Jurisdictions to Receive Applied Research Support and Technical Assistance to Improve Outcomes and Make Supervision Less Restrictive for People Awaiting Trial
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL) today announced five jurisdictions which will receive applied research support and technical assistance from its Pretrial Initiative. The Initiative is designed to support state and local jurisdictions seeking to improve outcomes for those awaiting trial while making pretrial supervision less restrictive....
Chicago, Colorado, Detroit, and Los Angeles selected to join the GPL’s inaugural Homelessness Prevention & Rehousing Accelerator; jurisdictions will test innovative local solutions to nationwide challenges in homelessness response
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL) today announced four jurisdictions will participate in the inaugural Homelessness...
Largest-Ever Cohort Set to Receive Applied Research Support and Technical Assistance to Advance Unarmed Alternative Emergency Responses
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL) today announced 14 members will participate in its 2023–24 Alternative 911 Emergency Response Implementation Cohort, an initiative...
Four Jurisdictions to Receive Targeted Technical Assistance to Advance Alternative Emergency Responses
CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL) today announced four jurisdictions will participate in its 2022-2023 Alternative 911 Emergency Response Implementation Cohort, an initiative...
Child & Family Wellbeing Accelerator will support jurisdictions implementing preventative supports that keep families together and contribute to child wellbeing
August 9, 2022
CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL) today launched the Child & Family Wellbeing Accelerator, an initiative designed to help state and local...
Talk to mayors about how their city halls buy goods and services, and you are likely to hear a litany of complaints. Yet procurement is one of the most important and powerful tools local leaders have at their disposal. Just about everything cities do, from paving roads to housing the homeless, involves purchasing goods and services. From the GPL's director Jeffrey Liebman in Bloomberg Cities, read ...Read more about Four ways to turn procurement into a force for change
What Works Cities published a new e-book, Charting an Equitable Future, which brings together actionable tools, case studies, and reports from cities that participated in their City Budgeting for Equity and Recovery cohort in 2021. Featured in Section 3 of the e-book is an article about the GPL's work using... Read more about Charting an Equitable Future
Data-Smart City Solutions featured the GPL's work with Long Beach, California on an "Extreme Procurement Makeover," designed to, "make procurement more efficient, results-driven, equitable, and sustainable, with a dedicated [GPL] Fellow, Rebecca Graffy, driving the work forward." Read the article. Read more about Long Beach Leads the Way on Inclusive Procurement