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Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research

Evanston, Illinois

Grants

2008 (2 years)
$250,000

To scientifically assess the health effects of Housing Choice Vouchers on low-income adults (over two years).

2008 (1 year 6 months)
$752,000

In support of the first phase of activities for a research network on how housing matters for the American family (over two years).

2008 (2 years)
$50,000

In support of the Moving-to-Opportunity program (over two years).

2006 (5 years)
$1,800,000

In support of the final evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity demonstration (over five years).

2004 (1 year)
$200,000

In support of the Gautreaux Two mobility counseling program, which advises public housing residents about relocation to low-poverty neighborhoods.

2003 (1 year)
$250,000

In support of the Illinois Families Study.

2002 (1 year)
$10,000

For research for a book about the Gautreaux case and its impact on housing policy.

2001 (2 years)
$700,000

To support the Illinois Families Study (over two years).

2000 (2 years)
$200,000

To develop new knowledge about community acceptance of public housing and public housing residents.

1999 (5 years)
$1,430,000

For a study in three cities to examine the effects of welfare reform on children and families (over five years).

1999 (3 years)
$150,000

To support an ethnographic study of Chicago's North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood (over three years).

1999 (2 years)
$600,000

For a study to track the employment conditions and family stability of Illinois welfare recipients (over two years).

1998 (2 years 10 months)
$200,000

To evaluate alternative community policing approaches to be implemented in Chicago.