Institute for Urban Policy Research - UT Dallas

Interested in getting a Ph.D. in a policy-relevant field? Want hands-on experience in the policy environment? Join our team! The Institute is seeking candidates for a graduate research fellowship! More Info:

2022-2023 Urban Policy Graduate Research Fellowship Learn While Doing! The Institute for Urban Policy Research is seeking an energetic and inquisitive Ph.D. student with an interest in urban policy. Students are welcome in any of the disciplines offer

Since 2010, the Institute has partnered with Children's Health System of Texas to produce the Beyond ABC: Growing Up in North Texas report. Our 2021 report finds that, while poverty conditions for North Texas children have improved, mental health concerns have grown. In addition, Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has increased concerns for our children's educational wellbeing.

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Programs to curb evictions during the pandemic were moderately successful but didn't provide universal protection. Our report with Texas Tenants Union details these findings. Find it and recordings of our webinar at https://utd.link/covid-eviction-event. -19

In July of 2020, Dr. Bray spoke with the Dallas Morning News on the importance of criminal justice reform for Dallas. The article discusses our work with Dallas County to make meaningful change.

Interview on Criminal Justice Reform In July of 2020, Dr. Bray spoke with the Dallas Morning News on the importance of criminal justice reform for Dallas. The article discusses our work with Dallas County to make meaningful change.

Register to join us for our Eviction Webinar on May 11th - https://mailchi.mp/utdallas/eviction-webinar-on-may-11th

Here's an update on the hospitalization data we use on the North Texas COVID Data Viewer. We expect the flow to resume between tomorrow and Monday!

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Folks - big additions to the COVID Data Viewer (https://urbanpolicyresearch.org/county-data-dashboard). You can see hospital data for the larger counties. Stay informed. WEAR A MASK!

If you missed it, we were on Good Day Fox 4 discussing the latest updates to the data viewer. Check out the interview here: https://www.fox4news.com/video/686122. You can visit the data viewer at https://urbanpolicyresearch.org/covid19!

UT Dallas provides overview of North Texas COVID-19 cases UT Dallas is trying to help North Texans get a clearer picture of the COVID-19 cases in North Texas. It's providing a 12-county overview of the number of active cases, recoveries and deaths. More: go.iupr.work/covid_media_ntx

"In April, the unemployment rate was 14.7%. But there are disparities:

The rate was 13.0% for adult men, compared to 15.5% for women. “This stands in contrast to the Great Recession, which hit men much harder," said Sanzenbacher. "The peak unemployment rate for men during the Great Recession was about 11%, for women about 9%.”
The rate was 14.2% for white workers, 16.7% for black workers, 18.9% for Latino workers, and 14.5% for Asian Americans — record rates for all groups except African Americans. Sanzenbacher said “Hispanic workers are disproportionately represented in the types of service occupations most immediately affected relative to both black and white workers.”

The unemployment rate for adult white men was 12.4% last month.

The gap is worse based on education. Those with a high school degree saw unemployment jump to 17.3% from 4.4% in March; the rate for those with a bachelor’s degree or higher increased to 8.4% from 2.5%."

Unemployment Is Higher For Low-Wage Workers, Women, People Of Color The overall jobless rate was 14.7% in April.

The latest updates to the Data Viewer include daily hospital capacity information and test results for ! Check it out now at https://urbanpolicyresearch.org/covid19! Learn more about Institute for Urban Policy Research at https://urbanpolicyresearch.org!

"The letter goes on to ask DOJ to investigate, among other things, an uneven distribution of testing sites and inadequate protection for essential workers, who are disproportionately people of color.
“Primarily people who are getting it, dying from it, are in the very communities that they just sent out to work without protection,” Williams said. “These are intentional decisions that were made by local executives in the state.”

The group hopes the DOJ will expedite an investigation and offer subsequent policy recommendations ahead of a possible “second wave” of coronavirus cases that the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said could happen this fall and winter.

“We need some systems in place, so we’re hoping there’s a preliminary finding and then a longer-term finding,” said Adams.

Access to testing is also an issue local lawmakers hope the DOJ will help address. In mid-April, the New York Post reported that most residents living in zip codes with the highest per capita testing rates in New York City were whiter and wealthier. And in Detroit, where blacks make up 78.6% of the population, city councilmember Mary Sheffield told BuzzFeed News there have been reports that some residents did not have access to testing."

Local Lawmakers Want The Justice Department To Investigate How Coronavirus Responses Failed People Of Color Nearly three dozen local lawmakers are sending a letter asking DOJ to look at possible civil rights violations in how governments have responded to the coronavirus.