Sol Price Center for Social Innovation

05/19/2022

This week marked the 68th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board decision that deemed racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Nearly seven decades later, education remains deeply unequal. Dr. Ann Owens & colleagues at the Stanford Graduate School of Education launched The Segregation Index. The will be a comprehensive resource for tracking neighborhood and school segregation in the US, across every neighborhood and every school. The Segregation Index research team includes Dr. Ann Owens, Dr. sean f. reardon, Dr. Demetra Kalogrides, Dr. Heewon Jang, and Thalia Tom.

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The SegIndex launched in May 2022 with new findings on school segregation. Additional data and resources are coming soon, including: Longitudinal datasets on racial/ethnic and economic segregation between schools and neighborhoods at multiple levels of geography (e.g., national, metropolitan area, ....

01/04/2022

Join Price Family Chair and Associate Dir. Christine Beckman & Dir. Gary Painter for the USC-SNU International Conference: Examining the Role of Public Administration and Policy During the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Period.

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11/19/2021

Come work with us!

We're seeking a Project Specialist to support all day-to-day activities of the Homelessness Policy Research Institute while advancing its’ strategic vision to accelerate equitable and culturally informed solutions to homelessness in Los Angeles County.

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Join Our Team! Project Specialist Postdoctoral Scholar-Research Associate Interested candidates should complete the online application and e-mail Executive Director Caroline Bhalla at [email protected] with any outstanding questions. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until position is f...

11/15/2021

Tomorrow our neighborhood data project, Neighborhood Data for Social Change is hosting a special community training with United Neighbors In Defense Against Displacement on our newly added tool, the USC Area Housing Dashboard. The training is only an hour long and will begin at 2:00PM!

You don't want to miss this event! See you there!
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11/15/2021

In new research, Price Center Associate Director Ann Owens explores how California's LIHTC Incentives have impacted affordable housing development in high opportunity areas.

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Affordable housing is a critical component of providing low-income children with pathways to opportunity. The federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit program (LIHTC) helps fund the development of…

11/04/2021

On November 16th, our data project, the Neighborhood Data for Social Change is teaming with the United Neighbors In Defense Against Displacement to host a special training on their new USC Area Housing Dashboard. The new dashboard aims to tell the story of how the USC neighborhood has changed over the last 10 years.

Register for the event and learn more!
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11/01/2021

In collaboration with USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and supported by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we are excited to release a new report that analyzes five major data intermediaries in their efforts to inform policy and practice and catalyze action toward health equity.

This report looks at best practices from the Neighborhood Data for Social Change Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Coronavirus Resource Center, Center for Spatial Data Science’s COVID Atlas, City Health Dashboard, and Opportunity Insights at Harvard University's Opportunity Atlas as data platforms to inform action to improve health and equity

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10/25/2021

We are extremely excited to announce that our next Social Innovation Series event with Dr. Karin Martin Ph.D of Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington will be happening in person on 11/2!

This will be our first Social Innovation Series event in person since the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Our discussion will be focused on unpacking her latest research on monetary sanctions in the criminal justice system. Register today!

On Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 12pm, Karin D. Martin will be a featured speaker in the Price Center’s Social Innovation Speaker Series. Dr. Martin is an Assistant Professor at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance … Continue reading →

10/25/2021

Today, USC Senior Olivia Olson, speaks with and to understand a partnership that examined the complex social safety network for low-income working families to identify stagnation points. The study looked at the total resources families have available and identified the threshold points where the saf...

10/19/2021

This latest data story by our Neighborhood Data for Social Change project in partnership with KCET investigates racial disparities and gentrification near the USC area. It builds on many of the findings published in the USC Area Housing Dashboard.

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Examining how the historic area is becoming gentrified via homebuying trends over the last decade and how an organization is promoting wealth building and homeownership for longtime residents of color.

10/19/2021

We are pleased to publish a new report with Imagine LA authored by Postdoctoral Research Scholar Soledad De Gregorio, Doctoral Research Assistant Rebecca Brooks Smith, and Director Dr. Gary Dean Painter and Molly Creighton that examines the complex social safety net that low-income working families in Los Angeles interact with.

Visit the page: https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/safety-net/

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The United States social safety net aims to improve the lives of the lowest-income families and individuals. As the term “social safety net” implies, the goal is to provide a support system that “catches” families as they fall into poverty but still encourages work.