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2020-09-01
MIT Department of Economics;
Financial aid from the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (STBF) provides exceptionally generous support to a college population similar to that served by a host of state aid programs. In conjunction with STBF, we randomly assigned aid awards to thousands of Nebraska high school graduates from low-income, minority, and first-generation college households. Randomly assigned STBF awards boost bachelor's (BA) degree completion for students targeting four-year schools by about 8 points. Degree gains are concentrated among four-year applicants who would otherwise have been unlikely to pursue a four-year program. Degree effects are mediated by award-induced increases in credits earned towards a BA in the first year of college. The extent of initial four-year college engagement explains heterogeneous effects by target campus and across covariate subgroups. Most program spending is a transfer, reducing student debt without affecting degree attainment. Award-induced marginal spending is modest. The projected lifetime earnings impact of awards exceeds marginal educational spending for all of the subgroups examined in the study. Projected earnings gains exceed funder costs for low-income, non-white, urban, and first-generation students, and for students with relatively weak academic preparation.
2017-04-24
Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice;
Nebraska employs both indeterminate sentencing (for offenders convicted of serious felonies) and determinatesentencing (for offenders convicted of relatively less serious felonies and misdemeanors). The state does nothave a sentencing commission or sentencing guidelines. Parole in Nebraska was established in 1893 with theGovernor possessing the sole power to parole. Nebraska's Board of Parole has been operating since 1968 as an independent constitutional agency.
2008-04-04
Demos;
We have analyzed the likely impact on voter turnout should Nebraska adopt Election Day Registration (EDR). Under the system proposed in Nebraska, eligible voters who miss the 18-day deadline for registering by mail may be able to register to vote on Election Day. Availability of Election Day Registration (EDR) procedures should give voters who have not previously registered the opportunity to vote. Consistent with existing research on the impact of EDR in the other states that use this process, we find that EDR would likely lead to substantial increases in voter turnout. Thisreport presents the following estimates of increases in turnout for Nebraska, and for specific groups of Nebraska citizens under EDR. Overall turnout could go up by 5.4 percent. Turnout among those aged 18 to 25 could increase by 10.6 percent. Turnout for those who have moved in the last six months could increase by 9.5 percent. Turnout for Latinos could increase by 9.0 percent Turnout for African Americans could increase by 6.0 percent. Turnout among poor and middle-income citizens could increase by 8.1 and 6.4 percent, respectively, while turnout among the wealthiest citizens would likely increase by 3.7 percent.
2010-02-01
Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);
This report presents information on the clients and agencies served by The Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc. The information is drawn from a national study, Hunger in America 2010, conducted in 2009 for Feeding America (FA) (formerly America's Second Harvest), the nation's largest organization of emergency food providers. The national study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 62,000 clients served by the FA national network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 37,000 FA agencies. The study summarized below focuses on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the FA network.Key Findings: The FA system served by The Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc provides emergency food for an estimated 113,600 different people annually.42% of the members of households served by The Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc are children under 18 years old (Table 5.3.2).41% of households include at least one employed adult (Table 5.7.1).Among households with children, 87% are food insecure and 59% are food insecure with very low food security (Table 6.1.1.1).52% of clients served by The Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel (Table 6.5.1).39% had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care (Table 6.5.1).19% of households served by The Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc report having at least one household member in poor health (Table 8.1.1)The Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc included approximately 308 agencies at the administration of this survey, of which 239 have responded to the agency survey. Of the responding agencies, 145 had at least one food pantry, soup kitchen, or shelter.72% of pantries, 59% of kitchens, and 22% of shelters are run by faith-based agencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religious organizations (Table 10.6.1).Among programs that existed in 2006, 74% of pantries, 50% of kitchens, and 43% of shelters of The Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc reported that there had been an increase since 2006 in the number of clients who come to their emergency food program sites (Table 10.8.1).Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for agencies with emergency food providers, accounting for 72% of the food distributed by pantries, 47% of the food distributed by kitchens, and 57% of the food distributed by shelters (Table 13.1.1).As many as 87% of pantries, 83% of kitchens, and 44% of shelters in The Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc use volunteers (Table 13.2.1).
2010-02-01
Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);
This report presents information on the clients and agencies in the state of Nebraska. The information is drawn from a national study, Hunger in America 2010, conducted in 2009 for Feeding America (FA) (formerly America's Second Harvest), the nation's largest organization of emergency food providers. The national study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 62,000 clients served by the FA national network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 37,000 FA agencies. The study summarized below focuses on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the FA network. Key Findings:The FA system in Nebraska provides emergency food for an estimated 131,500 different people annually.40% of the members of client households in Nebraska are children under 18 years old (Table 5.3.2). 34% of client households include at least one employed adult (Table 5.7.1). Among client households with children, 79% are food insecure and 40% are food insecure with very low food security (Table 6.1.1.1). 47% of clients in Nebraska report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel (Table 6.5.1).33% had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care (Table 6.5.1).25% of client households in Nebraska report having at least one household member in poor health (Table 8.1.1)At the administration of this survey, 2 food banks or FROs affiliated with FA operated in Nebraska. Of the agencies that were served by those organizations, 273 agencies that had their operation within the state responded to the agency survey. Of the responding agencies, 183 had at least one food pantry, soup kitchen, or shelter.64% of pantries, 48% of kitchens, and 28% of shelters are run by faith-based agencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religious organizations (Table 10.6.1).Among programs that existed in 2006, 75% of pantries, 68% of kitchens, and 38% of shelters in Nebraska reported that there had been an increase since 2006 in the number of clients who come to their emergency food program sites (Table 10.8.1).Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for agencies with emergency food providers, accounting for 70% of the food distributed by pantries, 48% of the food distributed by kitchens, and 46% of the food distributed by shelters (Table 13.1.1).As many as 88% of pantries, 87% of kitchens, and 42% of shelters in Nebraska use volunteers (Table 13.2.1).
2004-02-01
Aspen Institute;
Shares entrepreneur motivations, aspirations, and struggles to operate viable businesses in several rural counties in Nebraska, and explores how policies and practices could be changed to encourage more growth among rural informal businesses.
2009-01-31
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest;
Identifies needs in education and skills development, economic development, and supports for working families. Calls for state investment to improve access to and aid for education, job creation and training, and wages and benefits for the working poor.
2005-12-19
Public Education Network (PEN);
The PEN national office launched a 2005 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) online survey to follow up on the 2004 survey. The 2004 survey generated 12,000 responses and greatly influenced the recommendations in the "Open to the Public" report released in March 2005. PEN was particularly interested in reaching grassroots constituencies, but the voices of everyone -- including educators -- were counted.
2011-09-22
Social IMPACT Research Center;
The newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey provide a glimpse of the ongoing impacts of the Great Recession for millions of individuals and families. This snapshot of your community's data includes a comparison of 2010 data to 2009 and 1999, illustrating trends over time.
2016-02-11
Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED);
The Assets & Opportunity Scorecard is a comprehensive look at Americans' financial security today and their opportunities to create a more prosperous future. It assesses the 50 states and the District of Columbia on 130 outcome and policy measures, which describe how well residents are faring and what states are doing to help them build and protect assets. The Scorecard enables states to benchmark their outcomes and policies against other states in five issue areas: Financial Assets & Income, Businesses & Jobs, Housing & Homeownership, Health Care, and Education.
