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The Abstract
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> Edited by Torie Ludwin, Arnold Ventures (AV)
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Editor's note: The Abstract will resume in January after a short winter's nap. Happy holidays.
At Arnold Ventures, we work to maximize opportunity and minimize injustice through evidence-based policy solutions. Over the course of the year, voters chose public safety, more housing, and more for themselves and their communities. Here are some of the big state and federal advancements across the country.
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Innovations in
Reentry and Incarceration
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Earlier this year, researchers and practitioners met at the University of California, Irvine to discuss new ideas and projects related to the goal of reducing incarceration and improving reentry. The “Innovation Day,” part of a new series of events supported by AV, considered alternative forms of incarceration, supportive housing, new prison data infrastructure, and training legal actors on new state laws. The event allowed researchers and criminal justice system actors such as policymakers, judges, and law enforcement, to connect and learn from each other's experiences.
Read our Q&A with Emily Owens about this “Innovation Day”>
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Criminal Justice
- Arkansas’ corrections system is experiencing significant understaffing and turnover, according to Axios. This is impacting the health and wellbeing of staff and incarcerated people alike and is complicating the state’s plans to open a new facility.
- In a Governing story about the potential impact of President-elect Trump’s second term on criminal justice policy, AV’s Vice President of Criminal Justice Advocacy Kevin Ring suggests that while crime is down nationally, the political appetite for policy changes may hinge on people’s perceptions of disorder and safety locally.
- Forbes reports on how President Biden has granted clemency to nearly 1,500 formerly incarcerated people who were placed on home confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic and who have demonstrated a commitment to rehabilitation and reintegration into their communities.
Health Care
- Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) looked at New York legislation S.9952 that would require health care providers to bill no more than 150% of what Medicare would pay for a defined set of outpatient services. If enacted, this would be the first detailed state-level site neutral payment proposal for the commercial market and would generate savings for commercial insurers, employers, and consumers.
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) hosted an event with Politico on site-neutral payment reform featuring a conversation with Senator Hassan (D-NH) and Senator Cassidy (R-LA). The event was covered in Politico Pulse.
- Brown University released its interactive Hospital Payment Cap Simulator, which estimates savings associated with reference pricing policies in state employee health plans. The tool also shows the impact on commercial hospital operating margins.
Higher Education
- A report from the Brookings Institute explores the impact of financial and non-financial supports on college access, persistence, and completion for underserved students.
- The Urban Institute’s Jason Delisle and Jason Cohn evaluate post-college earnings, examining the variation in earnings growth across different fields of study to provide insights for higher education policy.
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On April 18-19, 2025, the University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs will host the Texas Economics of Crime Workshop. This workshop brings scholars together to discuss cutting-edge research from the economics of crime field. It will include presentations of working papers related to criminal behavior and the criminal justice system.
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- In the spirit of the holidays, watch The 12 Minutes of Holiday Movies, mashed together like a string of lights the day after Thanksgiving, or speaking of mashed, hear the a cappella group Straight No Chaser sing an unconventional "Twelve Days of Christmas."
- Another classic? Adam Sandler's Hanukkah song.
- In The Atlantic, John Hendrickson combs through the archives for apt meditations on the winter solstice, happening tomorrow, when the days will become longer again. (free link)
- Due to somewhat squiggly time zone and international date lines in the Pacific Ocean, the first place to celebrate the New Year is Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island, just south of Hawaii.
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