives inordinate attention to criminal offenders’ at-risk factors. This focus does not adequately consider the social factors affecting working prisoners…
When building support for a new or ongoing community-based effort, having a participatory process that involves the stakeholders who may be affected by or have an interest in the initiative…
Through our Land Use Education Program, the Center for Public Policy at VCU’s Wilder School provides training and educational programs that help planners make decisions that are legal, fact-based, community-oriented…
Creating good measures of performance in public organizations can be tricky. If managers overemphasize quantity of output when assessing employees’ productivity, employees can grow disillusioned and let the quality of…
It has become increasingly common to associate the phrase, “Kick the can down the road,” with lawmakers at all levels of government when dealing with budget shortfalls, mounting public debt…
A critical and often neglected component of our profession is infrastructure. While we are knowledgeable about the proper actions to take regarding infrastructure, more attention is needed towards the thinking…
American’s desire to volunteer post-disaster goes back to the very founding of this nation. There are a variety of ways for volunteers to help out after a disaster has hit.…
Shrinking cities are under pressure by their state governments to remain solvent. This has led to an increasing reliance on non-governmental entities to provide important community services—but is this sustainable…
As public servants, we know that we serve at the pleasure of the public agenda and that we do not serve personal agendas nor the agendas of those that are…
Authority, vision and commitment—also known as political will—are needed in enacting reforms to public policies. Yet to what extent is political will a scapegoat? And to what extent is it…
Creating a Fiscal Umbrella
The recession-prediction industry has been booming. One thing is clear, based on the history of America’s post World War II economy: When it comes to the next recession, it’s not…
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