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Special Collections: Kennedy School Policy Analysis Exercises (PAEs)

Each year, graduating students in the Masters of Public Policy (MPP) program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government must complete a Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) in order to graduate. The PAE is the capstone of the MPP curriculum, an opportunity to apply and integrate the skills gained at the Kennedy School and a major enterprise for second-year students. The PAE is a professional product, usually around 40 pages in length, meant to clarify and address a practical policy or management problem for a real-world client.

The Rappaport Institute Internet site strives to provide a complete overview of PAE reports that address public policy issues in Greater Boston and Massachusetts. These reports can be examined at the library at the Kennedy School of Government. Over time, the Institute will post the complete texts of the best PAEs relating to issues in Greater Boston and Massachusetts.

Greater Boston PAEs

Management and Governance
Capital and Environmental Services
Community and Economic Development
Protective Services and Criminal Justice Issues
Education
Health and Social Services
Workforce Development
Finance
Media
Program Evaluation
Housing Issues
Transportation Issues

Management and Governance

Accessing the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Planning Process using the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 / Lorie Magee
Action plan: Introducing competition into Boston Municipal Service Delivery / Jacqueline La Poche
Balancing universal service provision with economic impact: Should the Massachusetts Manufacturing Partnership provide manufacturing extension services to "microfirms"? /Peter A. Hatch
Building a Learning Organization: A case study of the continuous quality improvement initiative at the Massachusetts Department of Social Services/Una Kim
The Consumer Affairs ADR initiative: Using alternative dispute resolutions to reform Massachusetts' regulatory infrastructure / Boaz Yavnai
Contracting out for city services in Boston: Does it make sense? / Anne Whitlock
Cost effectiveness and pricing strategies in the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office / Trevor Taylor, Mark Brimhall-Vargas
Dealing with challenges to the Massachusetts Burma Law: Bringing the Burma Law into compliance with the Government Procurement Agreement / Nguyen A. Huynh
Design Review in Cambridge, MA / Johanna Wohlin
The effect of privatization of government services in the North Shore: Is a living wage ordinance a solution? / Helen Chang
Effective community participation in air rights development over the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Fenway/Kenmore area / Joyce Anagos
Enhancing Massachusetts and Hokkaido sister state relations / Masaru Satoh
Expanding business involvement in Cambridge's Career Pathways System / Jane Gilbert and Katie Brackenridge
Getting the Job Done Right: Improving Work/Life Balancing Policies at the City of Cambridge/ Catherine Dun Rappaport
Improving affirmative action efforts for Harvard University construction projects / Eli Kuo
Improving job matches: An employment strategy for the City of Chelsea, MA / Monisha Mittal, Ruth Roman
Increasing employer involvement in the Boston workforce development system / Andrew R. Faulkner and R. Hawley Truax
Innovative contractor selection methods: Alternatives to the traditional low bid in Massachusetts public construction / Daniel F. Runde and Yutaka Sunayama
Involving employees in public-sector innovation: Insights from Massachusetts/ Andrew R. Feldman
Management and the boards and commissions in the City of Cambridge / Daniel Rich
Managing organizational change in a quasi-public organization: Implementation of organizational reform at Massport with labor as a partner / Victoria Baecher and Emmanuel Bediako
The Massachusetts communications advantage: Expanding export opportunities in Argentina, Brazil and Chile / Manuel Gardiadiaz
The MBTA monthly pass program: Estimating the costs and evaluating the alternatives / Scoot Hamwey
Numbers that count: A study of how and why Boston should consider measuring and analyzing the cost per unit of city service / Steve Suo
Options for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to regulate environmental labeling claims / Maria S. Szymanski
Pay for termination of employment as a result of transfer of control of company / Yashmyn Jackson
Pricing strategies to gain efficiency and improve quality in the procurement of health and human services in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts / Allison C. Shutte
Prisoner reintegration in Massachusetts / Matthew N. Clausen
The privatization of wastewater treatment plants in New England: Ensuring environmental performance through municipal decision-making / Karen Anderson and Kristen Loerzel
The public benefits from tax-exempt industrial development bonds: The Massachusetts experience 1987-1992 / Pauline Abernathy, Abram Klein
Purchase of service contracting at the Massachusetts Department of Social Service : making the contracting decision and the potential for performance-based contracting / Marc J. Jones.
Realizing the benefits of electric utility deregulation in Massachusetts: An approach for a municipality / Ileana E. Garcia, Daniel Garcia-Diaz
Restoring effective local governance in Chelsea: Recommendations for charter reform / Susan Emery Hendrickson
Serving the City's departments: A discussion paper for Boston's office of budget and program evaluation / Eric Bode
A strategic plan for the Mayor's Office for Children and Families / Susan Yang Affolter
Streamlining business development in Boston: A programmatic and organizational analysis / Sean Kellogg Dealy and Dawn Elizabeth Norris
Strengthening the Dudley neighborhood retail sector / Beth Kressley and Jennifer Brown
Toward statewide unit pricing in Massachusetts: Influencing the policy cycle / Rodd W. Bender, Wyman W. Briggs, Diane E. Dewitt

Capital and Environmental Services

Allocating flexible funds from ISTEA: A project selection process for the Boston metropolitan region / Stephen M. Falber
An analysis of revenue per customer decoupling for electric utilities in Massachusetts / Pauline Cheung
Analysis of the MBTA's commuter rail / Keitaro Ishigami
Assessing the impact of expiring use properties on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts / C. Robert Springer
An assessment of a Massachusetts vehicle efficiency fee/rebate proposal / David A. Schnur
Challenges ahead: An analysis of the restructured electricity marketplace in Massachusetts/ Frank A. Micciche
Cleaning up: An analysis of unit-based pricing for solid waste management in the Town of Plymouth, Massachusetts / Stephanie Glazerman
Comparison of policies available to promote Massachusetts automotive battery recycling / Robert Huang
Enduring idea, elusive reality: How urban wilds are lost and saved in Boston / Rafael Mandelman
Enhancing Massachusetts' preparedness for bioterrorism: The importance of detection and mitigation / Gregory Koblentz
Evaluating the impacts of an expanded drop-off recycling center in Cambridge / Julie Murray
Financing energy conservation: Overcoming barriers to implementing the Massachusetts Clean State Initiative / Peter D. Fishman and Jesse Alan
GeoExchange technology in Massachusetts/ Kobi Crowder
Improving Massachusetts' telecommunications infrastructure / Eric Weiss
In our back yard? An evaluation of the reasons and methods available to Massachusetts to restrict imports of solid waste / Mark Pine
Introducing axle weight pricing into Massachusetts Turnpike / Takaaki Kobayashi
Is regional cooperation the best way to maximize efficiency of Boston's compositing operation? / Andrea L. Anglada
The mass transit-air quality link: Assessing the effectiveness of mass transit-based strategies for reducing ozone precursors in the Boston Metropolitan Area / David L. Antonioli
The Massachusetts Government Land Bank and the disposition of the state surplus property / D. Brian Lloyd
Minimizing the fallout over the outfall tunnel: A strategy for re-enfranching the Cape Codders into the Boston Harbor cleanup process / Andrew D. Kopplin
Options for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to regulate environmental labeling claims / Maria S. Szymanski
Outlook and opportunities for Boston's environmental industry / Soo Jin Kwon
Pardon? A new proposal for reducing noise at Boston Logan International Airport/ Stephen J. Frost
The privatization of wastewater treatment plants in New England: Ensuring environmental performance through municipal decision-making / Karen Anderson and Kristen Loerzel
Serving low-income residents in Massachusetts under electric industry restructuring / Romell Nandi
Siting criteria for hazardous waste facilities in Massachusetts: Evaluation and policy options / Christine Tien
Will limiting the parking supply reduce traffic congestion? An analysis of Boston's parking freeze policies / Lewison Lee Lem

Community and Economic Development

Access to affordable housing and the effect of court ordered program / 1996 bks
Accessing the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Planning Process using the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 / Lorie Magee
Addicted to growth? An analysis of Cambridge's reliance on development revenue and the implications for rezoning / Elizabeth J. Kelly
Allocating flexible funds from ISTEA: A project selection process for the Boston metropolitan region / Stephen M. Falbel
Assessing the impact of expiring use properties on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts / C. Robert Springer
The Boston Back Streets program: A policy for the preservation of Boston's industrial businesses and spaces/ Courtney Koslow
Boston economic development project, stage two: Uniting entrepreneurs with EEC business opportunities / Richard G. A. Forde
The brewery project: An analysis of the options for, and feasibility of a food processing incubator in Jamaica Plain / Linda Struyk
Building Communities with Success 6 / Michael A. Simon and Stephani Ratkin Becker
Building the Legacy: Ensuring Dispersed Economic Impact for the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston/ Shannon Roche
Building a Sustainable Integrated Workforce Development System for Greater Boston/ Angie Datta and Laura Siegel
The challenge of waterfront development in Newburyport, Mass. / Kristin L. Smith, March Tonti
Charting a course for the Port of Boston: An analysis of present threats and future opportunities / Timothy J. McGourthy and James J. Rust
CIRCLE's community economic development process: Establishing a framework for immigrant and refugee communities in Boston and Lowell / Dean Hojo Matsubayashi and Angie Shiuan Wei
Club Passim: a model for growth / Charles Lewis
Conserving urban land for people: An urban land conservation program for the New England Regional Office of the Trust for Public Land / Matthew Green, Mari Margil
Disposition of tax-foreclosed land in Boston / Jennifer Kain
Doing business with the Bay State: Public incentives and economic development in Massachusetts / Michelle Cammarata and Damon Munchus
Doing well doing good better doing even more: Bank Boston's strategic commitment to economic development through microlending / Veronica Nyhan and Talat Shah
Downzoning and the Cambridge housing market / Phuc Tran
The Dudley Square retail district: Issues, opportunities and the Boston Main Streets Program Map 1 Map 2 Map 3 Map 4 Map 5/ Sam Yoon
Easing the financial burden of project subsidization: The case of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, MHFA and the SHARP Program / Theodore Paris and Jeanne Shen
Effective community participation in air rights development over the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Fenway/Kenmore area / Joyce Anagnos
Enduring idea, elusive reality: How urban wilds are lost and saved in Boston / Rafael Mandelman
Enhancing Massachusetts and Hokkaido sister state relations / Masaru Satoh
Entering the market for community reinvestment capital in Boston's urban neighborhoods / Kyle Edward Kimball and Elizabeth L. Poon
An examination of the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program / Hiran Cantu, Greg Zaff
Facing base realignment and closure (BRAC) 2005: A strategic outlook for Hanscom Air Force Base/ Sean Bielat
A feasibility study of the Boston Emerging Industries center / David Brickman, Ramie Dare
Finance and development issues for the State Street/Fort Hill parcels / Ian Brown, Souheil Moukaddem
Financing options for future land acquisition the Town of Concord, Massachusetts / Christian M. Baldia
Fiscal conditions in Gloucester, Massachusetts: Challenges and policy options / Renee Arakawa…[et al.]
Fiscal impact of population growth in the Town of Medfield / Shimpei Ago
Framework to analyze parking/commuting policies at Harvard University / Richard Lou
A home for testing in Cambridge: A rental housing discrimination testing model for the Cambridge Human Rights Commission / D.W. Tunnage and Karla J. Van Praag
How Boston First Banking can best serve the banking needs of women of color in Roxbury and Dorchester / Sabrina Susan Gee
An impact assessment of the Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund's micro-enterprise development programs / Zoe Neuberger
The impact of seaport-area development on South Boston's working port / Craig Bowers and Deepa Purushothaman
Impact on traffic of a growth in Cambridge / Jiyoung Chang
Increasing the visibility and accountability of economic development spending: A unified development budget for Massachusetts / Bruce Kimmel, Eric Rothman, and Alexis Thompson
Is an organized neighborhood a safe neighborhood? A critical look at the prospects for community policing in one Dorchester neighborhood / Mario Brossard and Stephanie Ivy
Is regional cooperation the best way to maximize efficiency of Boston's compositing operation? / Andrea L. Anglada
Laying the foundation for mandatory mediation in Massachusetts divorce courts / Marie L. Groark
Leading the charge: Building strategic alliances for economic development between Boston and its universities / Lauren Budding and Elizabeth Humphrey
Local human rights organizations: The building blocks of resources across the Commonwealth / Yvonne Y. Malloy
Massachusetts and Guandong Province: Economic opportunities for the 1990s / Kelly Gilbert Raskauskas
The Massachusetts communications advantage: Expanding export opportunities in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile / Manuel Gardiadiaz
Meeting the Dudley Street neighborhood's personal banking needs: Options for the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative/ Judith Taylor
Moving ahead on EBT in Northern New England: Using direct deposit and the Community Reinvestment Act to reduce costs and improve program management / Jonathan Karp and Michael Shoag
New England and the NAFTA: Effects on six industries / Virginia A. Huth, Douglas Karmin
Non-gang youth homicides: What are their characteristics and can they combated the Boston Police Department with current gun control strategies at gangs? / Roberto Ragone
Nurturing Greater Boston's gardens: Strategic guidelines for GB-URP's support of urban gardens / Jennifer McGraw
Reflections on the next steps for Greater Boston Interfaith Organization / Sabrina Su and Kimberly [sic] Tso
Renewing the Church: Parish planning in the Archdiocese of Boston / John S.W. Park, Michelle Still
Serving low-income residents in Massachusetts under electric industry restructuring / Romell Nandi
Stage 1 through stage 4: Assessing the global electronic commerce readiness of Framingham, Massachusetts / Kelly Fujiyoshi
Strategic analysis of the Boston Bank of Commerce and its role in the greater Roxbury neighborhood area / Anthony C. Williams, Nicole A. Wilkerson
Strategic challenges in operating Longwood Area Trauma Center: How should Brigham and Women's Hospital best position itself in terms of trauma care / Damien A. Doute
Strategies for achieving greater impact: A strategic framework for increasing utilization of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston's Community Investment Program / Andrew S. Baldwin and Erika B. Emerson
Strengthening the Dudley neighborhood retail sector / Beth Kressley and Jennifer Brown
Strengthening the Massachusetts Foreign Direct Investment Program / James Sailer and Matthew Zieper
Toward a new frontier: Bank Boston Development Company's investments in low and moderate income areas / Jennifer Schank and Danny Tao
Valuing foreign sales: international trade measures and the Massachusetts software industry / Thomas Balish, Bruce McKenney, and Geoffrey Verter
What to do with the Worcester Common Outlets Mall mixed use development: Urban land development and economic development in downtown Worcester, MA/ Ike W. Kim
Will limiting the parking supply reduce traffic congestion? An analysis of Boston's parking freeze policies / Lewison Lee Lem
Young Democrats of Massachusetts: Building a progressive majority / Brent Durbin and Avi Green

Protective Services and Criminal Justice Issues

The Boston Youth Connection Program: Assessing capacity for the implementation of a monitoring and measurement system/ Sandra Cardenas
Building a safe, supportive, and productive workplace: A workplace domestic violence policy for City of Cambridge Employees/ Korynn M. Schooley and Amy E. Young
Community Corrections Programs at the Suffolk County House of Corrections: Strategies for Optimizing Use While Minimizing Risk Appendix/ Jamie Young
The educational living unit: A housing-based immersion education and treatment program at the Suffolk County House of Correction / Julia E. Kehoe
An evaluation model to measure the effectiveness of the education and social service programs at the Suffolk County House of Correction / Sarah Bryer and Wing Sze Cheung
Facing base realignment and closure (BRAC) 2005: A strategic outlook for Hanscom Air Force Base/ Sean Bielat
Law enforcement and community perspectives: An examination of problems facing Lynn, Massachusetts and its Highlands neighborhoods / David Hochschild, Mark Jordan, Nicole King, Femi Richards
Laying the foundation for mandatory mediation in Massachusetts divorce courts / Marie L. Groark
Non-gang youth homicides: What are their characteristics and can they be combated the Boston Police Department with current gun control strategies at gangs? / Robert Ragone
Protection from abuse: Keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers in Massachusetts / Kia Coleman
Serious assaults in Lowell: Opportunities for a collaborative crime control effort / Amy Solomon and Gillian Thomson
Shipping container security at Boston's Conley Terminal/ John C. Dettleff
A study of the feasibility of integrating intermediate punishments into the new Massachusetts sentencing guidelines / David Buckner
Substance abuse and intermediate sanctions: A proposal for the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission / Sam Liccardo
The treatment and prevention of domestic violence in Boston's immigrant and refugee populations / M. Elaine Mar
Violent crime in Boston and the response of the Boston Police Department: An evaluation of the Anti-Gang Violence Unit / Grace Suh
Youth and guns in Boston: Designing market disruption strategies that attack the youth gun market / Edward R. Renwick

Education

Academic support and after school programs: How should the Boston Public Schools implement a citywide academic support curriculum in its after school programming to better serve its students?
Accessing higher education in Massachusetts/ Matthew Bianco
Assessing the success of educational reform in Massachusetts via comparison with a "model state" / Thomas F. Zuber
An assessment of the financial viability of City On A Hill Charter School / Silvia Ramirez
Beyond accountability: The use and design of school performance reports in Massachusetts / Zev Waldman
Boston Public Schools: A teacher demand analysis for the next decade / Traci Endo and Victoria Metzger
Building a base of support: Strategies for sustaining the Boston Music Education Collaborative / Cornelia Grumman, Kathleen Johnson
The Cambridge Community Learning Center: Modeling an ESL satellite program to meet the needs of Cambridge immigrants / Paul Caccamo
City Year at Blackstone: Evaluating the impact of national service on a Boston elementary school / Doug Welch
Developing an assessment policy for limited-Enlgish proficient students in Boston public schools / Lai-Wan-Wong
Developing executive education programs for small business: An opportunity for the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute / Jennifer R. Wood
Educating teenage parents in Massachusetts: Are public schools making the grade? / Amy C. Carlon
The educational living unit: A housing-based immersion education and treatment program at the Suffolk Country House of Correction / Julia E. Kehoe
Expanding ESL services for immigrants in Framingham and Metrowest / Seth Kugel
Facilities financing options for Massachusetts charter schools: Moving beyond start-up costs / Layla Avila and Michelle Rhee
Final application for the Charter High School for Media Allston-Brighton (Boston, MA) / Michael A. Goldstein
The gender effects of introductory computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Serena Syme
Go proactive: Defining a local service initiative for the Harvard Project on Schooling and Children / Lisa M. Kelly
Impact of the 1993 Education Reform Act on Massachusetts school district spending decisions / Michelle E. Lew
The impact of variations in educational spending in Massachusetts since 1989 / David S. Dvorin
Improving career counseling: Helping Roxbury Community College students understand their options / Michael Walker
Leading the charge: Building strategic alliances for economic development between Boston and its universities / Lauren Budding and Elizabeth Humphrey
MALDEF's SpEAR initiative: Designing parent involvement for educational achievement / Chantel Zepeda
A management plan to integrate site based distance learning into the institutions comprising the Massachusetts Distance Education Consortium Appendix A Part 1 2 3 4/ Burck Smith
Measuring educational outcomes: The use of assessment data in Chelsea School District / Charles M. Naumer
Moving toward peaceful classrooms: Developing and Implementing a conflict resolution program in the Junior Academy at the Boston Renaissance Charter School / Jason Seda
New England Head State directors: Why don't they offer the Home-Based option? / David Medina
Out-of-school youth in Cambridge: Assessing their education, employment & training needs and options / Stephanie Andrews
Quality assurance for universal early education in Massachusetts: Guaranteeing the best for our kids/ Flora Stern
Read Boston: Learning about goal setting and accountability from collaborative urban literacy campaigns / Martha Bakken, Serena Cruz
Ready, Set, Learn! Using indicators to measure school readiness in Massachusetts/ Rachel P. Klein
Should condoms be distributed in Boston public schools? An analysis / Max Aguilar
A survey of young alumni of Boston Latin School: A more diverse future for the high school and its future / Lea Diane Henry
Turning around the aircraft carrier: Projecting the effects of the Boston Public Schools' new promotion policy / Quinton G. Washington and David Alire Garcia
Understanding and improving the on-campus interview process at Harvard Law School / David S. Kaplan
Unversity R&D funding systems in Japan and the U.S.: Comparison of MIT and the University of Tokyo / Kenzo Fujisue
Using quantitative analysis to help focus Read Boston's policy initiatives / Joy Goodwin
Using volunteers effectively in the Massachusetts Tech Corps / Eric Bird
Vocational education at Boston's community colleges / Polly Trottenberg
Where have all the teachers gone? An analysis of new teacher attrition in Boston Public Schools/ Emily Stauffer

Health and Social Services

Accessing mental health care for Boston's homeless: Challenges and opportunites for managed care / Karen Folk and Beth LaFortune Gies
An analysis of information and referral: The Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs / Tamar H. Miller
Assessing the external environment faced the Trauma Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital: The first step of strategic study / E. Andres Acevedo
The Boston Persistent Poverty Project's Boston Children and Families Database Initiative and Healthy Boston: Lessons and opportunities for working and learning together / Susan Maciolek
Building a Learning Organization: A case study of the continuous quality improvement initiative at the Massachusetts Department of Social Services/ Una Kim
The challenge of performance measurement in child and adolescent inpatient and residential treatment: The Masschusetts Department of Mental Health and its vendor providers and statewide programs / Elaine Palmer
Collaborative responses to domestic violence: How the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can support local initiatives that work / Andrea L. Dodge
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and alternative financing mechanisms for long term care services: An assessment of the public-private partnership program for long-term care insurance / Kimberly M. Gates
The educational living unit: A housing based immersion education and treatment program at the Suffolk County House of Correction / Julia E. Kehoe
Elderly and disabled Jewish immigrants in Massachusetts: An assessment of supports and obstacles in a time of change / Deborah Wachenheim
Entering into Medicaid managed care: An assessment of managed care enrollment and education procedures in New England / Carrie L. Norbin and Michele L. Yellowitz
An evaluation of adolescent health care in Massachusetts health maintenance organizations / Brigette Pak, Victoria Wachino, Greg White
An evaluation model to measure the effectiveness of the eduation and social service programs at the Suffolk County House of Correction / Sarah Bryer and Wing Sze Cheung
Evaluating Medicaid managed care for Massachusetts mental health services: An analysis of effects on inpatient service use in two state agencies / Karen Jacobson
Expanding the capacity of Boston's early intervention system / Brooksany Coe
Exploring a centralized pharmacy distribution system for Medicaid members in Massachusetts/ Louise Dyer
A five-year service plan to address Cambridge's child care needs / Amy J. Abraham
Funding early treatment for HIV disease in Massachusetts / Diana M. Tisnado
Health care models for the uninsured, the Massachusetts, Washington and Oregon experiences: Implications for the State of Indiana / Sandra Ridley
Health care policy at Harvard Medical School: What is its proper place in the new pathway curriculum? / Bradley Scott Marino, Rushika Jerome Fernandopulle
How can the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare improve its services for Medicaid children and adolescents: A review of the Massachusetts behavioral health carve-out / Kim Glickman and Traci Tunkelrott
Immigrant demographics in Massachusetts: Implications for MassHealth/ Rebecca Hernandez, Amandeep Matharu
Improving outcomes for mother and child: A review of Massachusetts Teen Living Program / Kathleen Reich
Improving outcomes for teen parents with learning problems: Analysis of the Masschusetts Young Parents Program / Rama Padmanabhan
Improving the delivery of health care to homeless patients at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Kerry Martin
Improving entry-level employment opportunities in the Boston health care industry: Considerations for the Greater Boston Organizing Initiative / Elizabeth Basch
Improving the health status of men of color in Cambridge: Towards the development of a health outreach program / Aziza Agia
Improving mental health and substance abuse services for Medicaid children and adolescents: A review of the Massachusetts behavioral health carve-out / Kim Glickman and Traci Tunkelrott
Improving outcomes for mother and child: A review of Massachusetts Teen Living Program / Kathleen Reich
Increasing access: An analysis of abortion services in Massachusetts / Jennifer Wilcha
Increasing father participation in programs funded by the Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund/ Katy Burns-Sen
Increasing incumbent worker training in Cambridge-area human service agencies / Tim Bushnell
Intangible outcomes: An evaluation strategy for battered women's services in Massachusetts / Andrea Phillips
Jewish women's programming in the greater Boston area / Nina Bruder
Law enforcement and community perspectives: An examination of problems facing Lynn, Massachusetts and its Highlands neighborhood / David Hothschild, Mark Jordan, Nicole King, Femi Richards
Managing mental health care in the Massachusetts Medicaid system: An advocate's prescription for change / Colleen L. Barry and Debra S. Waxman
Massachusetts Department of Social Services' multidisciplinary assessment teams: An evaluation of the implementation process / Jennifer Jacobs Agosti
Massachusetts' welfare caseload reduction: Where have they gone? / Anil Kakani
Massachusetts' welfare reform effort: Balancing client responsibility and government support / Suzanne Calzoncit, Dorothy Rosenbaum
Measuring daycare capacity utilization in Massachusetts: A stratified sampling approach / Matthew J. Eichner
Partnering to improve the health of Boston's girls: A strategic analysis for the Active Girls Initiative / Dena Blank, Amie DeHarpporte
Pricing strategies to gain efficiency and improve quality I the procurement of health and human services in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts / presented Allison C. Shutte
Prisoner reintegration in Massachusetts / Matthew N. Clausen
Provider satisfaction in a capitated payment setting: The experience of the Brigham and Women's Physician Hospital Organization / Suzanne Sims and Patrick H. Tyrance, Jr.
Stomping out smoking: Creating and implementing a smoking cessation program for Tufts Health Plan / Bichthuy N. Hoang
A strategic assessment of the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Hospital / Deborah Tripaldi Faulkner and Amber Rae Zealand
Strategic challenges in operating Longwood Area Trauma Center: How should Brigham and Women's Hospital best position itself in terms of trauma care / Damien A. Doute
Toward an integrated municipal model: Responding to children who witness violence in Cambridge, MA / Sharon Elizabeth Riva
The treatment and prevention of domestic violence in Boston's immigrant and refugee populations / M. Elaine Mar
Vision 2000: Planning for the future of Cambridge public health / Steve Gordon and Edward Warburton
Weathering the storm: Preparing Massachusetts' Jewish social service agencies for federal budget cuts / Deborah Ahrens and Lawrence Shiman

Workforce Development

Bringing high-tech skills to Boston's inner city: Strategic analysis and recommendations for CitySoft / David Lew, Jerome Loughbridge, Brian Kenner, June Lee
Business perspectives and use of workforce development programs: Helping to define strategies for the Cambridge Office of Workforce Development / Aimee G. Rogstad and Karen W. Schlaepfer
Building a Sustainable Integrated Workforce Development System for Greater Boston/ Angie Datta and Laura Siegel
Challenges of managing a diverse work force: An analysis of urban youth outreach programs at the New England Aquarium / Natalie Keng
City Year at Blackstone: Evaluating the impact of a national service on a Boston elementary school / Doug Welch
Connecting Dudley Square Job Seekers with Newmarket Employment Opportunities / Alexandra Olins and Sondra Schwartz
Expanding business involvement in Cambridge's Career Pathways System / Jane Gilbert and Katie Brackenridge
Filling in the gaps: A Policy Analysis Exercise on job accessibility for Roxbury residents to employment opportunities in the South Boston Seaport / Anders Hopperstead
Financing minority business development in Massachusetts: A report to the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency / Karl J. Zeile
Improving affirmative action efforts for Harvard University construction projects / Eli Kuo
Improving career counseling: Helping Roxbury Community College students understand their options / Michael Walker
Improving entry-level employment opportunities in the Boston health care industry: considerations for the Greater Boston Organizing Initiative / Elizabeth Basch
Improving job matches: An employment strategy for the City of Chelsea, MA / Monisha Mittal, Ruth Roman
Increasing employer involvement in the Boston workforce development system / Andrew R. Faulkner and R. Hawley Truax
The North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB): Rejuvenation plan for the future/ Jesus Leon
Out-of-school youth in Cambridge: Assessing their education, employment and training needs and options / Stephanie Andrews
Replicating jobs? Assessing and improving Cambridge biomanufacturing opportunities / Joshua Olazabal
Testers for hire: Detecting and deterring racial discrimination in the Masschusetts labor market / Andrew Romanoff
Using volunteers effectively in the Massachusetts Tech Corps / Eric Bird
Vocational education at Boston's community colleges / Polly Trottenberg

Finance

Analysis of the Boston mutual fund industry / John Moon and Joanne L. H. Siu
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Analysis of commonwealth and related indebtedness / Francine Spinelli
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and alternative financing mechanisms for long term care services: An assessment of the public-private partnership program for long-term care insurance / Kimberly M. Gates
Easing the financial burden of project subsidization: The case of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, MHFA and the SHARP Program / Theodore Paris and Jeanne Shen
Facilities financing options for Massachusetts charter schools: Moving beyond start-up costs / Layla Avila and Michelle Rhee
Finance and development issues for the State Street/Fort Hill parcels / Ian Brown and Souheil Moukaddem
Financing energy conservation: Overcoming barriers to implementing the Massachusetts Clean Slate Initiative / Peter D. Fishman and Jesse Alan Gordon
Financing minority business development in Massachusetts: A report to the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency / Karl J. Zeile
Financing options for future land acquisition the Town of Concord, Massachusetts / Christian M. Baldia
Fiscal conditions in Gloucester, Massachusetts: Challenges and policy options / Renee Arakawa…[et al.].
Leveraging the tenant-based rental assistance to increase housing supply in the City of Boston: a proposal to the underwriting community / John Simon
Provider satisfaction in a capitated payment setting: The experience of the Brigham and Women's Physician Hospital Organization / Suzanne Sims and Patrick H. Tyrance, Jr.
The public benefits from tax-exempt industrial development bonds: The Massachusetts experience 1987-1992 / Pauline Abernathy, Abram Klein
Revenue opportunities at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: A look at dedicated funding sources / Justin Heung and Jason Tran

Media

Beat restructuring at The Boston Globe: How to make metro coverage more relevant to readers/ Taylor Batten, Deborah Snyder Mangaing
Usenet News access at Harvard: An analysis of the legal, institutional and technical responsibilities of the University in addressing obscene and indecent material / Emel Aileen Gokyigit
Textual healing: An analysis of Ad watch for The Boston Globe and America's print media / Peter Keating, Melissa Miller

Program Evaluation

Assessing the Boston Housing Authority's approach to developing 'mixed-income' HOPE VI Communities/ Monica Dimitracopoulos
Developing a system of program evaluation for the Boston Ballet CITYDANCE program / Christina Andrews, Vanita Bhargava and Christy O'Brien
An evaluation model to measure the effectiveness of the education and social service programs at the Suffolk County House of Correction / Sarah Bryer and Wing Sze Cheung
Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston: Evaluation of enforcement program/ Georgette Bhathena
Framework to analyze parking/commuting policies at Harvard University / Richard Lou
Improving outcomes for teen parents with learning problems: Analysis of the Massachusetts Young Parents Program / Rama Padmanabhan
Intangible outcomes: An evaluation strategy for battered women's services in Massachusetts / Andrea Phillips
Massachusetts Department of Social Services' multidisciplinary assessment teams: An evaluation of the implementation process / Jennifer Jacobs Agosti
The MBTA monthly pass program: Eestimating the costs and evaluating the alternatives / Scott Hamwey
A new system to evaluate, moniter and document the project costs for the affordable housing program of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston / Matthew Franklin
Violent crime in Boston and the response of the Boston Police Department: an evaluation of the Anti-Gang Violence Unit / Grace Su

Housing Issues

Assessing the Boston Housing Authority's approach to developing 'mixed-income' HOPE VI Communities/ Monica Dimitracopoulos
Boston-area housing costs for low- and middle-class HUCTW members: Affordable housing policy options and potential partnerships/ Daniel E. Mendez
Easing the financial burden of project subsidization: The case of the Commonwealth of Emassachusetts, MHFA and the SHARP Program / Theodore Paris and Jeanne Shen
Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston: Evaluation of enforcement program/ Georgette Bhathena
An examination of the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program / Hiran Cantu, Greg Zaff
A home for testing in Cambridge: A rental housing discrimination testing model for the Cambridge Human Rights Commission / D.W. Tunnage and Karla J. Van Praag
The Home Loan Bank of Boston's AHP multifamily rental portfolio: Analysis of long-term feasibility and affordability / Matthew K. Maguire
Homebuyer counseling and the resale of foreclosed properties: Evaluating the Citizens' Housing and Planning Association's affordable homeownership programs / Steven Ganz and Ellen Lurie
Homeless employment: Study & recommendations for the City of Cambridge / Victoria J. Shah
Homeownership in Cambridge: Expanding opportunities and lasting affordability / Julie Dreizen
Improving rural housing affordability through the Federal Home Loan Bank system / Samuel Frumkin
Leveraging tenant-based rental assistance to increase housing supply in the City of Boston: a proposal to the underwriting community / John Simon
A new system to evaluate, monitor and document project costs for the affordable housing program of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston / Matthew Franklin
The social implications of mixed-income housing communities: An analysis of Boston's Harbor Point / N. Jeremi Duru and Astrid Andre
Targeting the new affordable housing customer: Strategic use of information technology for the Boston Housing Authority / Jamie A. Smarr

Transportation Issues

Accessing the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Planning Process using the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 / Lorie Magee
Allocating flexible funds from ISTEA: A project selection process for the Boston metropolitan region / Stephen M. Falbel
Analysis of the MBTA's commuter rail / Keitaro Ishigami
Effective community participation in air rights development over the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Fenway/Kenmore area / Joyce Anagnos
Framework to analye parking/commuting policies at Harvard University / Richard Lou
Impact on traffic of a growth in Cambridge / Jiyoung Chang
Introducing axle weight pricing into Massachusetts Turnpike / Takaaki Kobayashi
The mass transit-air quality link: Assessing the effectiveness of mass transit-based strategies for reducing ozone precursors in the Boston Metropolitan Area / David L. Antonioli
The MBTA monthly pass program: Estimating the costs and evaluating the alternatives / Scott Hamwey
Revenue opportunities at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: A look at dedicated funding sources / Justin Heung and Jason Tran
Traffic calming in Lowell, Massachusetts / Susan McCartin

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