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Where Do Overweight Children Live?
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy., 2005)
Overweight status and obesity have increased dramatically among both adults and children in the past two decades (CDC 2003). While these increases have been well-documented, much less is known about how these outcomes vary ...
Keeping up with Missouri's Growing LEP Population
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Immigration is growing in areas that have not previously experienced immigrant populations. This trend, coupled with requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), introduces new challenges to school districts across ...
Combined Sewer Overflows: A Threat to Water Quality in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Clean water is essential to the health and well being of humans and their environment. Pollution threatens surface waters and may make them unsafe for human use. Much of the pollution is from man made sources and, by law, ...
Combined Sewer Overflows in Missouri: Costs and Alternative Approaches
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) are detrimental to water quality in Missouri and pose a significant health risk to humans. The effects of CSOs are not yet fully known and there is an ongoing effort to quantify their impacts. ...
Transportation Equity Act: Adopting a Statewide Open Container Law in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 1,232 fatal vehicle crashes occurredin 2003 on Missouri's highways. Approximately 41 percent of these fatalities involved alcohol. These incidents ...
Missouri State and Local Open Container Laws
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
In 1998, Congress and the President passed the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), which aimed to encourage states to enact and enforce an open container law that prohibits possession of any open ...
Economic Benefits of the Recycling Industry in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
The recycling, remanufacturing, and reuse industry (RRR) plays an important role in Missouri by reducing the use of raw natural resources and by reducing energy consumption. Recycling activities also provide important ...
Writing for Policy-makers
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
This report outlines issues to be considered by members of the academic community when writing for decision-makers but almost all of the information provided here can inform oral presentations as well. The best way to ...
Missouri Micropolitan Areas: A Demographic Profile
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
This brief examines how Missouri's recently
defined micropolitan counties compare to traditional metropolitan and rural areas of the state. This comparison is done by using several demographic categories including: population ...
Privatizing Functions of State Government
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Privatization of traditional governmental functions has been extensively discussed in the United States for more than two decades, and states have chosen a wide range of programs for privatization and selected a variety ...
Use of Cash Assistance by Non-Citizens in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) set in place restrictions on many forms of assistance, including cash grants or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Specifically, these ...
Evaluation of Recommended Sentencing Pilot Program
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Missouri's prison population rose significantly through the 1990s and early 2000s. When compared nationally, Missouri's
sentencing laws resulted in longer prison terms and in the imprisonment of a greater proportion of ...
Missouri's Growing Immigrant Population and Implications for School Districts
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Missouri has experienced considerable growth in immigration, and this trend is reflected in the growth of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. There has been steady growth
of LEP students in Missouri over the past ...
Profile of Missouri's Farms and Farmers
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Missouri is home to approximately 158,000 farm operators and more than 106,000 farms. The agricultural industry is an important part of the Missouri economy; in 2002 total Missouri agricultural sales were approximately 5 ...
Enhancing Missouri Traffic Safety with a Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Law
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
In 1984, New York became the first state to enact a mandatory seat belt law; since then, the District of Columbia and every state except New Hampshire have adopted similar laws. Of the 49 states with seat belt laws, eight ...
State of the State on Drug Courts in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
Substance abuse is growing in the United States. In 2000 an estimated 6.5 percent of the population had a substance abuse problem, a proportion that increased to 7.3 percent by 2001 (SAMHSA, 2002). One result of increased ...
Missouri Medicaid Program: The A Graphical Profile
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
This report provides a graphical summary of the Missouri Medicaid program. It is intended to provide background information of the policy issues being considered by the Missouri Medicaid Reform Commission. The report was ...
Term Limits & Tenure in the Missouri General Assembly 2005
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
The following report examines tenure and turnover in the Missouri General Assembly following the critical 2002 general election and the 2004 election. The 2002 election was the first since the decennial redistricting and ...
Focus Groups on Infant Care Practices in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
The goal of this research project was to better understand how individuals, primarily low-income African-American parents in Missouri, make decisions on infant care
practices, specifically those focused around feeding and ...
Profiles of Missouri: Obesity Rate in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
According to a recent report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH), obesity rates in all but one of our fifty U.S. states rose last year at an alarming rate (the exception is Oregon, where the rate remained the same ...