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Drinking-Driving and Other Risk Behaviors Among Missouri High School Students, 1997-2005.
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
Underage drinking remains a critical public health issue nationwide; it also brings about tremendous burden on the Missouri taxpayers. Survey data from the Missouri Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) from 1997 ...
Missouri Historic Preservation Tax Credit
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
The federal government offers an incentive to rehabilitate designated buildings that are older than 50 years. Missouri authorized a tax credit with the same purpose, the Missouri Historic Preservation Tax Credit, in Senate ...
Missouri Tax Credits
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
Missouri's first tax credit was authorized in 1973 and many more have been adopted in the following years. Some of these programs have expired or have been eliminated from the statutes; however, the majority of the programs ...
Food Insecurity, Food Stamp Participation, and Poverty: The Paradox of Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2000)
The current economic recession has made it difficult for millions of American households to make ends meet and cover basic needs such as food. The largest federal program that supplements food consumption is the Food Stamp ...
Aging Out of Foster Care in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
This note examines the current status and trends in the provision of transitional services to youth who age out of the foster care system. It also discusses federal support for those services and recent federal initiatives ...
Covering Missouri's Uninsured Children
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
Missouri provides insurance for children through its Medicaid program, known as MO HealthNet and its version of the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, known as MO HealthNet for Kids. Research ...
Childcare Subsidies in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2007)
Nationwide, 70.5% of women with children were in the labor force in 2006. Three out of four working mothers work more than 30 hours per week, and over 90 percent of their families use some kind of child care. Access to ...
Would Deadlines Improve the Effectiveness of the Missouri General Assembly?
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy., 2003)
This report is the result of a request for information about the use of deadlines in
other state legislatures. The analysis focuses more on the Senate than the House, in part due to the position of those requesting the ...
The Cost of Incarceration in Missouri and the Benefits of Sentencing Alternatives
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2002)
Many and probably most persons sentenced to prison are not good candidates for
alternative sentences, either because they pose a danger to public safety or because they committed a crime for which a prison sentence is ...
Immigrant Drivers: Traffic Safety, Drivers' Licenses and Homeland Security
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2003)
The question of who qualifies for a state drivers' license, once a mundane issue, has
become the focus of national debate - state by state - in part because of homeland security concerns. In fact, 38 states, including ...
Fiscal Federalism and Tax Effort in the American States
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
In the 25 years following the Second World
War, state governments doubled the amount
of inflation adjusted revenue that they
collected in taxes. That represented a growth
rate more than double that of the federal
government ...
Universal Breakfast Programs in Public Schools
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
The School Breakfast Program allows schools to provide breakfast to students at free and reduced costs in an attempt to provide nutritious meals for low-income students.
Nationwide, during the 2006-2007 school year, the ...
Alternative Sentencing & Strategies for Successful Prisoner Reentry
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2006)
Nationally, more than two million people are serving time in prison on any given day. Missouri ranks eighth in the nation in terms of imprisonment and has experienced substantial growth in incarceration over the past two ...
Policy Options for Addressing Childhood Obesity in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
The prevalence of overweight children has increased threefold nationwide, from 5.7% to 18% between 1980 and 2004.1 The current percentage of overweight children in Missouri is greater than the national average. These trends ...
Environmental Justice and Government Behavior: A Summary of New Findings
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
For nearly two decades, environmental
justice advocates have charged that
low-income and minority groups suffer a disproportionate burden from environmental
risks associated with exposure to air, water, and land pollution ...
Economic Impacts of US Ethanol Mandates and Their Implications for Missourians
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
On January 1, 2008, the Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard Act (MO RFSA) became effective; mandating that all gasoline sold in the state contain 10% ethanol. The fuel with 90% conventional gasoline and 10%
ethanol is commonly ...
Overview of State Government
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2006)
General overview of the organization of Missouri state government prepared by David C. Valentine for the Missouri Legislative Academy.
Sex Offender Risk Assessment
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2006)
Compared to clinical methods, actuarial risk instruments are a preferred method to discern sex offenders risk for sexual as well as violent recidivism because, unlike clinical practices, they are considered inexpensive, ...
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 Budget Reserve Fund
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2006)
The value of what has been called a “rainy day fund” was made obvious by several years
of minimal revenue growth in the early 1980s. Without a reserve of this kind, the State had no sources of funds to help to cover ...