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Immigrant Student National Position Paper: Executive Summary

January 9, 2019

The project seeks to better understand challenges and obstacles faced by undocumented students at Jesuit universities and ways of eliminating those barriers.  This project was done in collaboration with Fairfield University, Santa Clara University and Loyola University Chicago.

Status of Girls in Illinois: Executive Summary

January 2, 2019

CURL formed a partnership with Women and Girls' Collective Action Network and Chicago Girls' Coalition to conduct a secondary data analysis to determine how young women and girls are faring in Illinois. This project aims to provide statistical evidence that will inform on the issues, needs, and solutions required to ensure the healthy development of all young women and girls in Illinois.

Status of Young Women & Girls in Illinois: National Survey of Children’s Health  Children With Special Health Care  Needs

January 2, 2019

CURL formed a partnership with Women and Girls' Collective Action Network and Chicago Girls' Coalition to conduct a secondary data analysis to determine how young women and girls are faring in Illinois. This project aims to provide statistical evidence that will inform on the issues, needs, and solutions required to ensure the healthy development of all young women and girls in Illinois.

Scaling Up to Increase Community-Based Organization Voice

August 17, 2015

In the initial phase of a case study of the merger of two already-effective decades-old community-based organizing groups in Chicago, we examine the extent to which the"scaling up"new organization is increasing its power at neighborhood-wide, citywide, regional, statewide, and nationwide levels. The combined geographic based of the new organization covers ten community areas containing 600,000 residents. At the same time, the organization has redoubled efforts to maintain strong grassroots member involvement in internal organizational deliberation and setting organizational priorities. The previous organizations had a history of working on a broad range of issues of importance to equity and the quality of life in local communities. These have included work on public education, affordable housing, mental health justice, violence reduction, mass incarceration, homeless and LGBT youth issues, youth engagement, as well as a stronger voice for the entire community in political decision making. Using more than 30 interviews with old and new organization staff and members along with observation of the new organization's councils, issue teams, and community actions over the past year, we determine the dimensions of power that leaders and members identify as being affected by the scaling up. As the larger project progresses, these dimensions will be used in measuring the impact of the merger on its power and influence. Both organizations had been known for both their confrontational tactics and effective coalition building. We use a community-based participatory research approach in examining the organization which seeks to promote equity in racially, ethnically, and economically diverse communities on Chicago's northside.

An Evaluation of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office Deferred Prosecution Program

July 17, 2015

This project funded by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) was a process and outcome evaluation of the Cook County State's Attorney's Deferred Prosecution Program.The topics of evidence-based programming and diversion programming are areas of continued interest with the criminal justice system in Illinois. This evaluation assisted in guiding ICJIA policy and practices and was conducted by an interdisciplinary team from CURL, Criminology and Social Work at Loyola University Chicago.

Take a Chance on Me: A Review of the Milwaukee County Security Deposit Assistance Program

January 15, 2015

This report examined a security deposit assistance program in Milwaukee that uses the incentive to encourage low-income residents to move to higher opportunity, lower poverty neighborhoods. Funded by the Washington DC-based Poverty Race Research Action Council, CURL partnered with the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council in completing this project.In January 2015, the report was published in the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) Civil Rights Research journal. The report provides evidence that security deposit incentives do help in encouraging low-income families to move to new mixed-income communities providing greater educational, employment, and quality of life opportunities.

Immigrant Student National Position Paper Report on Findings

January 1, 2013

The project seeks to better understand challenges and obstacles faced by undocumented students at Jesuit universities and ways of eliminating those barriers.  This project was done in collaboration with Fairfield University, Santa Clara University and Loyola University Chicago.

Using Homeless Youth Evaluation Findings in Community Planning

November 13, 2012

Working with various social service agencies that provide homelessness services, the research team evaluated the programs and models that have been put into place under the Chicago 10 year Plan to end Homelessness and provide data to make necessary mid-course corrections and improve implementation going forward. The four key components of the project are a qualitative study of homeless clients, a longitudinal client survey, a homeless service agency survey, and a service inventory.

Evaluation of Chicago's Plan to End Homelessness: Youth Component Presentation

November 13, 2012

Working with various social service agencies that provide homelessness services, the research team evaluated the programs and models that have been put into place under the Chicago 10 year Plan to end Homelessness and provide data to make necessary mid-course corrections and improve implementation going forward. The four key components of the project are a qualitative study of homeless clients, a longitudinal client survey, a homeless service agency survey, and a service inventory.

Provider Survey Results: A Preliminary Evaluation of Chicago’s Plan to End Homelessness

July 3, 2012

Working with various social service agencies that provide homelessness services, the research team evaluated the programs and models that have been put into place under the Chicago 10 year Plan to end Homelessness and provide data to make necessary mid-course corrections and improve implementation going forward. The four key components of the project are a qualitative study of homeless clients, a longitudinal client survey, a homeless service agency survey, and a service inventory.

Evaluation of Chicago’s Plan to End Homelessness: Youth Component

June 30, 2012

Working with various social service agencies that provide homelessness services, the research team evaluated the programs and models that have been put into place under the Chicago 10 year Plan to end Homelessness and provide data to make necessary mid-course corrections and improve implementation going forward. The four key components of the project are a qualitative study of homeless clients, a longitudinal client survey, a homeless service agency survey, and a service inventory.

Evaluation of the Homelessness Prevention Call Center: Presentation

January 10, 2012

CURL and Catholic Charities' research team conducted a process evaluation of the Catholic Charities Homelessness Prevention Call Center's daily operations, the experience of callers through the Call Center system, the efficiency level of Call Center policies, and system best practices. This evaluation will inform future Call Center planning and programming. Community partners include the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness and the Chicago Continuum of Care along with the City of Chicago's 311 service.