⏺️ HAPPENING TODAY at 1 pm ET: Join and for a live discussion on the comprehensive approaches we must take to unravel the perverse financial incentives that are keeping prison populations high. #RethinkJails
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Principal policy associate at the Urban Institute, interested in innovative social financing models and forensic science policy. Delco native.
Joined March 2012
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Bryan Boroughs, together w/ Janis Dubno, Managing Director, Impact Finance of & Simone Gross of , announce the launch of the Hello Family Pay for Success project at the Sorenson Impact Summit.
ICS team at the summit in Park City, Utah.
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“They helped me stay in the community, stay with my family and take care of my kids,” said George Harris after going to the Tap In Center. “I could have been locked up on that warrant.” #RethinkJails
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Important read this month, how our Just Home Project aims to break the jail-to-homelessness cycle. 🏠❤️
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Attention forensic lab professionals! Check out this brand-new best practice guide with 67 recommendations for improving efficiency and productivity: ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/ #ForensicLab
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homelessness can lead people to jail, and barriers to affordable housing for formerly incarcerated people can lead them to homelessness, and then homelessness can lead them to jail again.
story on a new effort to break the cycle:
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🏘 So proud to launch the Just Home Project, a new effort designed to advance community-driven efforts to break the link between housing instability and incarceration. #RethinkJails
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.@KellyACWalsh: "Homelessness, housing insecurity and participation in the criminal justice system are just simply deeply intertwined, in part because of the criminalization of homelessness itself." (via @sarahsholder) urbn.is/3LnaHr3
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New today, alongside , we’re launching the Just Home Project, a program designed to help break the links between housing instability and jail incarceration. 🏠❤️
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Tulsa has been selected to participate in the “Just Home Project” – a national program designed to break the link between housing instability and incarceration. TAEO is proud to receive a grant and technical assistance from for these efforts!
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For the forensic scientists in the twitterverse, please consider helping Captain Schiro with her important doctoral research on “Prevalence of PTSD in Forensic Science Professionals”. uindy.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1N
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This new guidance from and encourages streamlining the process for emergency rental assistance, including self-attestation, is critical given the supreme courts recent ruling.
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How the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond is helping city residents break the homelessness-jail cycle: urbn.is/3y7diz8 On 7/15, join us, , & other experts & service providers to learn more. #LiveAtUrban urbn.is/3AhgolU
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Emergency rental assistance needs to get to people faster. Much faster. According to Treasury data, from May 1 to 31, states and localities served an average 5,153 households per day (159,754 total).
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We're hiring a senior researcher working at the intersections of homelessness, criminal justice, and health. Please spread the word and apply! urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca
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The racist legacy of local practices is why pronounced racial disparities in the justice system & homelessness rates exist today
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. announced that the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Cluster’s Office of Criminal Justice was awarded funds, including from , to advance racial equity in the #CJsystem and safely reduce the local jail population. #RethinkJails
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On 4/15, tune in live as my colleague & I explore the intersection of criminal justice reform & affordable housing at ’s #AtlanticStateofRace event. Register here:
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Job alert! If you see stable, affordable housing as the foundation for upward mobility… if you care about making research actionable… if you’re committed to racial equity and housing justice… Come join Urban and our HousingMatters.urban.org team! urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca
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Through and ’s Social Impact Partnership Project, NYSERDA will provide #EnergyEfficiency job training for NYers who are:
✔ Long-term unemployed
✔ Low-wage workers
✔ Youth ages 16-24
+ will evaluate training effectiveness.
➡ bit.ly/3vR4fSM
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What’s needed for a #justtransition in coal country? For a start, “learn to code” won’t cut it. Pleased to share my latest on how energy transition planners can center communities most impacted by the loss of coal in decarbonization planning urban.org/urban-wire/lea #energytwitter
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As we close on the topic of arson-
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There is no way I can understand executions except as the last of a long string of horrific failures. This federal administration's rush to kill people in its waning days is an utter disgrace.
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Every Wednesday evening, I man the phone lines as a volunteer for the Alexandria Eviction Prevention Partnership, run by ALIVE, Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance, and The Lazarus Ministry. Last night was the absolute worst --
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NSF is asking for comments on what should be in the agency learning agenda. This is the only agency to make a formal, public request in the Federal Register since the #EvidenceAct became law. Thanks to the NSF team for supporting stakeholder engagement! public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-22141.pdf
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Interested in CJ reform and forensics? Check out this 10/1 virtual event from and FYI:
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Join us and @HoustonForensic on Oct 1 for a conversation among crime scene, evidence, and crime lab experts on these and other questions, as we seek to improve a process that impacts everyone. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3iBwM7U
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“There’s a whole system failure," Bluestine said. "And unless you start to acknowledge that these cases involve system failures, we’re not going to fix it.”
QC Asst Director on reducing systemic error in the criminal justice system:
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*Internal screaming*
Every reputable and credible forensic pathologist and toxicologist has issues with this "reporting."
A thread, as the kids say.
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BOMBSHELL: Document filed today shows the Hennepin County Medical Examiner concluded that George Floyd had fatal levels of Fetanyl in his system and his death would have been ruled an overdose under normal circumstances
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External stories about the Electric City often depict it in ways that focus primarily on its past and fail to highlight its communities of color, new and longstanding. As AVP for Community/Govt said, “I think that the way the city’s story is told is just not complete."
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ICYMI: White and old no more. Forget everything you think you know about Scranton
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If you live in Fairfax County and you got this in the mail, DO NOT use the enclosed return envelope. It's addressed to the wrong registrar. However, you can apply to vote securely online in less than 60 seconds using my website at scottsurovell.org/vote
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“New York City’s public housing residents face great risk from COVID-19. More federal investment can help keep them safe.” I encourage you to read this Op-Ed from my colleagues and Abby Boshart.
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To be human in a pandemic – A thread
Over the past 48 hours I heard from numerous clients, colleagues, and friends sharing similar messages of fatigue, stress, and burnout. “You don’t need to respond Sarah, I just need to share this…” is how many of those messages started. 1/
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Paraphrasing here FBI chief of biometrics... “Mostly it’s Americans committing crimes against Americans... best way to solve these crimes is through fingerprints” #aafs2020 Maybe what he means is not amassing DNA from migrant detainees
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Forensic lab, PD, Health Dept and advocates collectively present on an emerging public health issue. Curious how common this is. #forensics
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Important announcement at 11 a.m. today from @HoustonForensic @houstonpolice @HoustonHealth and @MADDOnline in Southeast Texas about the scope and scale of Houston's PCP problem #hounews #impaireddriving
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Had a chance to visit the D.C. Jail today for a story on the Young Men Emerging program, where older inmates (pictured here) serve as mentors to younger inmates who will likely get out at some point. Lots of inspiring stories and people here.
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What are the different methods📈📊that can be used to conduct impact evaluations? What assumptions must hold true for each to be valid?
In a comprehensive table, we describe each method and outline the assumptions that must hold true✅.
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