IPP provided professional strategic planning services for a local nonprofit – Mid-Missouri Legal Services – from February through April 2017. Through courses of strategic planning and action planning sessions with members of the organization, IPP developed a three-year strategic plan for the organization.
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The Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) contracted with the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri-St.
The Enhanced Re-Entry Project (E-REP) was designed to reduce recidivism for 224 recently released, high-risk offenders in Boone County. E-REP implements promising practices and evidenced-based principles in an outpatient re-entry program addressing key risk factors for recidivism. These risk factors include: substance use, employment, retention, and access to recovery support services.
IPP contracted with Epworth Children and Youth Services to conduct an evaluation of an adapted version of the Teen Outreach Program (TOP), and evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program.
While women represent about half of Missouri’s population, the government charged with representing their interests does not reflect this. Engaging women in government is not only important in legislatures. The work of local and state boards and commissions also affects women. However, gender parity in these bodies remains a problem. The Women’s Foundation has created the Appointments Project to address this challenge. By helping women apply and submitting them as candidates to state and local boards, the Women’s Foundation hopes to appoint more women and, in t
The VA Hospital in Columbia, MO contracted with the Institute of Public Policy to conduct focus groups with Veterans who are enrolled in Veterans benefits but have not recently utilized healthcare benefits at the Truman VA Hospital.
The St. Louis County Department of Public Health contracts IPP to serve as the external evaluators for the Minority Youth Violence Prevention II: Project RESTORE grant. IPP conducts a Restorative Justice assessment and evaluation for the program.
The mission of the Youth Community Coalition (YC2) in Columbia, Missouri is “to help youth develop into productive and self-sufficient citizens by working together to decrease substance abuse and promote healthy behaviors.” The Coalition brings together more than 50 agencies within the local community that are engaged in services that address youth health and risky behaviors, as well as those that conduct programming and activities for youth. In 2015, the Coalition decided to assist in the development of community-level coalitions in 5 small Boone County communities (
Since its founding in 2015, the goal of Partners in Governance has been to explore important current events in the context of American Federalism and to address the challenges facing all levels of government in today’s political, social, and technological environment.
The Partners bring a wide array of expertise to this discussion and include: the Missouri Municipal League, the Institute of Public Policy at the University of Missouri, the Missouri Association of Counties, the Missouri School Boards' Association and FOCUS-St. Louis.
The Community Reentry Funding Initiative seeks to reduce reoffense and violations among probationers and parolees under Missouri Department of Corrections supervision. The Initiative helps program participants by connecting them to vital local services across the state. Services provided through the Community Reentry Initiative include transportation, housing, basic essentials, employment, mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, academic, vocational education, and family assistance.