Research Focus Area

How can we ensure public resources a have positive social impact?
Bridging the gap for effective policymaking. ​

Local policymakers often lack rigorous data and analysis about which policies are most effective, yet academics typically do not apply their knowledge to the most pressing policy issues in these local contexts, creating a gap between knowledge and practice.​

Community to Community responds to real-world policy problems to create social impact by fundamentally shifting the way community-engaged research is conducted. Our iterative engage-think-do model promotes the co-production of policy analysis and implementation by connecting real-world practitioners that are closest to the problems with academics skilled in data and analysis. We use program evaluation and research evidence to fuel policy changes and fund programs that are proven effective and equitable. Every successful partnership gets us one step closer to the world we envision.

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