Disability Rights Movement and Public Policy
Rene Luna, as a Community Fellow, developed lectures and presentations on the history and implications of disability rights in the U.S.
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Filtering by Category: Policy
Supplemental Security Income - An Underused Resource For Disabled TANF Recipients in Illinois
This paper reviewed the literature that assesses the incidence of severe impairments among parents and children receiving AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) and TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), and projected that analysis to estimate the number of persons eligible for, but not receiving SSI (Supplemental Security Income) in the Illinois TANF case load.
Read MoreDeal Making in Illinois
Doug Dobmeyer, as one of the first CURL Community Fellows, prepared lectures for presentation at Loyola and at community locations. The subject was public policy creation at the local, state, and national levels. Three lectures were given.
Read MoreConference of Chicago Research and Public Policy
This conference was sponsored by the Urban University Collaborative and organized by the Policy Research Action Group (PRAG). Loyola/CURL hosted this first bi-annual conference attended by 400 people. A report on proceedings, "Linking Chicago Locally and Globally: Report on Chicago Research and Public Policy," was published.
Read MoreImpact of Welfare Reform
Organization of the NorthEast
Loyola University's Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL), and Policy Research Action Group (PRAG), joined in collaboration with two community-based organizations, Howard Area Community Center (HACC) and Organization of the NorthEast (ONE), to study the potential adverse impact of welfare policy changes on different types of public benefit recipients in the Chicago neighborhoods of Uptown, Edgewater and Rogers Park. This collaboration was motivated by the partners' grave concerns over how low-income individuals and families would survive when faced with the termination of life-sustaining public benefits, and how the communities would cope with increased impoverishment and diminished funds.
Read MoreThe 1996 Chicago Latino Registered Voter Political Survey: Political Participation and Public Policy Positions
As part of the Midwest/Northeast Voter Registration Education Program, thirty volunteers were trained by Loyola faculty and graduate students to administer a telephone survey to determine the level of Latino participation in the democratic process. The research team published their findings in Harvard's Journal of Hispanic Policy.
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