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Insights, case studies, news, and updates from ISLG’s good governance research and action.
Investing in Policy Development at the Roots: The Grassroots Policy Incubator Kicks Off!
There’s a shortage of funding and capacity-building opportunities available to small grassroots organizations in NYC, which is why the Grassroots Policy Incubator has been designed specifically to support their needs.
Institute Intelligence, April 2025: Analyzing New York’s Human Services Sector, Launching the Civic Engagement Fellowship
A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, including quantifying the need for investment in the human services sector, building the next generation of civic engagement leaders, and building an evidence base on the impact of criminal legal reforms.
CUNY ISLG Study of New York’s Human Services Workforce Finds Sector Growing Rapidly, but Wages Falling Short of the Cost of Living
The study found the sector has doubled since 2000, but that real wages have stagnated compared to private sector employment—with women of color most impacted.
Institute Intelligence, March 2025: Celebrating the Women of our Working Group, Researching Nonprofits' Role in Addressing Hate Crimes
An overview of the work we did this past month, including tapping into public sector partnerships to prevent hate crimes, helping develop resources to support incarcerated students transition to college after release, and highlighting the amazing women of our Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Project Working Group.
Supporting Students After Incarceration: The Higher Education in Reentry Reimagined Initiative
Many incarcerated students are unable to finish their degree before they are released, meaning they must continue their college education once they return to the community to earn the degree they worked toward. To address barriers to reenrolling, the Higher Education in Reentry Reimagined initiative is working to bridge the needs of formerly incarcerated students with the services of educators and providers.
Institute Intelligence, February 2025: Impact of Community Investments, Q&A with a NYC Council Deputy Chief of Staff
A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, including kicking off new data-driven collaborations, convening elected officials and their staff from across New York City and State, and synthesizing a decade’s worth of research on the impact of community investments.
Institute Intelligence, January 2025: Launching the Prosecution Data Collaborative, Uncovering Jail Trends
A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month.
Institute Intelligence, December 2024: Our Year by the Numbers
A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, as well as a bird’s-eye-view of all the work we’ve done in the past year.
Institute Intelligence, November 2024: Research Symposium recap, building public sector data, and more
A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, from gathering researchers, practitioners, and advocates for the first-ever SJC Research Symposium to debuting our work supporting survivors of gender-based violence.
Voices from West Harlem: Trust in Law Enforcement, Community Cohesion & Personal Resilience
After large-scale law enforcement intervention in 2014 left the community disrupted and traumatized, the West Harlem Community Reentry and Restoration Project (WHCRRP) sought to support the people directly impacted as well as the community at large.
Diversifying New York City’s Mental Health Workforce
The following is an op-ed originally published in City Limits, and is based on our report that uncovers the reasons for the underrepresentation of BIPOC communities in the helping professions, with the goal of developing recommendations for investments designed to address those reasons.
Creating Innovative Trauma Programs with Participatory Research and Community Stakeholders
An evaluation team at the Center for Complex Trauma is using a community-based participatory research approach to understand how the Center for Trauma Innovation in East Harlem implemented a unique trauma-informed program.