![68327-Thumbnail Image.png](https://d1rbsgppyrdqq4.cloudfront.net/prism/s3fs-public/2021-06-09/68327-Thumbnail%20Image.png?VersionId=8C7.C8n.jF2OB5Haa8ruEJ2JouPnC.Kr)
Arizona’s vulnerable populations are struggling on a daily basis but usually do so in silence, undetected by traditional radar and rankings, often unaware themselves of their high risk for being pushed or pulled into full crisis. Ineligible for financial assistance under strict eligibility guidelines, they don’t qualify as poor because vulnerable populations are not yet in full crisis. To be clear, this report is not about the “poor,” at least not in the limited sense of the word. It is about our underemployed wage earners, our single-parent households, our deployed or returning military members, our under-educated and unskilled workforce, our debt-ridden neighbors, our uninsured friends, our family members with no savings for an emergency, much less retirement.
![68336-Thumbnail Image.png](https://d1rbsgppyrdqq4.cloudfront.net/prism/s3fs-public/2021-06-09/68336-Thumbnail%20Image.png?VersionId=o3gQi.8L72JoHOdxp_YLMvo.NwvChErt)
This Morrison Institute report, sponsored by the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, examines the obstacles and daily challenges still facing many Arizonans with developmental disabilities -- especially those who live in small cities and towns.
![68363-Thumbnail Image.png](https://d1rbsgppyrdqq4.cloudfront.net/prism/s3fs-public/2021-06-09/68363-Thumbnail%20Image.png?VersionId=gp9IIzrOHnml08JLSC0mnGbAFTcS12Zn)
This follow-up to the 2001 landmark report, "Five Shoes Waiting to Drop on Arizona's Future," focuses on the projected future of the state if Arizona fails to address its Latino educational attainment gap. The publication is more of an economic impact statement than an education report, with indicators pointing out consequences and contributions, depending on action or inaction in closing the gap of Arizona's future workforce.
![68417-Thumbnail Image.png](https://d1rbsgppyrdqq4.cloudfront.net/prism/s3fs-public/2021-06-09/68417-Thumbnail%20Image.png?VersionId=nVpNulpmyTWD7pDjeqnoNGaW.iwNL9YP)
“What about the water?” was one of the questions Morrison Institute for Public Policy asked in its 2008 study, "Megapolitan: Arizona’s Sun Corridor". That report looked at the potential growth of the Sun Corridor as Tucson and Phoenix merge into one continuous area for economic and demographic purposes.
With its brief review of the water situation in urban Arizona, "Megapolitan" left a number of questions unanswered. This report will consider questions like these in more detail in order to examine the Sun Corridor’s water future. This topic has received less sophisticated public discussion than might be expected in a desert state. Arizona’s professional water managers feel they are relatively well prepared for the future and would like to be left alone to do their job. Elected officials and economic-development professionals have sometimes avoided discussing water for fear of reinforcing a negative view of Arizona. This report seeks to contribute to this understanding, and to a more open and informed conversation about the relationship of water and future growth.
This report examines community concerns and challenges related to extreme heat during a typical year and during the COVID-19 pandemic. It considers which policies have helped address these concerns and challenges and identifies potential opportunities to further support community members with the challenge of extreme heat. The report focuses specifically on American Indian and Latino/a community members, given their disproportionate risk of experiencing detrimental impacts of extreme heat and overlapping risk factors for negative outcomes of COVID-19.