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The Institute of Public Policy is conducting several smaller studies to contribute to the overall project, which is led by Dr.

This project has three specific goals:  1) To use Medicaid enrollment data to characterize and compare Missouri’s Medicaid enrollee population during three distinct time periods (before COVID-19, during COVID-19, the first two years of Medicaid expansion), with a particular emphasis on the population of adults ages 19 – 64; 2) to use the Medicaid provider data to characterize and compare Missouri’s Medicaid-serving health care providers during the three distinct time periods; and, 3) using results from goals 1 and 2, evaluate the geographical overlap between new Medicaid ex

This project examines paid leave in Missouri using publicly available data and also estimates the costs and benefits of a range of paid sick leave options for the state with a US Dept of Labor microsimulation that was released in March 2020.  The project team is Emily Johnson (IPP Associate Director), Rachel Dicke (Ph.D. candidate in the Truman School), and Adrienne Ohler (Associate Research Professor, MU School of Medicine).  The opportunity came to IPP because of past work conducted by Emily Johnson for United Women’s Empowerment (United WE). 

The MU Institute of Public Policy (IPP) is pleased to announce a new partnership with MU ParentLink, College of Education and Human Development, and the MU School of Social Work.  With funding from the MO Department of Social Services to ParentLink, IPP and its partners will conduct a quasi-experimental evaluation of ParentLink’s Kinship Navigator Program which provides quality information, connection to services, and problem-solving support for kinship caregivers across Missouri.  The project will be implemented to comply with the US Social Security Act’s Title