Children, Families, and Communities

Homeless Populations
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Access to Mobile Technology Could Help to Alleviate LA's Homelessness Crisis
Sarah B. Hunter, Rajeev Ramchand, Benjamin Henwood
Sep 16, 2020
The RAND Blog
The vast majority of people experiencing homelessness have cell phones, which can often serve as lifelines. Exploring opportunities that provide technological supports to our most vulnerable could result in better service access and ultimately, better quality of life and outcomes.
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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PTSD and Substance Use Disorders Are a Vicious Cycle for Veterans
Michael Richardson, Roger Brooks, Eric R. Pedersen @ericrpedersen, Terri Tanielian @TerriTanielian
Sep 15, 2020
Military.com
It is not uncommon to see a co-occurrence of PTSD and heavy use of substances, which can rise to the level of a substance use disorder. It may be necessary to challenge how the needs of veterans are addressed to remove barriers to care that make treating these co-occurring disorders simultaneously so difficult.
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Social and Emotional Learning
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Learning from School Leaders About SEL During a Time of Crisis
Laura S. Hamilton @HamiltonLauraS, Kai Fierle-Hedrick
Sep 4, 2020
The RAND Blog
It would be easy for social and emotional learning to fall by the wayside as school leaders work to address students' health, safety, and learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. Policymakers and funders should take seriously the perspectives and concerns that school leaders have shared.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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The Evidence on Kids and COVID-19, China's Use of Big Data, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 4, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on what we know (and what we don't) about kids and COVID-19, how China is using big data, the future of telemedicine, and more.
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Organizational Leadership Development
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Pardee RAND's Faculty Leaders Program: Shaping the Future of Public Policy
Sep 3, 2020
To be effective, public policy needs to reflect the aspirations, lives, and perspectives of the people it serves. The Pardee RAND Graduate School seeks to build diversity in public policy by engaging faculty leaders from U.S. colleges and universities committed to serving students of color.
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Telemedicine
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What Telemedicine Needs to Succeed Beyond COVID-19
Sep 2, 2020
Virtual doctor visits have become part of the new normal. Since the first COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, Medicare and other payers have relaxed their rules to make it easier for patients to connect to care. But without permanent policy changes, physicians may not continue telemedicine services.
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Lebanon
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Addressing Lebanon's Ailments, Acute and Chronic
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_, Louay Constant @LouayConstant
Sep 1, 2020
RealClearWorld
The recent explosion in Beirut has again led to calls for political and economic reforms in Lebanon. The country has an economy in crisis, corruption, few job opportunities, and an influx of 1.5 million Syrian refugees. Sustained global investment is needed if Lebanon is to recover over the long run.
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Epidemiology
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Do Children Really Transmit COVID-19 Less Than Adults? The Evidence Is Questionable
Laura F. Garabedian, Rebecca Lee Haffajee
Aug 31, 2020
USA Today
The theory that children are unlikely to contract or spread COVID-19 may feel reassuring, but it's based on flawed science. Until more is known, adopting aggressive strategies to limit viral spread in schools is the best way to keep students and teachers safe.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Voting in a Pandemic, the U.S. Postal Service, Defunding the Police: RAND Weekly Recap
Aug 28, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on Americans' views about voting in the age of COVID-19, what makes the U.S. Postal Service so essential, why some in law enforcement may be open to “defunding the police,” and more.
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Educational Institutions
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To Reopen Schools Safely, Prepare for New COVID-19 Test Capabilities
Peter S. Hussey, John J. Rydzewski
Aug 28, 2020
The RAND Blog
Safely reopening K–12 schools for in-person instruction requires complicated protocols ranging from symptom monitoring to physical distancing, as well as containment of transmission in the community. State policymakers and school leaders could begin planning now to draft, pilot, and evaluate protocols for reopening schools that incorporate rapid testing.
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Educational Facilities
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Engaging Learning Spaces Are Important, Even During a Pandemic
Elizabeth D. Steiner @ED_Steiner
Aug 18, 2020
The RAND Blog
While considering new uses for and formations of school space, planners might also consider whether these spaces will be conducive to learning. Research links the physical condition of learning spaces to improved student physical health and academic performance.
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Racial Equity
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L.A.'s High Unemployment, RAND's New Research Center, Twitter: RAND Weekly Recap
Aug 14, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on unemployment in the Los Angeles area, the new RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy, food consumption in the UK, and more.
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Incarceration
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Elevating Equity in Los Angeles Juvenile and Criminal Justice Reform
Margaret Chamberlin, Stephanie Brooks Holliday
Aug 12, 2020
The RAND Blog
At age 13, Black children are placed in juvenile detention at nearly 3.5 times the rate of white children. By age 17, that ratio increases to 4.5 to 1. And the trend continues into adulthood. Without ongoing attention and deliberate policies and programs, injustices are likely to persist.
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Employment and Unemployment
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L.A. Has the Nation's Highest Unemployment. For Some Groups, It's Even Worse Than That.
Jason Michael Ward
Aug 6, 2020
The RAND Blog
Los Angeles and its neighboring counties are among the areas hardest hit by the COVID-19 recession. The shockingly high average unemployment rates only tell part of the story, however. For the poor and some racial and ethnic groups, the jobs picture is far worse.
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China
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China in 2050, Using Mobile Tools to Track COVID-19, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 31, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on the future of U.S.-China competition, privacy concerns surrounding mobile tools used to track COVID-19, how telemedicine can help patients access specialized care, and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Reopenining Schools, Affordable Housing, Unemployment: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 24, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on the debate about reopening schools, how a decline in commercial real estate demand could help address the housing crisis, challenges facing the U.S. unemployment system, and more.
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Children, Families, and Communities

Access to Mobile Technology Could Help to Alleviate LA's Homelessness Crisis

PTSD and Substance Use Disorders Are a Vicious Cycle for Veterans

Learning from School Leaders About SEL During a Time of Crisis

The Evidence on Kids and COVID-19, China's Use of Big Data, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap

Pardee RAND's Faculty Leaders Program: Shaping the Future of Public Policy

What Telemedicine Needs to Succeed Beyond COVID-19

Addressing Lebanon's Ailments, Acute and Chronic

Do Children Really Transmit COVID-19 Less Than Adults? The Evidence Is Questionable

Voting in a Pandemic, the U.S. Postal Service, Defunding the Police: RAND Weekly Recap

To Reopen Schools Safely, Prepare for New COVID-19 Test Capabilities

Engaging Learning Spaces Are Important, Even During a Pandemic

L.A.'s High Unemployment, RAND's New Research Center, Twitter: RAND Weekly Recap

Elevating Equity in Los Angeles Juvenile and Criminal Justice Reform

L.A. Has the Nation's Highest Unemployment. For Some Groups, It's Even Worse Than That.

China in 2050, Using Mobile Tools to Track COVID-19, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap

Reopenining Schools, Affordable Housing, Unemployment: RAND Weekly Recap

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