Principal Investigators: | Greg Cumpton, PhD |
Sponsor: | Texas Workforce Commission |
Project Duration: | May 2023 – December 2026 |
Description: | Pursuant to the Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) duties under Government Code, Chapter 2308A (enacted in House Bill 3767, 87th Legislature), the TWC has entered a partnership with the Ray Marshall Center (RMC) to implement its duty to establish a self-sufficiency wage for each Texas county. RMC will study Texas family compositions and suggest improvements, and study current labor market conditions and how it relates to the Self-Sufficiency Wage. |
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AT Home Initiative Evaluation
Principal Investigators: | Greg Cumpton, PhD |
Sponsor: | Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) |
Project Duration: | March 2023 – December 2027 |
Description: | In coordination with ECHO, the Ray Marshall Center (RMC) will execute the planning and preparation needed to conduct the evaluation of the AT Home Initiative. |
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Child Care Market Rate/Cost of Quality Studies
Principal Investigators: | Daniel G. Schroeder, PhD (Principal Investigator) – Ray Marshall Center Monica Faulkner (Principal Investigator), Laura Marra (Co-Principal Investigator) – Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing |
Sponsor: | Texas Workforce Commission |
Project Duration: | July 2022 – June 2025 |
Description: | Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin will provide services in order to complete two annual studies for the Texas Workforce Commission. The Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work will manage data collection from child care providers. The Ray Marshall Center at the LBJ School of Public Affairs manages the data analysis and reporting.
The purpose of the Child Care Market Rate Study is to create statistical summaries of market rates for child care for the entire state of Texas and for each of the 28 Local Workforce Development Areas. The purpose of the Cost of Quality Study is to understand the cost of providing quality child care in the state of Texas. The purpose is to provide estimates of how much more additional funding, in terms of daily rates, should be paid to providers who meet quality standards to care for children, relative to how much providers who meet minimal standards are paid. |
Reports Available: | The reports for this project are published through the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing at the University of Texas at Austin’s Steve Hicks School of Social Work. The following reports are available on their website.
2023 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey |
Nuru Ethiopia, Nuru Kenya, and Nuru Nigeria Impact
Principal Investigator: | Heath J. Prince, PhD |
Sponsor: | Nuru |
Project Duration: | April 2021 – February 2025 |
Description: | The Ray Marshall Center will assist Nuru International’s M&E team with analyzing and reporting Nuru Ethiopia, Nuru Kenya, and Nuru Nigeria’s impact. |
Reports Available: | Nuru Ethiopia 2023 Impact Report Authors: Heath Prince and Thomas Boswell (Ray Marshall Center); Tatek Amataw (Nuru Ethiopia); and Casey Harrison, Matt Lineal, Ian Schwenke, and Bethany Ibrahim (Nuru) Date: October 2024 Publication Type: Report, 26 pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru. Nuru Burkina Faso 2023 Impact Report 2023 Nuru Kenya 2023 Dairy Impact Brief Nuru Nigeria 2023 Endline Impact Report Nuru Ethiopia 2022 Impact Report Nuru Kenya 2022 Dairy Report Nuru Ethiopia 2021 Impact Report Nuru Nigeria 2022 Short-Term Impacts Nuru Nigeria: 2021 Midpoint Impact Report 2019 Nuru Nigeria Baseline Report |
Data Linkage for Padua™ Project Evaluation
Principal Investigator: | Ashweeta Patnaik, MPH |
Sponsor: | Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, University of Notre Dame |
Project Duration: | April 2018 – December 2024 |
Description: | The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame is examining the impact of an innovative comprehensive case management program, the Padua™ Program, created by Catholic Charities Fort Worth (CCFW). The program is designed to permanently lift people out of poverty. It addresses the fact that the disadvantaged face complex, multifaceted, and interrelated challenges by offering a new approach that considers the whole person and his or her environment by providing (a) detailed needs assessment, (b) wrap-around case management, and (c) financial resources. LEO is conducting a study to examine through a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluation whether this innovative intervention improves the well-being of low-income individuals.
The Ray Marshall Center (RMC) is supporting LEO in its research by linking data on Padua™ program participants to administrative data on employment, wages, TANF participation, and SNAP participation. RMC will help LEO evaluate the impact of assignment to the Padua™ intervention on TANF and SNAP participation, as well as on employment and earnings. |
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