California Policy Lab at the Fall 2022 APPAM Conference

California Policy Lab staff and affiliated experts presented on several topics during the Fall 2022 APPAM (Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management) Conference, which took place in Washington D.C., from November 17-19th, 2022.

The theme for 2022 was: “Advancing Policy Research with Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives.”

Scroll down to see presentations by CPL staff and affiliated experts on mental and behavioral health in the criminal justice system, food insecurity in higher education, impacts of rapid re-housing for single adults experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, an evaluation of the Santa Clara Pre-Arraignment Representation and Review project, understanding and evaluating prosecutorial discretion, and alleviating administrative burdens. And, join in the conversation on social media with #2022APPAM

Note: Presentation times are given in EST. 

Presenters are in bold
* = CPL Staff
** = CPL Graduate Research Fellows
*** = CPL Affiliated Expert

 

Thursday, November 17th

Panel – Mental and Behavioral Health in the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from Four Jurisdictions (Crime, Justice, and Drugs)

Organizer and Panel Chair: Johanna Lacoe – California Policy Lab*
Discussants: Emily Owens – University of California, Irvine***,  Julie Wiegandt – Center for Disease Control
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM (EST)
Washington Hilton, 1st Floor, Shaw Room

Panel *Names in bold indicate Presenter

ID# 42795 PANEL Can Alcohol Abstinence Orders Reduce Mortality? Insights from an Individual-Level Analysis of 24/7 Sobriety
Nancy Nicosia1, Beau Kilmer1 and Greg Midgette2, (1)RAND Corporation, (2)University of Maryland

ID# 44344 PANEL High Utilizers of Criminal Justice and Urgent and Emergent Health Services in San Francisco
Stephen Paolillo1,2**, Johanna Lacoe2,3*, Hemal Kanzaria4,5***, Maria Raven4***, Alissa Skog2,3*, Caroline Cawley6, Jamila Henderson2,3* and Kenneth Perez4, (1)University of California, Davis, (2)California Policy Lab, (3)University of California, Berkeley, (4)University of California, San Francisco, (5)UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, (6)Provincial Health Services Authority

ID# 44353 PANEL Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle with Housing First: Results from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative
Sarah Gillespie, Mary Cunningham, Devlin Hanson, Mike Pergamit, Alyse Oneto, Patrick Spauster, Tracey O’Brien, Liz Sweitzer and Christine Velez, Urban Institute

ID# 42784 PANEL Public Mental Health Facility Closures and Criminal Justice Contact in Chicago
Ashley Muchow and Agustina Laurito, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

Panel – Addressing Food Insecurity in Higher Education (Education)
Organizer: Cara Ann DeLoach, Vanderbilt University
Chair: Kristin Blagg, Urban Institute
Discussants: Katharine Broton, University of Iowa; Christine Baker-Smith, Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice
10:15 – 11:45 AM (EST)
Washington Hilton; Concourse Level; Monroe room

ID# 44019 PANEL On-Campus Food Pantries and Postsecondary Outcomes: Evidence from Ohio
Sydney Wertz, U.S. Department of the Treasury

ID# 43305 PANEL Food Pantry Creation and Institutionalization at the University of Mississippi
Christine Dickason and Cara DeLoach, Vanderbilt University

ID# 44017 PANEL Student Supports: The Role of Social Safety Net Programs in College Student Success
Elise Dizon-Ross, National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, Johanna Lacoe, California Policy Lab* and Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley*

ID# 44018 PANEL SNAP on Campus: A National Study of Student Access and Engagement with the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program on Campus
Nick Voorhees and Justin Ortagus, University of Florida

 

Friday, November 18th

Panel – Unburdening the Public: Alleviating Administrative Burdens for Those Most Affected (Public and Non-Profit Management and Finance)
Organizer: Gregory Porumbescu, Rutgers University
Panel Chair: Elizabeth Linos, Harvard University, Kennedy School***
Discussants: Elizabeth Bell, Florida State University; Correne Saunders, Abt Associates, Inc.
Washington Hilton, Terrace Level, Cardozo Room
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM (EST)

ID# 44315 PANEL Face-to-Face with Administrative Burdens: Physiological Measures and Behavioral Consequences of Psychological Costs
Fabian Hatke1, Judith Hatke2, David Hensel1, Pamela Herd3, Janne Kalucza4, Donald Moynihan5 and Rick Vogel1, (1)Universität Hamburg, (2)Helmut-Schmidt Universität, (3)University of Wisconsin, Madison, (4)University of Hamburg, (5)Georgetown University

ID# 44316 PANEL Public Benefits, Online Tools, and Administrative Burdens
Stephanie Holcomb1, Gregory Porumbescu2, Andrea Hetling3, Vishal Trehan2 and Jessica Cruz4, (1)Rutgers University, (2)Rutgers University – Newark, (3)Rutgers University, New Brunswick, (4)Rutgers University – New Brunswick

ID# 44317 PANEL Administrative Exclusion and Material Hardship during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Carolyn Barnes, Duke University

ID# 44320 PANEL Political Origins of Administrative Burdens and the Role of Bureaucratic Discretion
Milena Neshkova, Florida International University and Donovan Johnson, Florida International University

 

Panel – Government Programs, Policies, and Racial Equity (Housing, Community Development, and Urban Policy)

Panel Chair:  Maryam Khojasteh, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Discussants: Stephanie Casey Pierce,  University of Tennessee; Kejda Llana, University of Delaware
1:45 PM – 3:15PM (EST)
Washington Hilton, Lobby Level, Northwest Room

ID# 45661 PANEL Does Inclusionary Zoning Policy Promote Racial and Income Integration? a Case Study of the DC IZ/Adu Program
Haydar Kurban, Howard University

ID# 45679 PANEL Historical Racial Covenants and Modern Rental Housing Discrimination
Marina Mileo Gorzig, Mathematica

ID# 45749 PANEL Equity and Impacts of Rapid Re-Housing for Single Adults Experiencing Homelessness: Evidence from Los Angeles
Brian Blackwell, California Policy Lab* and Robert Santillano, University of California, Los Angeles*

ID# 46163 PANEL Do Fair Housing Policies Help or Hinder?: Evidence from Washington
Meradee Tangvatcharapong, Hitotsubashi University

 

Saturday, November 19th

Panel – Individualized Adjudication for Defendants and Victims (Crime, Justice, and Drugs)

Panel Chair: Makuochukwu Okoma, Claremont Graduate University
Discussant Emily Owens, University of California, Irvine***
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM (EST)
Washington Hilton, Terrace Level, Cardozo Room

ID# 44034 PANEL Santa Clara Pre-Arraignment Representation and Review (PARR) Evaluation
Johanna Lacoe, California Policy Lab* and Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley***

ID# 44601 PANEL Through the Eyes of Rape Survivors – Experiencing Legal Response in Metropolitan India
Paribhasha Sharma, Jindal Global Business School, India

ID# 45370 PANEL Flat Fee Compensation, Lawyer Incentives, and Case Outcomes in Indigent Criminal Defense
Andrew Lee, Federal Trade Commission; University of Texas at Austin

 

Panel – More Than Just Shelter: The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program’s Potential to Improve the Lives of Tenants (Housing, Community Development, and Urban Policy)

Organizer: Ann Owens, University of Southern California
Panel Chair: Michael Lens, University of California, Los Angeles***
Discussants: Keren Horn, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Danilo Pelletiere, DC Department of Housing and Community Development
8:30AM – 10:00 AM (EST)
Washington Hilton, Lobby Level, Piscataway

ID# 43117 PANEL Does the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program Expand Access to Opportunity Neighborhoods? Tracking Movements of Low-Income Tenants in California
Yiwen (Xavier) Kuai, Fannie Mae

ID# 43760 PANEL Looking Beyond Siting: An Equity-Focused Analysis of Siting and Tenant Composition of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Developments in Connecticut

Katherine O’Regan, New York University

ID# 44270 PANEL How Do Affordable Housing Developers Respond to Incentives to Build in High-Opportunity Areas?

Ann Owens, University of Southern California

ID# 43758 PANEL Beyond the Buildings: Improving Resident Outcomes in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Properties through Supportive Services

Carolina Reid, University of California, Berkeley

 

Panel – Disability and Labor Market Attachment (Employment and Training Programs)
Organizer: Alexander Strand, US Social Security Administration
Panel Chair: Robert Weathers, Social Security Administration
Discussant: Robert Moffit, Johns Hopkins University
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM (EST)
Washington Hilton, 1st Floor, Shaw

ID# 42829 PANEL Reform of the Appellate Disability Determination Process and Employment after Application

Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley***, Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and Alexander Strand, US Social Security Administration

ID# 42831 PANEL Paid Leave Mandates and Employment of People with Disabilities

Douglas Kruse, Lisa Schur, Mason Ameri and Lauren Gilbert, Rutgers University

ID# 42830 PANEL The Relationship between Broadband Access and Disability Insurance Award Rates

Barbara Butrica and Jonathan Schwabish, Urban Institute

 

Panel – Policies and Shocks That Affect the Health of Infants, Children, and Women. (Health)
Organizer: Daniel Dench, Georgia Institute of Technology
Discussant: Onur Altindag, Bentley University; Caitlin Myers, Middlebury College
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM (EST)
Washington Hilton, Concourse Level, Georgetown East

ID# 45374 PANEL The Effect of Pharmacy Scope of Practice Regulations on Healthcare: Evidence from Reproductive Health

Lindsey Bullinger, Georgia Institute of Technology, Kosali Simon, Indiana University and Engy Ziedan, Tulane University

ID# 45382 PANEL US Covid-19 Shutdown and Fetal, Infant and Maternal Health

Daniel Dench, Georgia Institute of Technology, Theodore Joyce, Baruch College, CUNY and Howard Minkoff, Maimonides Medical Center

ID# 45359 PANEL Effects of School Meals on Nutrition: Evidence from the Start of the School Year

Lisa Schulkind, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis, Janet Currie, National Bureau of Economic Research, Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley***, Krista Ruffini, Georgetown University*** and Barton Willage, Louisiana State University

ID# 45396 PANEL Improvements in Schooling Opportunities and Teen Fertility

Mayra Pineda Torres, Texas A&M University, Lucas Nogueira Garcez, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, María Padilla-Romo, University of Tennessee and Cecilia Peluffo, University of Florida

 

Panel – Understanding and Evaluating Prosecutorial Discretion (Crime, Justice, and Drugs)
Panel Chair: Kerri Raissian, University of Connecticut
Discussant: Amanda Agan, Rutgers University
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM (EST)
Washington Hilton, Terrace Level, Dupont Room

ID# 42653 PANEL Spare the Conviction, Spoil the Child? the Effect of the Oranga Tamariki Act on Youth’s Future Socioeconomic Wellbeing
Kabir Dasgupta1, André Diegmann2, Tom Kirchmaier3 and Alexander Plum1, (1)Auckland University of Technology, (2)Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), (3)Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics

ID# 42822 PANEL Policing and Prosecuting Drug Offenses in Nashville: Drug Free School Zones
Aria Golestani, Yoonjung Kim and Jaclyn Rosenquist, University of California, Irvine

ID# 44275 PANEL Politically Charged: Partisan District Attorneys, Prosecution Rates, and Recidivism
Brett Fischer, University of California Berkeley* and Tyler Ludwig, University of Virginia