Policy Papers
Truancy Prevention in the District of Columbia: Is it Effective or is it just another discretionary
The law places accountability with the home of the student, with consequences resulting in fines and referrals to a Student Support Team or Court Social Services. This gives schools alternative tools in keeping students in the class for instruction and deter youth violence as a result. However, students who are chronically absent and chronically disruptive maybe more inclined to receive school administered suspensions. As such, those students would receive little classroom instruction or school time.
Can you use social media for public policy as a social policy networking service?
Social media allows web users to document and share information quickly with people. Twitter, for instance allows for feedback and responses in real time and in turn also allows for community building. It also has another feature of allowing users the power of storytelling with the community in quick manner.
Having Centralized Agency to Decriminalize Homelessness.
There are several instances where issues due to defragmentation result in the
criminalization of homelessness. There is a lack of centralization in monitoring and record keeping of homeless in San Francisco. Thus, a centralized facility and/or agency that deals with issues of homelessness, beginning from the point of contact to the end point of success is what this agency will provide. The agency will provide consistency and stability and as a result will reduce the criminalization of homelessness. This is why centralized government agency is important. Thus, this paper will address the structure and briefly compare this model to other organizations.
Spending priorities on Water Supply and Sanitation: Whether and How to Shift policy priorities.
Because of the recent outbreaks of enteric disease and typhus, coverage in the media, and increased call for government accountability, there is a need for financing water supply and sanitation (WSS) and flood control infrastructure and increasing financing for medicines, vaccines, and equipment parts (“consumables”) to reduce health risks to the population. However, spending should shift to prioritizing financing and paying for WSS and by combining interventions for improved roads, health and hygiene information. This will be achieved by various financing frameworks available.
Which are better off-grid or grid extension programs?
The following will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of an on-the-grid and an off-the-grid approach. The main issues concerning grid extensions include the low demand (consumption) for electricity, financing options in terms of targeted subsidies, level of services, and choosing between a decentralized electricity provision, or the state-owned electricity or a private company operating.