The latest episode of Policy Outsider features a conversation with a former Foster Youth College Success Initiative (FYCSI) award recipient and an FYCSI advocate.

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We speak with Deidra Nesbeth of FYSA about the Foster Youth College Success Initiative (FYCSI), which provides financial support to collegegoing foster youth. Also, an FYCSI award recipient—Tanajah Malachi—shares her experience.

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From 2015 to 2020, rates of fatal and nonfatal, injurious police shootings ranged from a low of 1.26 per 100,000 in New York to a high of 9.32 per 100,000 in New Mexico. Read the latest report from Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium.

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Some of our related research...

'Parts Per Trillion: An Overview of State PFAS Drinking Water Standards'
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'At Last: First Federal PFAS Drinking Water Standards Proposed'
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States with more restrictive gun laws & fewer guns experience lower rates of fatal/nonfatal police shootings.

↑ From our new brief which examines state-level rates of police shootings and their relationship to gun laws & availability.📝John Shjarback

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What is the care economy and who are its workers? Read our report on the care workforce: rockinst.org/issue-area/def…

... or our blog, 'Five Things to Know about the Care Workforce' 👇
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Happy March 36th to all those that observe the state budget process in New York. Hopefully April starts next week in earnest... and without anymore snow. 🤞

Check out the latest episode in the Freshmen Perspectives series from Policy Outsider featuring a conversation with NYS Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg on her road to the New York State Assembly.

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Join us today at 10a for a webinar discussion on how social determinants of health can negatively impact health outcomes for immigrants and what programs exist to address and improve these conditions.

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NEW: EP 88

Rockefeller Institute President Bob Megna speaks with NYS Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg about her road to the NYS Assembly and the common thread that weaves together her work across different issues and different levels of government.

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Join us at noon today for a webinar hosted in collaboration with UAlbany School of Public Health, 'Reducing Administrative Burden in Public Health.'

More info and registration 👇
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It's official - Recreational marijuana will be on the ballot this November in Florida.

ICYMI: Here's what our researchers are watching in NY's FY25 budget: rockinst.org/blog/what-were…

ED x - Dr. Jaclyn Schildkraut 🟧 was interviewed as part of this reporting. Read her blog, 'Lessons Learned from the US Department of Justice’s Uvalde Review: Key Takeaways for Policymakers, Practitioners, and Schools.'

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With the Gov Youngkin's veto yesterday, Virginia edges closer to the record currently held by Maine for the longest period between the legalization of adult-use cannabis and sales commencing.

For more on Rockefeller Institute's marijuana policy research see: rockinst.org/intheweeds/

The Florida Supreme Court is expected to issue its opinion on Monday on whether the measure to legalize adult-use cannabis will appear on the ballot this November.

I profiled this case in my most recent 'High Courts' piece for Rockefeller Institute: rockinst.org/blog/the-high-…

Read the Rockefeller Institute report cited in this TU article ('Navigating the Benefits Cliff: The Role of Benefit Eligibility in the Decision to Work and More for People With Disabilities in New York State').

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Here's what we're watching in New York's FY2025 budget across the executive and one-house proposals.

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Next Tuesday April 2 during #NPHW ! Webinar on Reducing Administrative Burden in Public Health. Organized by and featuring UAlbany School of Public Health Professor & CTG UAlbany #Faculty Fellow Jennifer Manganello along with colleagues from Rockefeller Institute Rockefeller College & OPWDD

Please join us for this webinar hosted by UAlbany School of Public Health and Rockefeller Institute for National Public Health Week! #NPHW #PublicHealth
'Reducing Administrative Burden in Public Health'
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