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ContributorsMcFadden, Erica Skogebo (Contributor) / Fisher, Kim W. (Contributor) / Eun Lee, Sang (Contributor) / Kovacs, Melissa (Contributor) / Barajas, Maria (Contributor) / Morrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor) / Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (Contributor)
Created2016-01-01
DescriptionCommissioned by the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, Morrison Institute for Public Policy recently completed a year-long comprehensive state review of services, strengths, barriers, and unmet needs for people with developmental disabilities (DD) and their families.
ContributorsMcFadden, Erica S. (Contributor) / Daughtery, David (Contributor) / Gastil, John (Contributor) / Knobloch, Katherine (Contributor) / Schugurensky, Daniel (Contributor) / Garcia, Joseph (Contributor) / Haque, Avanti (Contributor) / Morrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor)
Created2015-12-01
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In September 2014 ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy conducted the state’s first Citizens Initiative Review (CIR). MI invited 20 participants to deliberate for 3½ days over a pension reform measure on the city ballot to develop a factually vetted, one-page Citizens’ Statement with the pros and cons of the initiative. The goal of the CIR is to help other voters make a more informed decision on specific initiatives before going to the ballot box. This report, funded by the Kettering Foundation, analyzes CIR participant interviews conducted six weeks and six months later to show how values, beliefs, and behaviors towards democratic habits, public action, and community engagement may have been changed through their involvement, if at all. The report concludes with lessons learned and the contributions of the CIR to creating a more democratic Arizona.
ContributorsMacFadden, Erica (Contributor) / Daughtery, David (Contributor) / Hedberg, Eric (Contributor) / Garcia, Joseph (Contributor) / Morrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor)
Created2015-10-01
DescriptionThe Citizens Clean Elections Commission and Morrison Institute for Public Policy look at the Independant Voter.
ContributorsQuintana, Erica (Contributor) / Sun, Jade (Contributor) / Morrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor)
Created2017-05-01
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In this second in a series of briefs on Arizona’s child welfare system, Morrison Institute for Public Policy examines the issue of prevention and ways of mitigating a family’s risk factors so the situation doesn’t drift into child abuse or neglect. Funded by the Arizona Community Foundation, "Spotlight on Arizona’s Kids" is intended to help state leaders, child advocates and others develop the most effective child welfare policies.
ContributorsHunting, Dan (Contributor) / Reilly, Thom (Contributor) / Whitsett, Andrea (Contributor) / Briggs, Samantha (Contributor) / Garcia, Joseph (Contributor) / Hart, Bill (Contributor) / Morrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor)
Created2017-05-01
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Arizona teacher recruitment, retention and pay are at crisis levels with more teachers leaving the profession annually than bachelor of education degrees produced by the three universities, compounded by an exodus of instructors for reasons ranging from retirement to poor salaries. Those are just some of the data points and facts in the Morrison Institute for Public Policy report, Finding & Keeping Educators for Arizona’s Classrooms. The report includes extensive data provided by the Arizona Department of Education, as well as federal data on labor markets and educational statistics and Morrison Institute’s exclusive survey of teachers from throughout Arizona. MI Senior Policy Analyst Dan Hunting was the principal researcher.
ContributorsHedberg, Eric (Contributor) / Reilly, Thom (Contributor) / Daughtery, David (Contributor) / Garcia, Joseph (Contributor) / Morrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor)
Created2017-06-01
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Voters, Media & Social Networks presents new research suggesting that even with political polarization, connectivity through social networks – especially via independent voters, who are at ease interacting with both Republicans and Democrats – can provide an indirect moderation, if not expansion, of consumed media sources. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy study shows how social networks provide a conduit for communication shared between various voters regarding elements of news and issues that otherwise might have been omitted or ignored by their individual media of choice. The report, funded by Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission, included findings from a pre-election statewide poll of registered voters and post-election focus groups.
ContributorsMorrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor) / Crocknite News (Contributor)
Created2017-04-01
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The prevalence of prescription opioid abuse and addiction in Arizona is widespread, according to a major statewide poll released by Arizona State University today.
The Morrison-Cronkite News Poll: Arizonans' Opinions on Opioids and Addiction found four in 10 Arizona adults (41.8 percent) know someone who has been addicted to prescription painkillers. The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
The poll - a joint project between ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Cronkite News, the news division of Arizona PBS - showed one in seven Arizona adults (14.4 percent) personally knows someone who has died from a prescription painkiller overdose. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 78 people die every day from opioid-related overdoses in the U.S.
"Our polls continue to add key insight and data on important and complex issues facing the state and nation including in this case, opioid availability, abuse and addiction," said Thom Reilly, director of Morrison Institute for Public Policy. "The findings show how widespread this epidemic manifests itself across a variety and multiple demographics. Poll results should help policymakers, medical professionals, community groups and the public better address this serious problem through improved awareness, policies and practices."
ContributorsHart, Bill (Contributor) / L. Smith, Kendra (Contributor) / Morrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor)
Created2017-03-01
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In Arizona, homeless youth form a highly needy but largely overlooked population of young men and women especially vulnerable to assault, theft, injury, illness and sexual exploitation. Many have fled abusive homes; others have “aged-out” of foster care. All are exposed to turmoil and trauma that have both short and long term impacts. In the short term, homelessness can affect brain development at an especially critical time in youths’ lives; further, their basic need to survive can promote involvement in begging, stealing, and risky sexual behavior, which bring heightened risks for problems such as drug addition, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections. In the long term, homeless youth can become chronically homelessness adults. This can deprive society of stable, healthy adults ready to take their places as citizens, parents, taxpayers and workers. This report offers a brief account of rese
ContributorsHart, Bill (Contributor) / Morrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor)
Created2017-01-01
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If a person cannot afford to post bail, he/she stays in jail until trial, which can be costly to all sides.
Courts use this method under the premise that it helps ensure that defendants will return to court for trial. It’s been standard practice for years. But some scholars and practitioners are faulting this “money bail” system for unfairly keeping low-income, low-risk defendants incarcerated solely because they cannot afford even small bail amounts or to pay minor fines and fees.
The Arizona Supreme Court’s Task Force on Fair Justice for All was formed last year and calls for fundamental changes to the traditional system of determining pretrial release or detention. The changes, they say, are rooted in evidence-based practices that more reliably assess suspects’ likely behavior while preserving or enhancing public safety.
Apparently, most Arizonans agree. A statewide opinion poll** conducted in November/December 2016 found strong majorities of respondents favoring change.
ContributorsMcFadden, Erica S. (Contributor) / Morrison Institute of Public Policy (Contributor)
Created2016-01-01
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Arizona has one of the nation’s highest rates of people with I/DD living with caregivers aged 60-plus. And with almost one in five Arizonans 60 years old and older, we wanted to know how – and if – these growing numbers of lifetime caregiving families and aging adults with I/DD were planning ahead. The recent report “Time for a Plan: The Urgency for Families of Older Adults with Individual and Developmental Disabilities, shares what we learned from 40 adults with I/DD ages 40 and older and their family caregivers. Commissioned by the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, the study included focus groups conducted across Arizona with families involved in different stages of the planning process.