Boys and Girls Club of Columbia Project
In 2012, the citizens of Boone County created a Children's Services Fund for the purpose of providing services to protect and improve the lives of children, youth, and families in Boone County. As part of that mission, the Boone County Children's Services Board (BCCSB) strategically invests programs that deliver effective and quality services for children and families in need including The Boys and Girls Club of Columbia.
The Missouri Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Evaluation Enters 11th Year
The Missouri Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) contracts IPP to serve as external evaluators for the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) and the Title V Sexual Risk Avoidance Education program (SRAE). Missouri’s PREP and SRAE programs are part of a national initiative to reduce teenage pregnancy rates using evidence-based programs.
IPP Releases Annual Report 2020-2021
We are pleased to share the MU Institute of Public Policy’s 2020-2021 Report. The report chronicles the Institute’s accomplishments of the past year and provides a glimpse of what the future holds.
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New Projects in Community and Health
The MU Institute of Public Policy has contracted for several new projects recently in the policy areas of health and community. New health projects include Research on Paid Leave in Missouri, Evaluating the Impact of Medicaid Expansion in Missouri, and An Innovative Model to Increase Primary Care Physicians for Rural and Underserved Missouri: Supplemental Funding. These projects seek to evaluate and improve access to paid leave, Medicaid, and healthcare for rural and underserved Missourians.
An Innovative Model to Increase Primary Care Physicians for Rural and Underserved Missouri: Supplemental Funding
The Institute of Public Policy is conducting several smaller studies to contribute to the overall project, which is led by Dr.