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IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Investigates Skirmish Over 2023 Farm Bill in Congress
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Investigates Skirmish Over 2023 Farm Bill in Congress
IGPA’s Beverly Bunch and her research team present their findings on the risks of a fiscal cliff for state government when federal recovery funds run out
IGPA’s Beverly Bunch and her research team present their findings on the risks of a fiscal cliff for state government when federal recovery funds run out
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Reviews the History and Development of Base Acres
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Reviews the History and Development of Base Acres
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Reference Prices and Base Acres With New Thought Experiment
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Reference Prices and Base Acres With New Thought Experiment
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes ARC-CO and PLC Row Crop Payment Programs
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes ARC-CO and PLC Row Crop Payment Programs
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses the Relationship Between Cost of Production and Statutory Reference Prices
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses the Relationship Between Cost of Production and Statutory Reference Prices
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes the Impacts of the Proposed 4% Farmer-Premium Payment Cap
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes the Impacts of the Proposed 4% Farmer-Premium Payment Cap
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses Farm Program Payment Expectations Versus Farm Bill Budget Rules
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses Farm Program Payment Expectations Versus Farm Bill Budget Rules
Measuring Polarization Across Issues
Measuring Polarization Across Issues
The Lobbying Agenda: Contract and In-House Lobbying and Policy Subsystems
The Lobbying Agenda: Contract and In-House Lobbying and Policy Subsystems
The Politics of Earmark Requests in the 111th Congress
The Politics of Earmark Requests in the 111th Congress
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): R01 (PA-20-144) Innovations in HIV Prevention, Testing, Adherence and Retention to Optimize HIV Prevention and Care Continuum Outcomes – 09/01/2021-08/31/2026
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): R01 (PA-20-144) Innovations in HIV Prevention, Testing, Adherence and Retention to Optimize HIV Prevention and Care Continuum Outcomes – 09/01/2021-08/31/2026
Office of Evaluation Sciences Policy Evaluations 2015 – 2020
Office of Evaluation Sciences Policy Evaluations 2015 – 2020
Office of Evaluation Sciences Research Integrity Process 2015
Office of Evaluation Sciences Research Integrity Process 2015
Evaluation of the Cook County Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance Award: 2020-AR-BX-0074 Period: 04/1/2021-9/30/2023 Role: Lead Evaluator
Evaluation of the Cook County Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance Award: 2020-AR-BX-0074 Period: 04/1/2021-9/30/2023 Role: Lead Evaluator
Evaluation of Cook County Health’s Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities, Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Award: NU58DP006993 Period: 01/01/2022-8/30/2025 Role: Lead Evaluator
Evaluation of Cook County Health’s Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities, Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Award: NU58DP006993 Period: 01/01/2022-8/30/2025 Role: Lead Evaluator
Co-founder and co-leader of the UIC COVID-19 Impact Task Force & Epidemiology Group.
Co-founder and co-leader of the UIC COVID-19 Impact Task Force & Epidemiology Group.
Member of the UIC-SIU-Rush-IDPH Consultant Group for Congregate Care COVID-19 Response Group.
Member of the UIC-SIU-Rush-IDPH Consultant Group for Congregate Care COVID-19 Response Group.
UIC’s Chi-Tracing Program has collaborated with over 30 community-based organizations to hire, train, and evaluate a corps of 550 community health workers to perform contact tracing for the Chicago Department of Public Health.
UIC’s Chi-Tracing Program has collaborated with over 30 community-based organizations to hire, train, and evaluate a corps of 550 community health workers to perform contact tracing for the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Co-investigator and thought leader on the Illinois Healthcare and Family Services-funded “Transform Project”
Co-investigator and thought leader on the Illinois Healthcare and Family Services-funded “Transform Project”
UIC Campus Contact Tracing and Epidemiology Program (CCTEP)
UIC Campus Contact Tracing and Epidemiology Program (CCTEP)
Informed Consent for Unauthorized Pelvic Exams, 2003-present
Informed Consent for Unauthorized Pelvic Exams, 2003-present
Access to Justice During COVID-19 and Beyond
Access to Justice During COVID-19 and Beyond
Fairness for All Initiative, University of Illinois College of Law, 2016-present
Fairness for All Initiative, University of Illinois College of Law, 2016-present
Centering Youth’s Health and Wellness:  Designing a Third Reconstruction and Chicago Renaissance
Centering Youth’s Health and Wellness:  Designing a Third Reconstruction and Chicago Renaissance
Tolerance Means Dialogue, University of Illinois College of Law, 2016-present
Tolerance Means Dialogue, University of Illinois College of Law, 2016-present
Landmark LGBT Nondiscrimination Laws and Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy, 2015-2019
Landmark LGBT Nondiscrimination Laws and Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy, 2015-2019
Medicalization of Poverty Symposium, 2017-2021
Medicalization of Poverty Symposium, 2017-2021
Toward Nutrition Justice in Champaign County: Learning from Community Partners
Toward Nutrition Justice in Champaign County: Learning from Community Partners
Conversations Matter: Reflections on Four Years of On the Table
Conversations Matter: Reflections on Four Years of On the Table
The Regulatory Landscape Regarding Respiratory Protection
The Regulatory Landscape Regarding Respiratory Protection
The role of state policy in promoting college affordability
The role of state policy in promoting college affordability
Illinois Board of Higher Education strategic plan
Illinois Board of Higher Education strategic plan
Project LEAP
Project LEAP
Demand analysis for flatwater recreation uses, City of Springfield, Illinois.
Demand analysis for flatwater recreation uses, City of Springfield, Illinois.
UIC-SPH supports implement COVID-19 response contact tracing
UIC-SPH supports implement COVID-19 response contact tracing
Principal Investigator, Community Action Leadership Book Project, Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies, 2012-13 ($40,000).
Principal Investigator, Community Action Leadership Book Project, Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies, 2012-13 ($40,000).
Principal/Co-Principal Investigator, Community Services Block Grant Annual Reports and Book Project, Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies (IACAA), 2008-2015 (total $88,608).
Principal/Co-Principal Investigator, Community Services Block Grant Annual Reports and Book Project, Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies (IACAA), 2008-2015 (total $88,608).
“Keeping it Real” – Children’s Bureau Capacity Building Center for States
“Keeping it Real” – Children’s Bureau Capacity Building Center for States
Further Developing and Enhancing the National Mentoring Resource Center
Further Developing and Enhancing the National Mentoring Resource Center
Illinois Higher Education Enrollment During Recessions
Illinois Higher Education Enrollment During Recessions
When (and What) Will They Learn? Learning, Emulation, and Abortion Regulation in the US States
When (and What) Will They Learn? Learning, Emulation, and Abortion Regulation in the US States
Independent Monitor Community Survey Report
Independent Monitor Community Survey Report
Evaluation of Cook County Health’s Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Award: TI083122 Period: 06/01/2021-05/31/2024 Role: Lead Evaluator
Evaluation of Cook County Health’s Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Award: TI083122 Period: 06/01/2021-05/31/2024 Role: Lead Evaluator
PRC COVID Supplement study
PRC COVID Supplement study
Uniting Through Writing: A Project at U of I Teaches Illinois Residents to Reconnect through Journals
Uniting Through Writing: A Project at U of I Teaches Illinois Residents to Reconnect through Journals
Reducing racial disparities
Reducing racial disparities
The Effect of Eviction Moratoria on the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
The Effect of Eviction Moratoria on the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
2021 – Why the Supreme Court was Right Last Week to Deny Review of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions Handed Down Prior to the 2020 Election
2021 – Why the Supreme Court was Right Last Week to Deny Review of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decisions Handed Down Prior to the 2020 Election
The Myth of ‘Unnecessary’ Federal Aid to State and Local Governments
The Myth of ‘Unnecessary’ Federal Aid to State and Local Governments
COVID-19 Cascade Optimization Study
COVID-19 Cascade Optimization Study
2021 – Who May/Should Preside Over Former President Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial?
2021 – Who May/Should Preside Over Former President Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial?
U of I Flash Index continues gradual recovery
U of I Flash Index continues gradual recovery
Air pollution policy should focus on the most vulnerable people, not just the most polluted places
Air pollution policy should focus on the most vulnerable people, not just the most polluted places
U of I Flash Index stalls in November
U of I Flash Index stalls in November
2020 – In (Trial) Courts (Especially) We Trust
2020 – In (Trial) Courts (Especially) We Trust
U of I Flash Index continues slow recovery, but faces uncertainty amid COVID-19 resurgence
U of I Flash Index continues slow recovery, but faces uncertainty amid COVID-19 resurgence
U of I Flash Index continues to climb, but remains below pre-pandemic level
U of I Flash Index continues to climb, but remains below pre-pandemic level
If you aren’t White, Asian or Indian, you aren’t an engineer
If you aren’t White, Asian or Indian, you aren’t an engineer
Reducing red tape through simplification: How Idaho radically reimagined college admissions (Policy and Practice Brief)
Reducing red tape through simplification: How Idaho radically reimagined college admissions (Policy and Practice Brief)
Hyper-surveillance on justice involved individuals and families
Hyper-surveillance on justice involved individuals and families
Performative enactments of teacher evaluation: Two preservice teachers and the edTPA, 2020 Policy Futures in Education
Performative enactments of teacher evaluation: Two preservice teachers and the edTPA, 2020 Policy Futures in Education
The Child Care Crisis and the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Child Care Crisis and the Coronavirus Pandemic
2020: The National Center for Rural Health Professions. Illinois Behavioral Health Workforce Education, Learning & Leadership (BHWELL) Program
2020: The National Center for Rural Health Professions. Illinois Behavioral Health Workforce Education, Learning & Leadership (BHWELL) Program
Population Health Analytics, Metrics and Evaluation Center
Population Health Analytics, Metrics and Evaluation Center
2020 – Linking COVID-19 Relief for State Governments to Abandonment of “Sanctuary” Policies? The Uncharted Territory of Conditional Spending
2020 – Linking COVID-19 Relief for State Governments to Abandonment of “Sanctuary” Policies? The Uncharted Territory of Conditional Spending
2020 – Wisconsin’s Decision to Have an Election This Month Was Unjust, But Was it Also Unconstitutional? Why the Plaintiffs (Rightly) Lost in the Supreme Court
2020 – Wisconsin’s Decision to Have an Election This Month Was Unjust, But Was it Also Unconstitutional? Why the Plaintiffs (Rightly) Lost in the Supreme Court
Executive Order Number 10-12: Creating the Illinois Health Reform Implementation Council
Executive Order Number 10-12: Creating the Illinois Health Reform Implementation Council
Commentary – Beyond Recruitment: Comparing Experiences of Climate and Diversity Between International Students and Domestic Students of Color in U.S. Urban Planning Programs
Commentary – Beyond Recruitment: Comparing Experiences of Climate and Diversity Between International Students and Domestic Students of Color in U.S. Urban Planning Programs
Behavioral Instruments in Environmental Regulation
Behavioral Instruments in Environmental Regulation
How Many Illinois Public Safety Pension Systems Risk Running Out of Assets?
How Many Illinois Public Safety Pension Systems Risk Running Out of Assets?
A potential initiative: Funding Infrastructure Together (FIT)
A potential initiative: Funding Infrastructure Together (FIT)
Principal Investigator for UIS Team, Truth and Integrity in State Budgeting Project, Volcker Alliance, 2016 – 2020. (Phase I – IV, $173,220)
Principal Investigator for UIS Team, Truth and Integrity in State Budgeting Project, Volcker Alliance, 2016 – 2020. (Phase I – IV, $173,220)
Understanding heterogeneous spatial production externalities as a missing link between land-use planning and urban economic futures
Understanding heterogeneous spatial production externalities as a missing link between land-use planning and urban economic futures
The study is to examine relative effects of exposures to lead hazards on elevated blood lead level (BLL) among children
The study is to examine relative effects of exposures to lead hazards on elevated blood lead level (BLL) among children
The Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative
The Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative
Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center Task Force Report to the Illinois General Assembly
Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center Task Force Report to the Illinois General Assembly
A report on the Illinois behavioral health workforce crisis and recommended solutions to grow, recruit, and retain a qualified, modern, diverse, and evolving behavioral health workforce: Response to House Bill 5111 (PA 100- 0767)
A report on the Illinois behavioral health workforce crisis and recommended solutions to grow, recruit, and retain a qualified, modern, diverse, and evolving behavioral health workforce: Response to House Bill 5111 (PA 100- 0767)
The critical role of training in behavioral health
The critical role of training in behavioral health
Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce for Children and Families
Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce for Children and Families
Impacts of Neighbors on Local Tax Rates: A Space–Time Dynamic Panel Data Analysis
Impacts of Neighbors on Local Tax Rates: A Space–Time Dynamic Panel Data Analysis
Extensible Framework for Analysis of Farm Practices and Programs
Extensible Framework for Analysis of Farm Practices and Programs
Life Preservers or Anchors? An Examination of State Intervention in Municipal Pension Funding in Illinois
Life Preservers or Anchors? An Examination of State Intervention in Municipal Pension Funding in Illinois
2019 – When, If Ever, Should a Legislature Be Able to Enact a Law that it Knows (or Should Know) that Courts Today Would Invalidate?
2019 – When, If Ever, Should a Legislature Be Able to Enact a Law that it Knows (or Should Know) that Courts Today Would Invalidate?
2019: University of Illinois School of Social Work Annual Report. Expanding care in underserved areas
2019: University of Illinois School of Social Work Annual Report. Expanding care in underserved areas
The Effect of Illinois Municipal Electric Aggregation
The Effect of Illinois Municipal Electric Aggregation
A Reason to Be Skeptical of the Workplace Wellness Industry: New Study Finds No Changes in Health Care Costs
A Reason to Be Skeptical of the Workplace Wellness Industry: New Study Finds No Changes in Health Care Costs
Direct admissions: Investing in a promising, low-cost policy innovation to increase college access & equity
Direct admissions: Investing in a promising, low-cost policy innovation to increase college access & equity
Impact of the Chicago Earned Income Tax Periodic Payment Intervention on Food Security
Impact of the Chicago Earned Income Tax Periodic Payment Intervention on Food Security
Improving tax increment financing (TIF) for economic development
Improving tax increment financing (TIF) for economic development
Trends in Demographics and Work Arrangements
Trends in Demographics and Work Arrangements
Consent Decree Community Engagement
Consent Decree Community Engagement
Concept Mapping to Understand How Work Impacts Health at the Community Level
Concept Mapping to Understand How Work Impacts Health at the Community Level
Lead Exposure to UIC Police at the Indoor Firing Range
Lead Exposure to UIC Police at the Indoor Firing Range
The Forum on the Future of Public Education
The Forum on the Future of Public Education
Hindcasting community-level building damage for the 2011 Joplin EF5 tornado
Hindcasting community-level building damage for the 2011 Joplin EF5 tornado
Meeting the Challenge of Engagement in Participatory Total Worker Health Initiatives
Meeting the Challenge of Engagement in Participatory Total Worker Health Initiatives
A Community-based Approach to Total Worker Health
A Community-based Approach to Total Worker Health
TWH Intervention Strategies: What Works for the Centers of Excellence?
TWH Intervention Strategies: What Works for the Centers of Excellence?
Investigation of the reach and effectiveness of a mentoring program for youth receiving outpatient mental health services
Investigation of the reach and effectiveness of a mentoring program for youth receiving outpatient mental health services
Earthquake damage estimations of Byblos potable water network
Earthquake damage estimations of Byblos potable water network
Performance of Small Public Housing Authorities: Opportunities and Barriers
Performance of Small Public Housing Authorities: Opportunities and Barriers
Analysis of economic development programs in the state of Kansas
Analysis of economic development programs in the state of Kansas
2018 – Is California’s Mandate That Public Companies Include Women on Their Boards Of Directors Constitutional?
2018 – Is California’s Mandate That Public Companies Include Women on Their Boards Of Directors Constitutional?
The Economic Effects of the 7% Assessment Cap in Cook County
The Economic Effects of the 7% Assessment Cap in Cook County
Establish if exposure to structural violence increases psychosocial and physical vulnerability
Establish if exposure to structural violence increases psychosocial and physical vulnerability
This CHER Center grant aims to advance health equity and eliminate structural violence through science with community
This CHER Center grant aims to advance health equity and eliminate structural violence through science with community
Expert Declaration of Elizabeth T. Powers, Ph.D. in Support of the Motion of Plaintiffs and Intervenors to Require Compliance with the Consent Decree
Expert Declaration of Elizabeth T. Powers, Ph.D. in Support of the Motion of Plaintiffs and Intervenors to Require Compliance with the Consent Decree
From Selma to Ferguson: The Voting Rights Act as a Blueprint for Police Reform
From Selma to Ferguson: The Voting Rights Act as a Blueprint for Police Reform
Effects of a school-based social-emotional and character development program on self-esteem levels and processes: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
Effects of a school-based social-emotional and character development program on self-esteem levels and processes: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
Investigation of the integration of supports for youth thriving into a community-based mentoring program
Investigation of the integration of supports for youth thriving into a community-based mentoring program
The Use of Economy-Wide Models in Evaluating the Social Costs, Benefits, and Economic Impacts of Air Regulations
The Use of Economy-Wide Models in Evaluating the Social Costs, Benefits, and Economic Impacts of Air Regulations
The Logic of the Survey Experiment Reexamined
The Logic of the Survey Experiment Reexamined
Perceptions of early body image socialization in families: Exploring knowledge, beliefs, and strategies among mothers of preschoolers
Perceptions of early body image socialization in families: Exploring knowledge, beliefs, and strategies among mothers of preschoolers
Eating, feeding, and feeling: Emotional responsiveness mediates longitudinal association between maternal binge eating, feeding practices, and child weight
Eating, feeding, and feeling: Emotional responsiveness mediates longitudinal association between maternal binge eating, feeding practices, and child weight
Illinois Department of Transportation Quality Engagement Report
Illinois Department of Transportation Quality Engagement Report
Holistic health promotion for adolescent girls in an alternative school setting: Lessons learned
Holistic health promotion for adolescent girls in an alternative school setting: Lessons learned
Senate Bill 653 Child Protection Training Academy
Senate Bill 653 Child Protection Training Academy
Longitudinal associations between immigrant ethnic density, neighborhood processes, and Latino immigrant youth depression
Longitudinal associations between immigrant ethnic density, neighborhood processes, and Latino immigrant youth depression
Chicago Area Leadership Development Scan
Chicago Area Leadership Development Scan
Body size estimation and other psychosocial risk factors for the onset of adolescent obesity and overweight: Findings from population level data
Body size estimation and other psychosocial risk factors for the onset of adolescent obesity and overweight: Findings from population level data
Absentee and Early Voting: Weighing the Costs of Convenience
Absentee and Early Voting: Weighing the Costs of Convenience
Benchmarking and Public Pension Investment Performance.
Benchmarking and Public Pension Investment Performance.
Obesity prevalence among youth investigated for maltreatment in the United States
Obesity prevalence among youth investigated for maltreatment in the United States
“Issues in higher education: Student aid and student debt” Illinois report 2014.
“Issues in higher education: Student aid and student debt” Illinois report 2014.
Foreclosing on community
Foreclosing on community
AR5 Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change
AR5 Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change
Executive Order Number 14-01: Creation of the Governor’s Office of Health Innovation and Transformation.
Executive Order Number 14-01: Creation of the Governor’s Office of Health Innovation and Transformation.
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #5
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #5
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #4
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #4
Bill Status of HB2245
Bill Status of HB2245
Health Literacy: Critical opportunities for social work leadership in healthcare and research
Health Literacy: Critical opportunities for social work leadership in healthcare and research
Toward a developmental conceptualization of contributors to overweight and obesity in childhood: The Six-C’s Model
Toward a developmental conceptualization of contributors to overweight and obesity in childhood: The Six-C’s Model
Moving or Moving Up?: Understanding Residential Mobility for Housing Choice Voucher Families in Illinois
Moving or Moving Up?: Understanding Residential Mobility for Housing Choice Voucher Families in Illinois
Illinois Assisted Housing and Residential Mobility Data Guide: County Level Fact Book and Index
Illinois Assisted Housing and Residential Mobility Data Guide: County Level Fact Book and Index
Apportionment Matters: Fair Representation in the House and Electoral College
Apportionment Matters: Fair Representation in the House and Electoral College
Flexible workplace policies: Lessons from the Alternative Work Schedules Act
Flexible workplace policies: Lessons from the Alternative Work Schedules Act
The Adequacy of State Payments
The Adequacy of State Payments
An accident waiting to happen?: legal provisions on incapacity of American governors
An accident waiting to happen?: legal provisions on incapacity of American governors

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