Podcasts about American Community Survey

Hosts: Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner The Fed cuts interest rates for the first time in 4 years“Bold.” It’s the word being used to describe the Federal Reserve’s rate cut announcement of .5% today. Robert Spendlove, Senior Economist at Zions Bank says he was surprised by such a drastic cut; it’s double what he predicted earlier in the day on KSL NewsRadio. He walks KSL at Night hosts Adam Gardiner and Leah Murray through the process and shares his thoughts on what the rate cut will do in the short and long terms. Calls for added security around Trump following 2nd assassination attemptMany members of Congress are calling for additional Secret Service protections around former President Trump following a second assassination attempt. Utah Senator Mike Lee is one of those making the calls. We discuss the pros and cons of the argument on whether to provide Trump with the same level of security as a sitting president. Hezbollah vows revenge following thousands of pager, radio explosionsThe terrorist organization Hezbollah is vowing retaliation against Israel following two separate explosion attacks affecting thousands of communications devices used by Hezbollah members. Yesterday, thousands of pagers exploded; today it was two-way walkie-talkie radios. Austin J. Knuppe, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Utah State University gives us some insights on why and how these attacks happened. Potential strike looming at ports on the East Coast; could it affect Utah?A worker strike could happen at ports on the East Coast and Gulf Coast as soon as October 1st. That may seem distant, but it could have direct effects on those of us in Utah. And to make matters worse, the timing of it all could severely affect the busiest shopping time of the year: Christmas. Dave Davis is the President of the Retail Merchants Association; he joins the show to explain how we got to this point. Meet the candidate: Rob Latham for GovernorElections tend to focus on the major two parties: Republican and Democrat. But there are several third parties also involved. Today, we talk with one of those third-party candidates, Rob Latham, gubernatorial candidate for the Libertarian Party. Latham explains why he’s running for governor and what he hopes to bring to the office. Listen in to find out where he stands on several important issues. Is this the year of the ‘girl dad’ candidate? How candidates’ children are affecting racesPolitical ads for Republican candidates across the country this election cycle are heavily featuring their children; specifically, their daughters. Conservatives are trying to bridge the gender gap – where women tend to join the Democrat Party – and bring them to the other side. We discuss the role of gender in politics and how party platforms affect it. Utah’s population getting older, richer, and more diverseNew data from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey show Utah’s population is getting older, wealthier, and more diverse. As the state’s population changes, is it changing enough to influence politics? It could change things on a smaller local level, but what about on a statewide or national level? The KSL at Night hosts share their thoughts. The secret to keeping good workers happyHow do employers keep good workers happy? Is it all about money? According to new survey data, nope. It turns out the secret to keeping good workers happy and satisfied is to recognize their achievements. Leah and Adam finish off the show discussing the importance of keeping workers happy and share their own ideas.

Hosts: Leah Murray and Adam Gardiner New data from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey show Utah’s population is getting older, wealthier, and more diverse. As the state’s population changes, is it changing enough to influence politics? It could change things on a smaller local level, but what about on a statewide or national level? The KSL at Night hosts share their thoughts.

September 16, 2024 Rockingham County Board Of Commissioners MeetingAGENDA1. Meeting Called to Order by Chairman Hall2. Invocation3. Pledge of AllegianceRaylan Maness, Age 8, Rockingham County 4-H member4. Proclamation: Kinley Johnson, 4-H MemberAdoption of Proclamation to declare Rockingham County 4-H week, October 6-12, 2024 in Rockingham County•• Recognize Ryleigh Johnson for attendance of the YouthVoice 2024 at the NCACC Youth Summit.5. Recognition: Lance Metzler, County ManagerConsideration of approval of a Resolution honoring Pat Galloway, Finance Office Director, for 13 years of service to Rockingham County.6. Approval of September 16, 2024 Agenda7. Consent AgendaA. Lance Metzler, County Manager1. Consideration of approval of "A Whistleblower Policy for Rockingham County"2. Consideration of revision of Personnel Policy 6: Leave of Absence, Section 11: Breavernent Leave. Added section in red.B. Todd Hurst, Tax AdministratorConsideration of Tax Collection and Reconciliation Reports for August including refunds for August 21, 2024 thru September 3, 2024.C. Susan Washburn, Clerk to the BoardRequest for approval of Regular Meeting minutes for August 19, 2024.D. Trey Wright, Public Health Director1. Request to add the following vaccines to the Master Fee Schedule:90656 Flu Vaccine (6 month & older) $30.0090673 Flu Vaccine (18 years & older) $85.00A4561 Pressary, rubber, any type $150.00A4562 Pressary, non-rubber, any type $150.0067160 Pressary, non-rubber, any type $150.00Request to increase the fee for the following Vaccine: 90662 Flu Vaccine (65+ only) High Dose to $85.00 from $80.002. Reappointment to the Board of Health and Human Services for Ann Brady for a second term.E. Rhonda Hooker, Director, Rockingham County LibraryConsideration of appointment of Robin Zimberlin to fill the position left vacant by Kim Pryor on the Library Board of Trustees. The term will end June 30, 2025 which is the completion of Ms. Pryor's term.F. Lisa Ellington, Interim Public Health Administrator, Rockingham County Recovers FaciliatorRequest amendment to the last Local Spending Authorization that came before the Board for approval on 8/5/2024. There was a date change that was not reflected on the previous document. This document will be posted on the NC-CORE website and it is necessary to approve the updated document that reflects the most accurate data.G. Mandy McGhee, Finance Director1. Request budget amendment using the E911 Fund Balance to purchase chairs at the 911 PSAP Center.2. Request the Capital Project Ordinance Number 1 and Budget Amendment for the construction cost of Landfill Expansion Phase 5 project. Funds are available in the Landfill Capital Reserve Fund.8. Old BusinessClyde Albright, County AttorneyClarification of the record of service terms of the Rockingham County Planning Board members.9. Public Comment10. Public Hearings:A. Bill Lester, LKC Engineering, PLLCA) Discuss the proposed program amendment for the Rockingham County Community Development Block Grant, CDBG project number 20-V3518, and gather citizen views and comments prior to the submission of the Program Amendment. Rockingham County originally requested Coronavirus funding for the Public Service to benefit low - and moderate - income families by providing subsistence payments for utility rent/mortgage to prevent service disconnection and homelessness. The County partnered with the United Way of Rockingham County and provided assistance to eligible applicants. The County is now requesting an amendment to allow for the remaining grant funds to be used to provide sidewalk and pedestrian improvements. Attached is the Project Budget Revision Form which outlines the revised budget. If approved, the amendment for the CDBG CV project (20-V-3518): Coronavirus Program will provide for pedestrian improvements which will connect the Town of Mayodan downtown area to the Recreational Center. The proposed improvements will include new sidewalks and/or an upgrade to existing sidewalks along US 220 Business and Main Street. The CDBG grant program requires the project serve at least 51 % low/moderate income (LMT) persons. There are a few LMllocations to the Rockingham County area. The amended project will benefit 52.40% low/moderate income persons based on the 2016-2020 American Community Survey for the Town of Mayodan effective August 1, 2024. Therefore, this project does meet the LMI requirement of the CDBG program.B. Hiram Marziano, Community Development DirectorB) 1. Case 2024-18 - Zoning Map Amendment (Rezoning) - A request to rezone a (+1-) 0.62 acre parcel of land from Neighborhood Commercial - Conditional District (NC-CD) to Residential Agricultural (RA) - Standard Rezoning - Applicant: Donna Hopkins - Tax PIN: 8906-03-23-8739) - 163 Harrison Crossroad Loop - Ruffin Township.2. Case 2024-17 Zoning Map Amendment (Rezoning) - A request to rezone a (+1-) 2.5 acre parcel of land from Neighborhood Commercial (NC) and Residentail Agricultural (RA) to Neighborhood Commercial - Conditional District (NC-CD) Conditional Rezoning - Applicant: Teramore Development LLC - Tax PIN: 7945-02-87-9011 (a portion thereof) -1658 NC Hwy 704 -Wentworth Township.11. PresentationCara Dohner, MPP, Regional Director of Community Relations, Vaya Health Presentation of Vaya Health Updates12. New Business13. Commissioner Comments14. Adjourn###

Ilyce Glink, financial journalist and CEO of Best Money Moves, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the latest report from the American Community Survey. Glink then talks about the increasing costs of housing insurance due to the coastal states dealing with natural disasters.

The U.S. Census Bureau does more than just count US residents. It also conducts annual surveys which aim to better understand the wellbeing of those people. The American Community Survey is one such measure, and data released this week shows Virginia is doing better than the rest of the country. Brad Kutner has more.

In 2019, it was estimated that Detroit was the least connected city in the U.S. with greater than 100,000 households.*  On this episode of Connected Nation, we take you to a special event held in the heart of Detroit that's getting the city one step closer to changing that statistic for good. Related links:eeroNonprofit partners: Digitunity | Human I-T | E2D | National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA)Michigan High-speed Internet Office - main page | MIchigan digital equity resources & MITTEN grant programMore details: Click here for more details on the project2019 American Community Survey* 

On this episode of Dimensions of Diversity, Lloyd Freeman speaks with Meeta Anand, Senior Director of Census and Data Equity for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.The discussion highlights how the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by their race and ethnicity. This includes new options for the first time since 1977 under the question of "What is your race and/or ethnicity?" New categories include “Middle Eastern or North African” (also known as MENA) and “Hispanic or Latino.” Meeta says these changes will achieve more accurate representation of the population as a whole.Later, Meeta explains how data from the annual American Community Survey is providing local and national leaders with the information they need to develop better programs, greater economic development, improved emergency management, and a deeper focus on local issues and conditions.Dimensions of Diversity is a podcast created by Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, highlighting diversity in the workplace. Hosted by Lloyd Freeman, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, the podcast features meaningful conversations with industry and community leaders working to advance D&I. 

When does government cross the line in demanding too much personal information? The Pacific Legal Foundation is suing the Census Bureau over just that. The American Community Survey asks, among other things, personal sexual matters, family relationships, and past marriages. The Census Bureau says refusing to answer could result in prosecution and fines. In this discussion, PLF attorney Adi Dynar explains why they say the questions and threat of fines violate the rights of Americans.

In this episode, I explain why the American Community Survey is unconstitutional. Is it legal and do you have to fill it out? What are your options? Make sure to send an e-mail to yopi@post.com if you have any ideas for topics. This episode is sponsored by McNeese Construction. Check out our store at www.se7en.surf where you will find cool items for you, your family, and pets. To keep this podcast going please feel free to donate at www.paypal.me/yopistudio If you would like to read more on this topic or any other previous topics, you can do so by checking out our blog at https://yopistudio.blogspot.com/ Feel free to see what we are up to by following us at:  https://twitter.com/Dauricee https://www.facebook.com/yopistudio/ https://www.facebook.com/LouisianaEntertainmentAssociation/ To listen to the podcast, and watch creative videos and skits go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvn6tns6wKUwz9xZw11_vAQ/videos Interested in projects Daurice has worked on in the movie industry you can check it out at www.IMDb.com under Daurice Cummings. For comments or questions, you can reach us at yopi@post.com To read more about today's topic check out the references below. References: www.rutherford.org

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It's Friday, December 15th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com) U.S. Muslim family arrested, accused of beating son who converted to Christianity A Muslim family was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, after a juvenile victim told authorities his mother, father, and brother attacked him for converting to the Christian faith, reports FaithWire.com. According to an arrest warrant, the boy was purportedly punched in the face and spit at by his mother, father, and brother; the mother is also accused of scratching the back of one of the victim's hands with a knife, reports WZTV. During the attack, the young man was allegedly urged to renounce his Christian beliefs and proclaim Islam. Authorities became aware of the situation after his employer reportedly expressed concern. When police arrived for a welfare check on December 11th, they found the boy with injuries, including lumps on his face and scratches. The young man was transported to the hospital. Meanwhile, the 57-year-old father, Nick Kadum, the 46-year-old mother, Rawaa, and their 29-year-old son, John, were charged over the incident. In John 15:18-19, Jesus said, “If the world hates you, remember that it hated Me first. The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.” Hamas' plot against Europe foiled Yesterday, German police arrested three suspected members of Hamas in Berlin accused of preparing an attack against Jewish targets in Europe, reports The Daily Mail. German prosecutors said the three men, along with another suspect arrested in the Netherlands, were said to have begun preparing a weapons cache in the German capital where arms would be “kept in a state of readiness in view of potential terrorist attacks against Jewish institutions in Europe.” News of these arrests came after Danish authorities said they too had prevented a terror attack, arresting three more suspects.  Biden forgives another $4.8 billion in student debt On December 6th, the Biden administration announced that it would forgive an additional $4.8 billion in student loan debt for 80,300 borrowers, bringing the total taxpayer burden to $132 billion, reports The Epoch Times. President Biden said, "I won't back down from using every tool at our disposal to get student loan borrowers the relief they need to reach their dreams.” His administration is undeterred by the recent Supreme Court decision to block a wide-ranging initiative to cancel up to $20,000 in debt per student. Powerful pre-Christmas storm to pound 20 states Christmas travel is getting underway this weekend, but the FOX Forecast Center is tracking a powerful pre-holiday storm that will impact millions in at least 20 states as it slides up the East Coast this weekend and into early next week, slamming the region with heavy rain and strong wind. So, if you're among the more than 115 million Americans expected to travel 50 miles or more this Christmas season, you'll want to prepare for delays on the roads and at some of our nation's busiest airports if your travels take you to the East. Surprising number of men & women open to multiple partners or spouses So much for monogamy. A new study by researchers from Swansea University in the United Kingdom reveals that a third of men and one in 10 women are open to having more than one romantic partner — at the same time, reports StudyFinds.org. The study, which involved 393 heterosexual men and women, uncovered varying levels of “openness” to these arrangements. Approximately 33 percent of men surveyed in the U.K. expressed a willingness to consider the idea of having more than one wife or long-term girlfriend in a committed partnership if it were legal and consensual. By contrast, only 11 percent of women indicated a similar openness to the concept of polygamous faux marriage. Hebrews 13:4 says, “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.” Census now demanding "sex at birth" and "current gender" The U.S. Census Bureau is adding demands for every person in households to reveal their "sex at birth" and their "current gender," as if that could be changed, reports WorldNetDaily.com. The additions have prompted a warning about the ongoing loss of privacy Americans are sustaining. John Whitehead, a constitutional attorney and chief of The Rutherford Institute, warned, "The potential for abuse is grave." The newest problem concerns the "mandatory" American Community Survey, which is sent to households monthly. This is in addition to the census done every 10 years to estimate the population of the nation, its states and cities. The Rutherford Institute has posted online a form letter of complaint through which citizens can complain to census officials about the questions. Christian group uplifting families devastated by Hamas And finally, a Christian organization is working to help an Israeli agricultural community described in the Bible as a resting place for King David's warriors that was left devastated in the aftermath of Hamas' terrorist attacks, reports The Christian Post.  CityServe is a non-profit that mobilizes local churches and partnering organizations to bring relief to communities left devastated by war or natural disasters.  CityServe's Vice President of Government Relations, Todd Lamphere, explained that standing with Israel is one of the organization's 10 initiatives for creating community transformation.  CityServe is investing in Ein HaBesor, an Israeli agricultural community -- near the Gaza border that accounts for over 60% of Israel's produce. Hamas terrorists attacked the community during its October 7 strike in southern Israel, killing at least 1,200 people, including 31 Americans.  Consider making a donation yourself through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Friday, December 15th in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

The U.S. Census Bureau released in September the American Community Survey data for 2022, which is the first step for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to determine 2024 rent and income limits for low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties. In this week's episode of the Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac partner Thomas Stagg, CPA, discuss how the new data affects the income limits calculation, how HUD calculates the cap, how that could possibly change, how significant rent and income limits are compared to other financial considerations at an affordable housing property and whether HUD might use a different metric to determine the limits. They also discuss how rent and income limits affect the determination of difficult development areas and qualified census tracts and look at other resources to deepen your understanding of this issue.

The U.S. Census Bureau released in September the American Community Survey data for 2022, which is the first step for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to determine 2024 rent and income limits for low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties. In this week's episode of the Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac partner Thomas Stagg, CPA, discuss how the new data affects the income limits calculation, how HUD calculates the cap, how that could possibly change, how significant rent and income limits are compared to other financial considerations at an affordable housing property and whether HUD might use a different metric to determine the limits. They also discuss how rent and income limits affect the determination of difficult development areas and qualified census tracts and look at other resources to deepen your understanding of this issue.

In this episode of Bayou Business Download, Partnership Chief Economist Patrick Jankowski discusses what the latest American Community Survey, released by the U.S. Census Bureau, tells us about our region and how it has transformed over the years. 

The history of statistics is filled with interesting facts about the development of the field and stories of the people who helped shape it. A new column at CHANCE magazine will explore the history of stats which is the focus of this episode of Stats+Stories with guest Chiatra Nagaraja Chaitra Nagaraja is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter. Her research interests are primarily in measurement, particularly macroeconomic and socioeconomic indicators, time series, and the history of statistics. Prior to joining Exeter, she was a faculty member at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University in New York City where she wrote the 2019 book Measuring Society and a research mathematical statistician at the U.S Census Bureau, focusing on the American Community Survey. The book is a history of US official statistics like unemployment, inflation, and poverty. In addition to her university research and teaching, she is the chair of the American Statistical Association's Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee, a member of the Royal Statistical Society's History of Statistics Section, and the book review editor for the International Statistical Review. She also recently accepted a co-editorship position for the new history of statistics column in CHANCE magazine.

Lumina Foundation has long advocated for the goal of 60% of Americans earning college degrees or other high-quality credentials beyond high school by 2025. In this episode of Work in Progress, Courtney Brown, vice president of strategic impact and planning for Lumina Foundation, joins me with an update on the nation's progress toward that goal. "We advocate for learning beyond high school. We talk about high-quality learning and that includes any degree – associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, or higher – as well as a certificate or a workforce certification," says Brown. When Lumina first started tracking the country's progress through its online data tool, A Stronger Nation, just 37.9% of adults between the ages of 25 and 64 had gotten a post-high school degree, credential, or industry certification. "We are absolutely making progress. Over the 15 years, we have increased by 16 percentage points, which is pretty amazing. We're almost at 54% (53.7%) as a nation now for attainment. That includes the short-term credentials, industry certification, as well as degrees," explains Brown. "For the first time ever, for degree attainment – associate degrees and higher – every single state increased in attainment, which, again, is really good news," she adds. The latest data, which comes from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, shows recent, significant increases in post-high school attainment by Hispanics and Black Americans. "We saw a really large increase by the Hispanic and Latino population from 2019 to 2021. Their attainment increased by two-and-a-half percentage points. We saw similar for Black Americans; it increased about two percentage points. This is great news." While the overall gains are up, these populations still lag behind in degree attainment. Brown breaks down the numbers. "(Whereas) the national attainment rate for degrees is about 46%, Black attainment is only at 34% and Hispanic attainment is almost 28%, and American Indian, Alaska Native attainment is just over 25%. White attainment (is) at 50%. Asian attainment (is) over almost 66%. "You can see there's a huge gap there between where these three populations sit and the national average. While the news is encouraging, there's still a long way to go before we actually have an equitable attainment here," she concludes The Importance of Industry Credentials Lumina Foundation argues that there is an obvious need for changes in the way we look at education in this country. "We need a new system for education beyond high school, one built on the expectation that every adult will earn a credential. More learning must be recognized – however it is obtained – and the system must be designed specifically to meet students' needs," according to the A Stronger Nation online site, which Brown oversees. In the podcast, we discuss the importance of short-term industry credentials, in particular, and what they mean to the workforce of today and tomorrow. Here is some of what she tells me. "We want these credentials. One of the things when we think about a high-quality credential is they should lead to further learning. They should continue an opportunity for all Americans to have access to the next credential, so they can continue to skill and upskill and reskill as necessary. "These short-term credentials are really essential for people to have so they can get a job. When I think about the Infrastructure Bill, the CHIPS Bill, and all the jobs that are going to be created, those individuals that are going to be hired need to have those skills. "They need to have credentialed skills. A certificate in IT, a certification in plumbing, to help to demonstrate to an employer that they have the skills and knowledge that are necessary to get that job, to actually be successful in that job. "We want to make sure that those individuals recognize that getting some type of learning beyond high school,

Lumina Foundation has long advocated for the goal of 60% of Americans earning college degrees or other high-quality credentials beyond high school by 2025. In this episode of Work in Progress, Courtney Brown, vice president of strategic impact and planning for Lumina Foundation, joins me with an update on the nation's progress toward that goal. "We advocate for learning beyond high school. We talk about high-quality learning and that includes any degree – associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, or higher – as well as a certificate or a workforce certification," says Brown. When Lumina first started tracking the country's progress through its online data tool, A Stronger Nation, just 37.9% of adults between the ages of 25 and 64 had gotten a post-high school degree, credential, or industry certification. "We are absolutely making progress. Over the 15 years, we have increased by 16 percentage points, which is pretty amazing. We're almost at 54% (53.7%) as a nation now for attainment. That includes the short-term credentials, industry certification, as well as degrees," explains Brown. "For the first time ever, for degree attainment – associate degrees and higher – every single state increased in attainment, which, again, is really good news," she adds. The latest data, which comes from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, shows recent, significant increases in post-high school attainment by Hispanics and Black Americans. "We saw a really large increase by the Hispanic and Latino population from 2019 to 2021. Their attainment increased by two-and-a-half percentage points. We saw similar for Black Americans; it increased about two percentage points. This is great news." While the overall gains are up, these populations still lag behind in degree attainment. Brown breaks down the numbers. "(Whereas) the national attainment rate for degrees is about 46%, Black attainment is only at 34% and Hispanic attainment is almost 28%, and American Indian, Alaska Native attainment is just over 25%. White attainment (is) at 50%. Asian attainment (is) over almost 66%. "You can see there's a huge gap there between where these three populations sit and the national average. While the news is encouraging, there's still a long way to go before we actually have an equitable attainment here," she concludes The Importance of Industry Credentials Lumina Foundation argues that there is an obvious need for changes in the way we look at education in this country. "We need a new system for education beyond high school, one built on the expectation that every adult will earn a credential. More learning must be recognized – however it is obtained – and the system must be designed specifically to meet students' needs," according to the A Stronger Nation online site, which Brown oversees. In the podcast, we discuss the importance of short-term industry credentials, in particular, and what they mean to the workforce of today and tomorrow. Here is some of what she tells me. "We want these credentials. One of the things when we think about a high-quality credential is they should lead to further learning. They should continue an opportunity for all Americans to have access to the next credential, so they can continue to skill and upskill and reskill as necessary. "These short-term credentials are really essential for people to have so they can get a job. When I think about the Infrastructure Bill, the CHIPS Bill, and all the jobs that are going to be created, those individuals that are going to be hired need to have those skills. "They need to have credentialed skills. A certificate in IT, a certification in plumbing, to help to demonstrate to an employer that they have the skills and knowledge that are necessary to get that job, to actually be successful in that job. "We want to make sure that those individuals recognize that getting some type of learning beyond high school,

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced it would use 2021 American Community Survey data to determine fiscal year (FY) 2023 income limits, which are used to determine who can live in properties financed with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs). In this week's episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Thomas Stagg, CPA, parse several types of information following the announcement: What stakeholders working in LIHTCs and community development know at this stage in the annual process of determining income limits, what they know they don't know and also how to best prepare for unknown challenges on the horizon.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced it would use 2021 American Community Survey data to determine fiscal year (FY) 2023 income limits, which are used to determine who can live in properties financed with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs). In this week's episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Thomas Stagg, CPA, parse several types of information following the announcement: What stakeholders working in LIHTCs and community development know at this stage in the annual process of determining income limits, what they know they don't know and also how to best prepare for unknown challenges on the horizon.

Data deidentification aims to provide data owners with edible cake: to allow them to freely use, share, store and publicly release sensitive record data without risking the privacy of any of the individuals in the data set.   And, surprisingly, given some constraints, that's not impossible to do.    However, the behavior of a deidentification algorithm depends on the distribution of the data itself.   Privacy research often treats data as a black box---omitting formal data-dependent utility analysis, evaluating over simple homogeneous test data, and using simple aggregate performance metrics.   As a result, there's less work formally exploring detailed algorithm interactions with realistic data contexts.   This can result in tangible equity and bias harms when these technologies are deployed; this is true even of deidentification techniques such as cell-suppression which have been in widespread use for decades.   At worst, diverse subpopulations can be unintentionally erased from the deidentified data. Successful engineering requires understanding both the properties of the machine and how it responds to its running environment.  In this talk I'll provide a basic outline of distribution properties such as feature correlations, diverse subpopulations, deterministic edit constraints, and feature space qualities (cardinality, ordinality), that may impact algorithm behavior in real world contexts.  I'll then use new (publicly available) tools from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to show unprecedentedly detailed performance analysis for a spectrum of recent and historic deidentification techniques on diverse community benchmark data.   We'll combine the two and consider a few basic rules that help explain the behavior of different techniques in terms of data distribution properties.  But we're very far from explaining everything—I'll describe some potential next steps on the path to well-engineered data privacy technology that I hope future research will explore.  A path I hope some CERIAS members might join us on later this year.  This talk will be accessible to anyone who's interested—no background in statistics, data, or recognition of any of the above jargon is required. About the speaker: Christine Task is a CERIAS alumna, who earned her PhD in Computer Science at Purdue University in 2015, and joined Knexus Research Corporation later that year.  Since then she has led the first National Challenges in Differential Privacy for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, contributed to 2020 Census Differentially Private Disclosure Avoidance System, served as technical lead for non-DP Synthetic Data projects for the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, American Housing Survey and American Business Survey, been co-lead on the United Nation's UNECE Synthetic Data Working Group, and led the development of the SDNist data deidentification benchmarking library.  Back in 2012, as a doctoral student at Purdue, she gave a CERIAS seminar titled "Practical Beginner's Guide to Differential Privacy", whose success was very valuable to her career.   Having begun a decade ago, she was thrilled to be invited back to present what amounts to an update on that work.

Throughout America's history, its people formed churches, social and fraternal organizations, and neighborhood groups at an astonishing pace. When we talk about “American exceptionalism” this is what we're really talking about: the self-organizing community that solves its own problems. In second half of the 20th century, however, scholars and pundits have pointed to a decline in American neighborliness and propensity for joining civic organizations. Church attendance is down, social organizations are dissolving, and two-parent families are declining. What can the data on American attitudes toward community tell us about why this is happening? Today, I am pleased to welcome Ryan Streeter and Dan Cox to discuss the state of American communities. Streeter is a Senior Fellow and Director of Domestic Policy Studies at AEI. He studies topics of civil society, community, localism and religion. Dan Cox is the Senior Fellow in Polling and Public Opinion at AEI and the Director of the Survey Center of American Life. He specializes understanding American attitudes toward politics, youth culture, identity, and religion. We discuss highlights from AEI's fall American Community survey, which can be found on the AEI website. We'll also discuss their vocational journeys and professional lives and the role of civic engagement in building a happy and fulfilling life.  Mentioned During the Episode https://www.aei.org/profile/ryan-streeter/ (Ryan Streeter) https://www.aei.org/profile/daniel-a-cox/ (Dan Cox) https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/public-places-and-commercial-spaces-how-neighborhood-amenities-foster-trust-and-connection-in-american-communities/ (American Community Survey) https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/stephen-goldsmith (Stephen Goldsmith) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adam-Smith (Adam Smith) https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hume (David Hume) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/social-network-analysis (Social network analysis) https://www.pewresearch.org/ (Pew Research Center) https://www.prri.org/ (Public Religion Research Institute) https://www.aei.org/profile/karlyn-bowman/ (Karlyn Bowman) https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/the-moral-sense/ (The Moral Sense- James Q. Wilson) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Irving-Kristol (Irving Kristol) https://www.aei.org/press/press-release-in-memory-of-michael-novak-1933-2017/ (Michael Novak) https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/to-empower-people/ (To Empower People) https://www.jstor.org/stable/2111666?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (Thermostatic Opinion) https://www.aei.org/politics-and-public-opinion/if-libraries-are-about-finding-the-truth-lets-be-honest-about-their-decline/ (Sam Abrams on public libraries)

New data from the American Community Survey found that among married, heterosexual couples in the U.S., a quarter of wives, or about 15 million, are the primary breadwinners in their family. Anna Runyan is the creator of CLASS: The Love Your Work and Life System and CEO of Classy Career Girl International. She's a former corporate consultant turned entrepreneur and her website was picked as one of Forbes Top 100 Websites For Women and one of Forbes 35 Most Influential Career Sites. She's been featured on Fox, The Wall Street Journal and People StyleWatch magazine. Anna was nominated as San Diego Magazine's Woman of the Year and her podcast was named as Yahoo's 10 Best Podcasts. She helps millions of women design and launch their dream careers, businesses, and lives through her website, online courses and social media channels. You can connect with Anna's story because she is someone who once had over $80K of debt as a new mom and was very unhappy in her work. Anna knows the importance of providing people with action steps for how she quit her stressful day job and transitioned into full-time work she loved (with a baby on her lap) in 90 days and she can't wait to teach it to you too. She joined me this week to tell me more For more information: https://www.classycareergirl.com/ Instagram: @classycareergirl Listen: https://www.classycareergirl.com/podcast/ Twitter: @classycareer LinkedIn: @AnnaRunyan

Hour 1 – Tom Martz is filling in for Nick Reed this morning. Here's what he covers this hour: Nick will be back in studio on Tuesday. The American Community Survey regarding the census. Tom is being threatened to fill out the survey. Tom reads through some of the questions. Tom shares a letter from The Northern Cherokee Nation regarding the Kansas City Chiefs.

Did you know if you don't give up personal information to the government about your fertility history, time you spend at work, and your mortgage...you could be prosecuted and hit with huge fines? A little known survey from the Census Bureau forces millions of Americans to divulge this personal information each year. Adi Dynar from The Pacific Legal Foundation gives details on the American Community Survey and the people who are suing to stop it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week posted income limits for fiscal year 2022 to determine eligibility for HUD-assisted programs as well as for low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) and tax-exempt bond financed properties. The national median income was a 12.5% increase over 2021, but HUD set the cap on increases at 11.89%. In this episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Thomas Stagg, CPA, discuss the income limits, including the major storylines. They also examine how inflation affects income limits and how it will impact future income limits, then provide insight into implementing new rent and income limits and also discuss how issues with the 2020 American Community Survey will affect income limits. They conclude with some suggestions for how HUD could approach those issues and what LIHTC stakeholders should be considering.

Bishar Hassan's parents and five siblings had lived as renters in the 16 years since coming to the United States. But their rental house felt increasingly cramped, and when the building's owner said he was selling, Hassan knew it was time to move. He helped his family buy a house in north St. Cloud, with a large yard, three bathrooms and at 2,900 square feet, far more space than they had before. Equally important to him, it put them on a path to building wealth. “When you're renting, you're actually paying someone else's mortgage and you're not really getting anything back,” Hassan said. “But when you own a house, it's an investment for you, and you get that back.” Owning a home has long been viewed as an economic stepping stone in America, a source of pride that can build generational wealth for families and stability for neighborhoods and cities.  It's a prize, though, that Minnesota's new immigrants sometimes find out of reach. While many have the income to buy a home, they face significant challenges, including rising home prices, an extremely tight real estate market and, in some places, prejudices that make them feel unwelcome. Muslims face another unique barrier: a rule in Islam that prohibits profiting from lending or receiving money. So getting a conventional mortgage that charges interest isn't permitted. With St. Cloud's East African population rising rapidly, finding answers is important to the city's future. As many as 70 percent of the region's Somali community lives below the federal poverty line, according to a recent Wilder Foundation report. Home ownership can be a poverty fighter. ‘American dream' elusive Mohamed Nuh Dahir rented an apartment when he first came to St. Cloud 20 years ago. After he got married and had five children, Dahir said the three-bedroom apartment was getting crowded. After looking for years for opportunities to buy a home without paying interest, he purchased a five-bedroom house in southeast St. Cloud in 2020 that offers his family more space.  “Everyone is happy,” he said. “Everyone has their own room. They have an area they can play. It's so different.” Dahir, who is imam of the Islamic Center of St. Cloud, said he thinks home ownership benefits people of all communities, but especially for Somali families, who tend to be larger and close-knit. He said more families have been looking to buy homes in the past couple of years, and the mosque sometimes offers educational classes on home ownership. Paul Middlestaedt for MPR News 2020 Imam Mohamed Nuh Dahir stands at the Islamic Center of St. Cloud on April 17, 2020. “One part of Somali culture is we see each other on holidays and we stay together for a couple of nights,” Dahir said. “So it's important for them to have a home.” Home ownership rates among St. Cloud's Somali community, however, are considerably lower than other populations, said Mónica García-Pérez, an economics professor at St. Cloud State University. She analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey and found it's just 7 or 8 percent — much lower than that of African American or Latino communities, or among white residents. Because homes tend to increase in value, the lower home ownership rate has likely made it harder for the Somali community to build wealth that can be transferred across generations, García-Pérez said. “Home ownership — real estate — has been one of the faster growing wealth accumulators in the U.S.,” she said. Kirsti Marohn | MPR News Shirwa Adan, executive director of the Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization. There's a strong connection between lower home ownership rates and poverty, said Shirwa Adan, executive director of the Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization. “When you are paying $1,500 [a month] for a four-bedroom apartment, that could have been your mortgage,” he said. “But that rent money you're giving every month, that is not coming back to you in terms of a tax return or even purchasing a piece of your home every month.” Adan's group was formed in 2015 by Somali elders to help the East African community bridge language and cultural barriers to applying for jobs and housing, navigating the health care system and starting businesses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization has helped many families get rent support, Adan said. But lately, a growing number of families are interested in buying homes. “If you own a home and it takes you 30 years to pay it off, after 30 years, your kids have a place they can call home,” he said. “I think it's really a huge aspect of building wealth and getting into that American dream of having your family sustain and not pay rent every month, because they have something that they own.” ‘Nobody had savings' New immigrant families, however, often face other obstacles to home ownership, including a lack of knowledge of the real estate process, and language barriers that make the already-complex paperwork even more daunting. And after years of renting, many families don't have the savings for a down payment on a home, said Johanna Osman, executive director of the Sakan Community Resource, a Twin Cities nonprofit. “They were living paycheck to paycheck, maybe,” she said. “And so nobody had savings. And because of all those years of avoiding using credit, they had no credit score.” Since starting in 2017, Sakan has raised money from the community to provide down payment assistance for about 350 families, Osman said. It also offers financial literacy and homeowner readiness programs, and recently expanded those to central Minnesota. Financial education in schools Helping reduce economic disparities Many families go through Islamic financing companies to get a no-interest loan, but there are also predatory lenders who are purchasing houses and offering them for sale by contract for deed, Osman said. “The community doesn't understand that with a contract for deed, yeah, there's no interest. But if something happens, like COVID, in the middle of it, you don't own anything,” she said. “You don't own that house until you pay your last payment.” Paul Middlestaedt for MPR News Existing homes in the Lake George neighborhood are an attractive option for first time home buyers in St. Cloud. Adan said some local real estate agents have been selling homes on a contract for deed, giving families 10 years to pay the cost instead of 30 years like a traditional mortgage. The monthly payments are often high, and the homebuyer usually is required to pay additional money at the end of every year, he said. Ten years is a long time for something to go wrong in a family's life that could leave them unable to make those payments, Adan said. If the buyer is unable to make the lump sum payment at the end of the year, the seller could take back the home. “A lot of people in our community do not want to go to maybe Wells Fargo and get a mortgage, even though they might have the credit and the financial means to do so,” Adan said. “They're not able to take that loan with interest.” Farhan Jibril grew up in a Somali American family in St. Cloud, and now works as a real estate agent, helping other Somali families navigate the homebuying process.  David Schwarz | The St. Cloud Times Farhan Jibril poses for a photo in the ReMax offices in St. Cloud on Friday, Sept. 21, 2021. For families planning to stay in St. Cloud for the long term, owning a home rather than renting makes sense, he said, and can also help them get loans for college or to start a business. “I think initially, just building that generational wealth for your kids,” Jibril said. “If you're a parent, the most important thing should be, ‘How do I put my kids in a better position 20 years from now?'” There are other less tangible benefits to home ownership for Somalis, who have faced some hostility since first settling in central Minnesota two decades ago. Owning a home makes it easier for neighbors to get to know one another, Jibril said. Community conversation What it is like to be Somali in St. Cloud As state considers repairs to I-94 Rondo residents look for reconnection “Because not only are you paying taxes, but you're also becoming a part of the community,” he said. “You're doing your lawn. You're also getting to know your neighbor, taking them some Somali foods and traditional foods, teaching them about the religion. And they also see how you live.” ‘Making Minnesota their home' Paul Middlestaedt for MPR News Many single family dwellings are being constructed across the street from St. Cloud Tech High School. Beyond homebuying, the St. Cloud region still struggles to meet the housing needs of many of its new residents. It's often difficult for immigrant families to find four- or five-bedroom apartments in central Minnesota that are large enough to accommodate families with several children, Adan said. “So if you have six or seven kids, when they are 3, 4 or 5 years old, or even elementary, it is kind of OK to have them in the same room,” Adan said. “But at some point, the landlord is going to tell you … ‘Hey, you have too many people.'” In St. Cloud, families sometimes have more luck finding a house than an apartment with the needed space. That's what Bishar Hassan discovered when he secured a home in north St. Cloud for his parents and siblings. Hassan, 36, was able to overcome Islam's prohibition against interest by securing a no-interest mortgage through an Islamic-approved, or halal, financing service. While there are different types of arrangements, they typically are structured as a partnership between the homebuyer and the financing company. The homebuyer makes monthly payments to the financing provider, increasing their investment in the home over time. Although Hassan's parents and siblings moved into their new house in February, he still lives in an apartment with his wife and their two young children. They have enough space for now, but Hassan would like to move into a house himself someday, and he believes more in the East African community will be looking for opportunities to do the same as they work to grow their families and put down roots.  “I think in the long run,” he said, “it shows you that people are making Minnesota their home, which is a good thing.” What should we cover next? Pass the Mic

The Census Bureau might be best known for the every-ten-year count. But its American Community Survey is also a vital instrument for planners and researchers throughout the United States. The ACS is in trouble thanks in part to declining response rates and the pandemic. With why this matters and how the Commerce Department can shore up the ACS, the Federal Drive turned to George Washington University research professor and co-author of a recent call to action, Dr. Andrew Reamer.

Good morning, and Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! Since 2009, March 31st has been a day to celebrate the trans and non-binary community—now celebrated worldwide—and you can thank activist Rachel Crandall for that. Thank you, Rachel!It's been a really tough few years, and the past year, in particular, has been—well, no one word really captures the feeling. Horrific? Depressing? Demoralizing? That's why I'm thrilled to share with y'all the following news released by the Biden Administration this morning.A few hours ago, the White House and federal agencies put out a number of wonderful announcements about trans rights, and I'm so excited to tell you about them because today should be about trans and non-binary joy.1. The State Department announced that starting on April 11th, U.S. citizens will be able to select "X" as a non-binary gender marker on passports. They are the first federal agency to codify this inclusive policy. Applicants can already self-select w/o medical documentation.2. TSA announced that they are updating their body scanners at airport security to move away from tech that has led to trans and non-binary travelers experiencing frequent discrimination, reducing unnecessary and invasive and humiliating body searches. So excited for this!!!3. TSA is also: -- Working with airlines to implement non-binary markers during the flight booking process -- Removing gender considerations with validating traveler info at airport security -- Including non-binary markers during TSA Precheck enrollment + CBP Trusted Traveler4. Department of Health and Human Services released a new website that offers resources and guidance for LGBTQ youth and families, to counteract several GOP-led state governments removing such resources from their own websites in recent months.5. The Department of Education's Office of Safe and Supportive Schools is expanding trainings with more resources to educate school leaders and communities about the challenges facing trans and non-binary youth and their families.6. HHS's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released "LGBTQI+ Youth – Like All Americans, They Deserve Evidence-Based Care" to affirm the critical need of gender-affirming care for trans and non-binary youth.7. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, which falls under HHS, has released "new information for providers confirming that providing gender-affirming care is neither child maltreatment nor malpractice". This is incredibly helpful.8. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health has developed a resource to inform parents and guardians, educators, and other persons supporting children and adolescents with information on gender-affirming care, what it does, and why it's so critical to saving lives. 9. The Social Security Administration is announcing that it is removing the requirement that transgender people show proof of identity such as doctor's notes in order to update their gender information in their social security record by the fall of 2022.10. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced it will give individuals the option to select an “X” gender marker during the voluntary self-identification questions that are part of the intake process for filing a charge of discrimination.11. The Department of Education will propose a new federal regulation: the 2023-24 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will allow applicants to indicate their gender identity, race, and ethnicity to help inform the Department about application barriers.12. The White House Office of Management and Administration announced they will begin implementing an "X" gender marker to the White House Worker and Visitor Entry System (WAVES) system that affirms trans and non-binary visitors and workers.13. The White House announced that the President's proposed Fiscal Year 23 budget includes $10 million in funding for additional critical research on how to best add questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.There are a few more announcements, but those are the leads.Elections matter, folks. There's a lot of work left to be done, but I'm so thankful to the Biden Administration for being intentional about addressing the systemic discrimination faced by trans and non-binary people in the United States.Share this news with all the folks in your life, and while I have you here, please do celebrate trans visibility with me by subscribing to Charlotte's Web Thoughts.

Throughout America's history, its people formed churches, social and fraternal organizations, and neighborhood groups at an astonishing pace. When we talk about “American exceptionalism” this is what we're really talking about: the self-organizing community that solves its own problems. In second half of the 20th century, however, scholars and pundits have pointed to a decline in American neighborliness and propensity for joining civic organizations. Church attendance is down, social organizations are dissolving, and two-parent families are declining. What can the data on American attitudes toward community tell us about why this is happening? Today, I am pleased to welcome Ryan Streeter and Dan Cox to discuss the state of American communities. Streeter is a Senior Fellow and Director of Domestic Policy Studies at AEI. He studies topics of civil society, community, localism and religion. Dan Cox is the Senior Fellow in Polling and Public Opinion at AEI and the Director of the Survey Center of American Life. He specializes understanding American attitudes toward politics, youth culture, identity, and religion. We discuss highlights from AEI's fall American Community survey, which can be found on the AEI website. We'll also discuss their vocational journeys and professional lives and the role of civic engagement in building a happy and fulfilling life.  Mentioned During the Episode https://www.aei.org/profile/ryan-streeter/ (Ryan Streeter) https://www.aei.org/profile/daniel-a-cox/ (Dan Cox) https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/public-places-and-commercial-spaces-how-neighborhood-amenities-foster-trust-and-connection-in-american-communities/ (American Community Survey) https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/stephen-goldsmith (Stephen Goldsmith) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adam-Smith (Adam Smith) https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hume (David Hume) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/social-network-analysis (Social network analysis) https://www.pewresearch.org/ (Pew Research Center) https://www.prri.org/ (Public Religion Research Institute) https://www.aei.org/profile/karlyn-bowman/ (Karlyn Bowman) https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/the-moral-sense/ (The Moral Sense- James Q. Wilson) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Irving-Kristol (Irving Kristol) https://www.aei.org/press/press-release-in-memory-of-michael-novak-1933-2017/ (Michael Novak) https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/to-empower-people/ (To Empower People) https://www.jstor.org/stable/2111666?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (Thermostatic Opinion) https://www.aei.org/politics-and-public-opinion/if-libraries-are-about-finding-the-truth-lets-be-honest-about-their-decline/ (Sam Abrams on public libraries)

Ohio News Connection New data reveals a promising trend in the well-being of Ohio's kids. In 2020, 16.8% of Ohio children lived in poverty, nearly 423,000 children, the lowest percentage reported since 2000. Emily Campbell, associate director of the Center for Community Solutions, noted the data is a one-year estimate from the Census Bureau's 2020 American Community Survey, which carries some uncertainty because of disruptions caused by the pandemic. "These are the best estimates that we have and the best data collection that we could hope for in those circumstances," Campbell explained. "So we're cautious with how we're interpreting it and waiting to see if it's an anomaly, but we see a lot of reasons for hope in this new data." The 2020 data found a 12.4% poverty rate for Ohio adults ages 18 to 24, which is unchanged from 2019, and a slightly higher poverty rate for older adults. Campbell noted the changes are not as statistically significant as the drop in child poverty. Considering the fact unemployment reached record levels in 2020, Campbell added the drop in child poverty is likely the result of government interventions. "Economic stimulus payments, additional unemployment compensation for parents," Campbell outlined. "We think that these are the things that pulled a lot of Ohio's children out of poverty, when the situation could have been much worse." Campbell pointed out the actual impact of policy interventions could be much bigger, because the poverty data only takes income and monetary benefits into account. "It doesn't show the impact of additional food assistance including SNAP and pandemic EBT that was helping children address hunger issues that may have come up," Campbell emphasized. "Or additional Medicaid coverage to help people maintain their health coverage during this pandemic." Two stimulus payments in 2020 lifted an estimated 3.2 million children out of poverty. Campbell maintained the 2020 child poverty data reveals the real-world impact of policies putting additional resources into the hands of families with children. Reporting by Ohio News Connection in association with Media in the Public Interest and funded in part by the George Gund Foundation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theohioan/message

Today's Flash Back Friday is from episode 266 first published on Jul 3, 2012. Jason Hartman discusses the two California city bankruptcies that occurred in just one week. Both Stockton, California and Mammoth Lakes are seeking bankruptcy protection. Jason has been predicting municipal bankruptcies for about six years now noting how big government simple does not work, more to come. Airbus is investing several hundred million dollars for a new manufacturing plant in Mobile, Alabama in hopes that the Airbus A320 can better compete with the Boeing 737 in the American market – this is good news for income property owners; however, it will take a few years to materialize. Jason reviews investment property proformas at https://www.jasonhartman.com/properties/ in a few of his recommended markets, here are some enticing projections: Atlanta, GA (Stone Mountain area) $99,000 cash-on-cash 19%, overall ROI 37% annually St. Robert, MO (Fort Leonard Wood) $215,000 cash-on-cash 22%, overall ROI 48% annually Bartlett, TN (this was an example of a MISLEADING proforma showing a 114% annual ROI) Memphis, TN $56,900 cash-on-cash 16%, overall ROI 29% annually The cost of homeownership has dropped dramatically over the last 20 years and housing affordability is skyrocketing to an all-time high and Jason reviews a study by The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard university with sources including: Primary Mortgage Market Survey; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey; Moody's Analytics, JCHS tabulations of National Association of Realtors®, Composite Affordability Index (NSA) and Existing Single-Family Home Sales via Moody's Analytics; Freddie Mac, median household income estimates.   The WEALTH TRANSFER is happening FAST! Protect your financial future now! Did you know that 25% to 40% of all dollars ever created were dumped into the economy last year???  This will be devastating to some and an opportunity to others, be sure you're on the right side of this massive wealth transfer. Learn from our experiences, maximize your ROI and avoid regrets. Watch, subscribe and comment on Jason's videos on his official YouTube channel: YouTube.com/c/JasonHartmanRealEstate/videos Free Mini-Book on Pandemic Investing: PandemicInvesting.com Jason's TV Clips: Vimeo.com/549444172  CYA Protect Your Assets, Save Taxes & Estate Planning: JasonHartman.com/Protect  What do Jason's clients say?: JasonHartmanTestimonials.com Free Class:  Easily get up to $250,000 in funding for real estate, business or anything else:  JasonHartman.com/Fund  Call our Investment Counselors at: 1-800-HARTMAN (US) or visit JasonHartman.com Free white paper on the Hartman Comparison Index™  Guided Visualization for Investors: JasonHartman.com/visualization  

A decade ago, Chris Seelbach ran for Cincinnati City Council wanting to help stop the city's yearslong population decline. The trailblazing Democrat was personally doing his part. He purchased a condo in Over-the-Rhine for $125,000, $10,000 of it an inheritance his parents told him he was squandering on such a purchase. Seelbach, first elected in 2011, has watched his neighborhood thrive ever since. As Seelbach prepares to leave city hall early next month, he told The Enquirer's "That's So Cincinnati" podcast that he accomplished more than he thought possible on council. Prevented by term limits from running for reelection, he reflected on his time at city hall and talked about what might be next for him.  "I ran for city council because we were losing population for 65 years ... and that's why we had a deficit every year," Seelbach said. "And so the conversation was only about what are we going to cut? What are we going to not cut? I wanted to run to change that conversation to not what are we going to cut or not, but what can we invest in that will attract people back to our city that will make people want to live in Cincinnati." According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey and Enquirer research, from 2014 until 2019 – the last year estimates are available – the city's population grew 1.9%, or by nearly 5,800 people. It might not be a lot, but it's not a decline – and Seelbach is proud of the growth.

Now that the 2020 decennial count is more or less in the rearview mirror, the Census Bureau has a new concern: The five-year American Community Survey will also be late, with the pandemic to blame, as well. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about all this with Census Project co-director Howard Fienberg, who said Congress needs to bolster the Census Bureau with funds to modernize its data infrastructure and enhance the vital American Community Survey.

How much do new building codes reduce energy usage? How much and it what ways does it matter for an immigrant to be able to work legally? How has the Affordable Care Act affected people's work decisions? How did the Great Recession affect women's childbearing decisions? New statistical and econometric techniques give us better ways of distinguishing correlation from causation even when an experiment would be impossible or unethical. In Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social Controversies and the American Community Survey, economist Matthew Holian provides a practical introduction to these techniques using publicly available data. Matthew Holian is a professor of economics at San Jose State University whose research focused on urban and energy economics. Host Peter Lorentzen is an economics professor at the University of San Francisco, where he leads a new digital economy-focused Master's program in Applied Economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

How much do new building codes reduce energy usage? How much and it what ways does it matter for an immigrant to be able to work legally? How has the Affordable Care Act affected people's work decisions? How did the Great Recession affect women's childbearing decisions? New statistical and econometric techniques give us better ways of distinguishing correlation from causation even when an experiment would be impossible or unethical. In Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social Controversies and the American Community Survey, economist Matthew Holian provides a practical introduction to these techniques using publicly available data. Matthew Holian is a professor of economics at San Jose State University whose research focused on urban and energy economics. Host Peter Lorentzen is an economics professor at the University of San Francisco, where he leads a new digital economy-focused Master's program in Applied Economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

How much do new building codes reduce energy usage? How much and it what ways does it matter for an immigrant to be able to work legally? How has the Affordable Care Act affected people's work decisions? How did the Great Recession affect women's childbearing decisions? New statistical and econometric techniques give us better ways of distinguishing correlation from causation even when an experiment would be impossible or unethical. In Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social Controversies and the American Community Survey, economist Matthew Holian provides a practical introduction to these techniques using publicly available data. Matthew Holian is a professor of economics at San Jose State University whose research focused on urban and energy economics. Host Peter Lorentzen is an economics professor at the University of San Francisco, where he leads a new digital economy-focused Master's program in Applied Economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

How much do new building codes reduce energy usage? How much and it what ways does it matter for an immigrant to be able to work legally? How has the Affordable Care Act affected people's work decisions? How did the Great Recession affect women's childbearing decisions? New statistical and econometric techniques give us better ways of distinguishing correlation from causation even when an experiment would be impossible or unethical. In Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social Controversies and the American Community Survey, economist Matthew Holian provides a practical introduction to these techniques using publicly available data. Matthew Holian is a professor of economics at San Jose State University whose research focused on urban and energy economics. Host Peter Lorentzen is an economics professor at the University of San Francisco, where he leads a new digital economy-focused Master's program in Applied Economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

How much do new building codes reduce energy usage? How much and it what ways does it matter for an immigrant to be able to work legally? How has the Affordable Care Act affected people's work decisions? How did the Great Recession affect women's childbearing decisions? New statistical and econometric techniques give us better ways of distinguishing correlation from causation even when an experiment would be impossible or unethical. In Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social Controversies and the American Community Survey, economist Matthew Holian provides a practical introduction to these techniques using publicly available data. Matthew Holian is a professor of economics at San Jose State University whose research focused on urban and energy economics. Host Peter Lorentzen is an economics professor at the University of San Francisco, where he leads a new digital economy-focused Master's program in Applied Economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

How much do new building codes reduce energy usage? How much and it what ways does it matter for an immigrant to be able to work legally? How has the Affordable Care Act affected people's work decisions? How did the Great Recession affect women's childbearing decisions? New statistical and econometric techniques give us better ways of distinguishing correlation from causation even when an experiment would be impossible or unethical. In Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social Controversies and the American Community Survey, economist Matthew Holian provides a practical introduction to these techniques using publicly available data. Matthew Holian is a professor of economics at San Jose State University whose research focused on urban and energy economics. Host Peter Lorentzen is an economics professor at the University of San Francisco, where he leads a new digital economy-focused Master's program in Applied Economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Sen. Tracy discusses why it is important for the Illinois Legislature to use complete Census data -- rather than a source such as the American Community Survey -- when determining new boundaries for statewide legislative districts.

Almost 1.4 million veterans live in households that participate in SNAP (formerly food stamps), CBPP analysis of data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey finds. In every state, thousands of low-income veterans use SNAP to help put food on the table. Florida has the largest number of veterans participating in SNAP (120,000), followed by California and Texas (97,000 apiece). In Oregon, Rhode Island, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C., at least 10 percent of veterans live in households that received SNAP in the last year. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vet2vet/support

On June 17, the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) released an “Indicators of Broadband Need” tool that puts on one map, for the first time, data from both public and private sources. It contains data aggregated at the county, census tract, and census block level from the American Community Survey collected by the U.S. Census, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Measurement Lab (M-Lab), Ookla and Microsoft. Speed-test data provided by M-Lab and Ookla help to illustrate the reality that communities experience when going online, with many parts of the country reporting speeds that fall below the FCC's current benchmark for fixed broadband service of 25 Mbps download, 3 Mbps upload. This is the first map that allows users to graphically compare and contrast these different data sources. Most importantly, this interactive mapping result is made generally available to the public at large. NTIA also offers to state governments and federal partners a geographic information system (GIS) platform called the National Broadband Availability Map (NBAM) that provides more complex tools for analyzing broadband access, such as the ability to upload GIS files to compare proposed projects. In this Fiber for Breakfast episode, NTIA's Tim Moyer, Director of Data & Mapping, and Sarah Bleau, Broadband Specialist, will explain NBAM in-depth and provide a demo of the Indicators of Broadband Need (IBN) map.

How can you keep your stakeholders engaged?On today's episode I speak with Gillian Winbourn, the Executive Director of Together We Count, a unique organization that creates and motivates coalitions to help with the Census every 10 years. The cyclical nature of the Census means long periods of almost no interest from the public—punctuated relatively short bursts of interest and action. So Together We Count has some really interesting challenges around inspiring stakeholders and keeping them interested throughout the years.These challenges present a really good opportunity to look at how organizations with similar, but far less extreme, periods of "downtime" can keep stakeholders engaged. What's your outreach plan? How can you keep your audience engaged when your organization may be taking a break?There are some answers to be found in this episode. Hope you enjoy it.Links: Togetherwecount.orgASK: Pay attention during the redistricting process and get active to voice your opinion to your Representatives. Keep a look out for the American Community Survey and be sure to fill it out if you receive it.

For most students, getting at least some advanced training or education after high school will lead to a future with more opportunities and higher expected income. Data from the Census Bureau's 2020 American Community Survey shows why. According to the survey, U.S. high school graduates age 25 and older reported a median income of ,956 per year. A median means that half of the people who responded made more than that amount, while half made less. Students who had some post-high school education made over ,000 more per year, while those with two-year degrees made over ,000 more each year....Article Link

Today's Patreon-fueled shout-out is for the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Campaign, an initiative that wants you to grow native plants in yards, farms, public spaces and gardens in the northern Piedmont. Native plants provide habitat, food sources for wildlife, ecosystem resiliency in the face of climate change, and clean water.  Start at the Plant Northern Piedmont Natives Facebook page and tell them Lonnie Murray sent you! In this installment:A look at the link between housing and transportation costsCharlottesville City Council reviews possible changes to bus routes owned and operated by the Charlottesville municipal governmentNew campaign finance reports are in local races including Albemarle County and CharlottesvilleThe latest campaign finance reports have been filed with the Virginia Department of Elections, as reported by the Virginia Public Access Project.  Let’s start with Albemarle County.Incumbent Jack Jouett District Supervisor Diantha McKeel raised an additional $6,522 during the period and spent $9, leaving her campaign with a balance of $32,056 as of May 27. McKeel is a Democrat who currently faces no opposition on the November 2 ballot for a third term.Incumbent Rio District Supervisor Ned Gallaway raised $10,150 in the period, with $10,000 of that coming from a single corporate donor known as Seminole Trail Management LLC. Gallaway spent $5 in the period and has a cash balance of $15,809. Gallaway is a Democrat who currently has no opposition on the November 2 ballot for a second term.Newcomer Jim Andrews raised $10,139 during the period, including a $5,000 contribution from John Grisham. He spent $4,180 during the period with the majority of that going to pay for his campaign manager, Patty Haling.  Andrews has a balance of $30,507 as of May 27. Andrews is running as a Democrat and currently faces no opposition on the November 2 ballot. The winner of the race will succeed two-term incumbent Liz Palmer.Andrews announced his campaign on May 13. That’s covered in the May 14 edition of this program. In Charlottesville, Brian Pinkston reported $29,098 in contributions, including $7,325 in in-kind contributions. That means someone or some business offered services or a product for campaign purposes. In-kind donations include $3,500 from Lifeview Marketing LLC and $2,750 from Local Jurisdiction Consulting LLC. Pinkston also loaned himself $8,348 and raised $13,425 in cash. The candidate spent $29,763 during the period and had an ending balance of $24,074. Juandiego Wade raised $13,126 during the period, all in cash. The top donor is the Realtors Political Action Committee of Virginia. He spent $22,151 and had an ending balance of $32,626. Carl Brown raised significantly less money with $1,675. He spent $979 and had a balance of $720 as of May 27, 2021. Independent Yas Washington reported no money raised or spent with no cash balance. VPAP did not have any report for Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker, an independent who announced in late May that she would seek an additional term. For the first time, members of the public can register to receive emergency notifications via text from the University of Virginia. Text “UVA” to 226787 to enroll in the program. “The types of emergencies for which an alert would be issued include, but are not limited to, tornadoes, building fires, hazardous materials releases and violent incidents. Alerts are sent for emergencies in both the academic division and UVA Health,” reads a press release about the information. Previously, the service was only available for people directly associated with UVA. At some point this year, we’ll know exactly how many people are believed to live in our communities when the U.S. Census is released. But, projections from the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia as well as their yearly estimates depict a growing region. As the cost of housing in Charlottesville and Albemarle’s urban ring continues to increase, many will choose or have already chosen to live in communities half an hour away or more. Data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey shows the vast majority of people commute to work in a single occupant vehicle? But does that have to be the case? Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey for commuting data, five-year average (look at the tables yourself!) In May, the Central Virginia Regional Housing Partnership held a panel discussion on the topic. For background, housing is to be considered affordable if rent or a mortgage payment makes up thirty percent or less of household expenditures. Households that pay more than that are considered stressed. Todd Litman is a founder and the executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. He said transportation costs also have to be factored in.“It works out that a cheap house is not truly affordable if it has particularly high transportation costs [and] if it’s located in an area where people have to spend a lot of time and money traveling,” Litman said. “A lot of experts now recommend that instead of defining affordability as 30 percent of household budgets to housing, it’s defined as 45 percent of household budgets dedicated to housing and transportation combined.” Litman said transportation costs are more volatile for low-income households because of the unpredictability of fuel prices and maintenance costs. Stephen Johnson, a planning manager with Jaunt, said the cost of time must also be factored in.“If I can only afford to take public transit, but that means my commute to work is going to take five to ten times longer, then that’s time that I’m losing to spend on other things,” Johnson said.Johnson said people also can lose jobs if a transit connection doesn’t work out. He said this community has public transit options, but they are not compelling for many.“When we put ourselves in the shoes of somebody’s who is deciding to take transit or drive, there are four factors that one would consider,” Johnson said. “The first would be the financial cost. The second would be the time cost. The third would be reliability. Can I rely on getting there on time? The fourth I think would be flexibility. Will my transportation allow me to make a last-minute change to my schedule? To travel with a friend, or to bring home a bunch of shopping.”Johnson said public transit is cheaper to use than driving, but the other three factors are more difficult. He said transit in the area could be reformed by greater investments and better planning.“An Albemarle planner might come to me and say ‘we’ve got this community, it’s got a lot of cul-de-sacs, a lot of houses, and we’re really struggling with congestion. Can you put a public transit band-aid on this and fix it?’” Johnson said. “In that case, the game board is already set and there’s only so much we can do as a player but I think if we can expand our idea of what transit planning is, when we think about things like density, how can we take those A’s and B’s and cluster them together so that when we put a bus out there we can cover a lot of trips?”Litman said a goal is to not necessarily encourage people to go car-free, but to work to create areas where more trips can be taken in a walk, a bike-ride, or by getting on the bus. This was more common before the middle of the 20th century.“So if you go back to the older neighborhoods, they’re all very walkable,” Litman said. “They have sidewalks on all the streets. You have local schools, and park, and stores that were designed. The neighborhood was organized around the idea that at least some people will rely on walking. We lost that for a while and now there’s a number of planning movements and approaches that are trying to establish that.”Litman said developers and local governments should be working together to encourage more than just single-family housing. “If you’re building new neighborhoods, those that allow what we call ‘the missing middle’, compact housing types like townhouses and low-rise apartments are going to be far more affordable and therefore far more inclusive,” Litman said. Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy InstituteBut back to transit. Jaunt mostly provides on-demand service, but does have some fixed-route service. Johnson explained what works best in what situation. “Fixed route options are much more appropriate public transit option for dense urban cores and we see that in downtown Charlottesville and urban Albemarle County,” Johnson said. “Demand response is a much more appropriate technology for more rural areas and that’s the majority of Jaunt’s service area are the counties around Charlottesville and Albemarle.” However, Johnson said transit in urban areas could be transformed if systems adopt on-demand tech. Jaunt has been working on a pilot project to provide service to Loaves and Fishes on Lambs Road, a site not accessible via Charlottesville Area Transit. In this community, there are three transit systems. They are the Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT), the University of Virginia Transit Service (UTS)  and Jaunt. In September, BRITE will begin the Afton Express service between Staunton and Charlottesville. How do all of these many pieces come together? Here’s Stephen Johnson again.“Charlottesville and Albemarle are working together through the Regional Transit Partnership to try to help build a cohesive vision there of how Jaunt and Charlottesville Area Transit and UTS can all work together to provide a cohesive transit system for the residents of Charlottesville and Albemarle,” Johnson said.You can view the entire video on the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission’s YouTube page. Up next, Charlottesville Area Transit updates City Council on upcoming service changes and the future. Now it’s time for another Substack-fueled public service announcement. The Central Library in downtown Charlottesville will host a summer reading kick-off from 10 a.m. to 12 noon this Saturday, the 5th of June.  Readers of all ages can come by and learn about the Jefferson Madison Regional Library Summer Reading Program.  While here you can also enjoy music from the Charlottesville Municipal Band's Clarinet and Saxophone Ensembles and the JMRL Friends of the Library will be hosting a $5 per bag Pop-Up book sale under the tent at the Central Library. All events are outside, so if it rains, the event will be canceled. Finally today, the city of Charlottesville is the sole owner and operator of Charlottesville Area Transit, and Albemarle County pays the city for service each year. Ridership on CAT has declined significantly in recent years. In 2013, ridership was at 2.4 million. By 2018, that dropped to 2.05 million. (view presentation)Garland Williams has been director since August 2019 and previously served as director of Planning and Scheduling for the Greater Richmond Transit Company. Near the beginning of the pandemic, the city hired Kimley Horn to review the system to recommend changes to make it more efficient on the other side.“This is not designed to be a total revamp of our system,” Williams said. “This was kind of stop-gap measure because as you know, over the last six year CAT’s ridership has been declining precipitously so what we’re trying to do right now is stop that, build a nice foundation, and then build from there.”Williams said work on the CAT is happening at the same time that the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission is working on a planning effort for the long term. As part of the more immediate work, the Connetics Transportation Group was directed to bring service to South First Street, bring service to the Center at Belvedere, and to restore Sunday service post pandemic. Jim Baker with Connetics Transportation explains a couple more directives.“And getting more 30 minute or better service along some of the key corridors in the city,” Baker said. “Also there were a few routes pre-COVID that were running at worse than 60 minute frequencies so we didn’t want to have anything less than 60 minute frequencies. And then to get the trolley, which is such a key part of the CAT system, back to a 15 minute frequency. That was a route where service frequencies were reduced because of COVID.”Routes will need to be changed in the short-term to avoid the Downtown Transit Center due to the eventual replacement of the Belmont Bridge. Under the proposal, Albemarle would for about 35 percent of service.Route 2 would be split into two services, restoring service to Piedmont Virginia Community College and extending service to Mill Creek Drive and Monticello High School. One of the routes will also travel down Avon Street Extended in both directions. “That change will make it easy to access the park and ride lot that’s sitting right beside CAT headquarters,” Williams said. “So it’s another opportunity potentially to use the route for our employees, city employees, to get to and from downtown.” Route 3 would also be split into two, with one half traveling from Southwood to downtown and the other serving downtown and Belmont. This second route would come within walking distance of the Broadway Street corridor in Albemarle County. “We really wanted to get 30 minute all-day service on 5th Street all the way down to Albemarle County’s office building,” Baker said. Route 5 would be modified to travel between the UVA Hospital to Fashion Square Mall. Currently the northern terminus is Wal-Mart. Route 7 would be extended to the Rio Hill Shopping Center and the Wal-Mart but will no longer serve Stonefield. Service on Prospect Avenue would be moved from Route 6 to a new Route 8, which would now travel between Stonefield and the Willoughby Shopping Center via the UVA Hospital. “We thought this would be an opportunity to create a new crosstown route from south Charlottesville for residents on the south part of town to get up to the U.S. 29 corridor without having to go through downtown and without having to make a transfer,” Baker said. Route 9 would be revamped to be another north-south service traveling between Fashion Square Mall and downtown via the YMCA in McIntire Park. Service to UVA Hospital would be dropped as would service near Charlottesville High School. Route 10 would no longer serve Stony Point Road to save time. Route 11 would serve the Center at Belvedere. “That extension to the Center is an obligation that the city has to the Center so this answers that part of the agreement to provide public transportation,” Williams said. The route changes will have to be reviewed to see if there are any violations of what’s known as Title VI, and there will need to be a public comment period. Williams said CAT is also working on securing spaces at 5th Street Station for park and ride, as well as using Route 9 to access empty spaces at Fashion Square Mall for that purpose. Earlier in the work session, Council was briefed on a potential parking garage downtown. “But we’re also working with Kimley Horn at a longer term study where we’re looking at the potential for some park and ride locations throughout the region, especially up on U.S. 29,” Williams said. No decisions were made at the meeting. And coming up in a future episode of the program, more on transit from the May 27 meeting of the Regional Transit Partnership. Stay tuned!Thanks for listening! Please share with someone you think would benefit from this program. The content is free, but subscriptions through Substack will keep it going. And Ting will match your payment! This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

While economists form a relatively strong consensus on some policy questions, they certainly don't agree on everything. One of the more prominent examples of this is the minimum wage. Some studies find large negative employment effects from raising the minimum wage, while others find negligible or even positive effects on employment. And all economists recognize that there are trade-offs at play, but they disagree about whether the benefits of raising the minimum wage outweigh the costs. It's a complicated question. And because of the Biden administration's pledge to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, it's an issue of great relevance. So I'm delighted to discuss it on today's episode with Jeffrey Clemens. Jeff is an associate professor of economics at the University of California San Diego, where he specializes in public finance, health economics, and labor economics. He is the author of several analyses of the minimum wage, including “http://econweb.ucsd.edu/~j1clemens/pdfs/MinWageGreatRecessionJPubEc.pdf (The Minimum Wage and the Great Recession: Evidence of Effects on the Employment and Income Trajectories of Low-Skilled Workers)” and “http://econweb.ucsd.edu/~j1clemens/pdfs/ClemensStrainCOEP2018 (The Short-Run Employment Effects Of Recent Minimum Wage Changes: Evidence from the American Community Survey).”

While economists form a relatively strong consensus on some policy questions, they certainly don’t agree on everything. One of the more prominent examples of this is the minimum wage. Some studies find large negative employment effects from raising the minimum wage, while others find negligible or even positive effects on employment. And all economists recognize that there are trade-offs at play, but they disagree about whether the benefits of raising the minimum wage outweigh the costs. It’s a complicated question. And because of the Biden administration’s pledge to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, it’s an issue of great relevance. So I’m delighted to discuss it on today’s episode with Jeffrey Clemens. Jeff is an associate professor of economics at the University of California San Diego, where he specializes in public finance, health economics, and labor economics. He is the author of several analyses of the minimum wage, including “The Minimum Wage and the Great Recession: Evidence of Effects on the Employment and Income Trajectories of Low-Skilled Workers” and “The Short-Run Employment Effects Of Recent Minimum Wage Changes: Evidence from the American Community Survey.”

You may recall that former President Trump wanted to add a kind of citizenship question that had never been included on every census form. As such, the Census Bureau conducted research in advance of 2020 to test out the anticipated impact of a citizenship question. It sent out a form that looked like the Census, half of which had a citizenship question and half of which didn't. The Bureau found that there WAS a sensitivity and hesitancy amongst Latinx and Asian households when that question was asked, which could lead households with non-citizens not to participate in the Census. He noted that this can particularly imperil mixed status households, where some are citizens and some aren't, risking not only non citizens not being counted but citizens. Hansi noted that if the goal was to get a more detailed count on how many citizens and noncitizens there are, there's a less expensive and more accurate way to do so: using government records already conducted through other agencies. However, the Biden administration has countered the Trump administration in deciding that estimates conducted through the American Community Survey are adequate. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nextgenpolitics/message

Hey #TheJoshCast, we here at the last episode of “Living Single”. The single life is blessing and a curse. Single people still face a stigma, even though their ranks have grown. Yet a new study suggests singles become happier as they age. One strategy: Focus on creating a full life now, for yourself, rather than finding a partner. After Katie Tomaszewski divorced at the age of 28, she felt ashamed to be alone. So she did what she thought a single person should do: She over-dated, over-worked and over-socialized, inviting friends over for dinner nearly every night because she was afraid of being lonely. “It was constant socializing and constant distraction,” says Ms. Tomaszewski, now a 36-year-old Pilates instructor in Chicago. “I became desperate and depressed, looking for someone—anyone—to save me from being alone.” Yes, it can be tough to be single. But a new study published this past December in the Journals of Gerontology offers hope for those who are struggling. Singles today are more satisfied with their lives than singles in the past, the study found. And people who are single become more satisfied with their lives as they grow older, according to researchers from the German Centre of Gerontology in Berlin, who analyzed data from the German Ageing Survey, a nationally representative sample of people between the ages or 40 and 85. Experts say the findings ring true for Western countries broadly. This is important news, because one of the biggest demographic trends of the past 50 years is the rise of singles: In 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey reported that more than 120 million U.S. residents, or almost 48% of adults aged 18 or older, were divorced, widowed or had never been married. In 1970, 29% of the population, or 39 million adults aged 18 or older, were single.And yet single people still face a stigma. Bella DePaulo, a social scientist and author of “Singled Out,” has been studying singles since the late 1990s and has coined the phrase “singlism” to describe the ways in which people discriminate against singles. The stereotyping includes the assumptions that singles are miserable, lonely or selfish; that they are desperate to get married; that there must be something wrong with someone who is single. Some single people internalize all that, even if they like being single,” Dr. DePaulo says. “They even sometimes think that liking single life is itself a sign that something is wrong with them.” Society is organized around couples—they get breaks on everything from club memberships to tickets and events. And it can be a drag for singles when people offer advice or insist on fixing them up. “I think the phrase ‘fix you up' is telling,” says Dr. DePaulo. “It seems to suggest that you are broken, and that coupling will mend you.” She says the hardest time to be single is around the age of 30. That's when the expectation to be married becomes most intense. Friends and relatives are marrying, or are already married, and single people often feel like the odd person out. This feeling is most acute in single people who socialize primarily with couples. “Couples often demote their single friends to lunch or daytime events or children's birthday parties, basically treating them as if they are not fully adult,” Dr. DePaulo says. It is possible for single people to adjust their attitude and become happier. In a not-yet-published study done at Simon Fraser University, in greater Vancouver, British Columbia, psychologists gave single people one of two made-up articles to read, one reporting that singles are generally happy in life and one reporting that they are not. People who read the happy version of the article reported higher levels of life satisfaction and lower desire to find a relationship than those who read the more negative version. Basically, “if you have a fear of being single this undermines your well-being,” says Yuthika Girme, a social psychologist and lead researcher on the study. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-sherron/support

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story was originally produced by Houston Public Media and has been updated for The World. For the last three weeks, Houston plumber Eduardo Dolande has been working long hours to help repair burst pipes in local homes and businesses.Just in his own Houston neighborhood of Cypress, Dolande, who has worked as a plumber for 21 years, said he's helped about a dozen families with their pipes — as a favor, free of charge. The destruction he's seen inside some homes looks like something out of a movie, he said.“It's just wet sheetrock everywhere, and then the insulation that was up in the attic was on the floor. ... It just looked horrible."Eduardo Dolande, plumber, Houston, Texas“It's just wet sheetrock everywhere, and then the insulation that was up in the attic was on the floor,” Dolande said, “It just looked horrible."One of the damaged homes was his own. At one point, he ran out of supplies to fix his own pipes after using them to help his neighbors. His plumber friends eventually helped him find some replacement parts, which have been in short supply since the storm.He had to cut open parts of his ceiling in two bathrooms and other parts of the house to reach busted pipes and repair them. Since he knew to turn off his water before the freeze, the damage in his own home was minimal — but the family still had water all over the floors while they tried to fix multiple burst pipes. Dolande said his neighborhood was also hit hard by Hurricane Harvey, but that the freeze was worse because it took people by surprise. “No power, no water,” Dolande said. “People get desperate over that.” Related: Freezing temps wreak havoc on utilities in US and Mexico“I've never seen that much damage in homes,” he said. “Never.” In the aftermath of the storm, plumber Eduardo Dolande also had to fix the pipes in his own home. Credit: Courtesy of the Dolande family Texas' largest insurer, State Farm, has reported more than 44,000 claims in the state related to the winter storm. That's more than 10 times the total number of burst pipe claims they saw nationally in 2020. And immigrant workers — like Dolande, who is from Panama — are critical to repairing that damage, according to Jeremy Robbins, director of the New American Economy think tank. “As people are trying to build back, they're trying to repair their houses, they're trying to figure out how to survive the damage, immigrants are playing outsized roles in so many of the professions that are essential to the Texas economy,” Robbins said. The group's analysis of 2019 American Community Survey data found that in the city of Houston, about 40% of plumbers and 63% of construction workers are foreign-born.In Texas, 27% of the state's plumbers and 40% of construction workers are foreign-born, though immigrants make up about 17% of the population. And the share of immigrant workers is even higher when other labor-intensive jobs are taken into consideration.“If you look at drywall installers or ceiling tile installers and tapers, more than 75% of them nationwide are immigrants."Jeremy Robbins, director, New American Economy“If you look at drywall installers or ceiling tile installers and tapers, more than 75% of them nationwide are immigrants," Robbins said. Related: From 'aliens' to 'noncitizens' – a Biden word change that matters Houston plumber Eduardo Dolande shows where pipes burst inside his own home during the Texas freeze. Credit: Elizabeth Trovall/Houston Public Media  These workers will play a critical role as second responders, since many ceilings — like Dolande's — have been damaged from burst pipes. Steven Scarborough, strategic initiatives manager for the Center for Houston's Future, said without immigrants, weeks-long repair wait times would last even longer.“Imagine all these stories you've heard, how long people [are] waiting for plumbers, and increase that by 37%,” he said. Related: Blackouts across northern Mexico highlight country's energy dependenceThough these immigrant workers are essential to storm recovery in Houston, many come from communities that tend to be disproportionately impacted by catastrophic events.A Rice University survey found nearly two-thirds of Hispanic immigrants in Houston could not come up with $400 to pay for an emergency expense. And those families are also less likely to reach out for aid in a crisis, Scarborough said.  Eduardo Dolande and his wife, Mitzila Guerra, became United States citizens after immigrating from Panama. Credit: Elizabeth Trovall/Houston Public Media  Eduardo Dolande is a citizen — but many Texas plumbers and hundreds of thousands of construction workers are undocumented. And they've become a convenient political punching bag for Republicans in recent years. During a press conference earlier this week, Governor Greg Abbott told Texans, “There is a crisis on the Texas border right now with the overwhelming number of people who are coming across the border.” Abbott often frames unauthorized immigration as a threat. The governor also recently reopened the state and lifted the mask mandate — a move that confounded Jessica Diaz, who works with day laborers and other immigrant workers as legal manager for the Fe y Justicia Worker Center in Houston. “I want to understand what his point of view is…how we came to the conclusion that this is a good idea?" she said.  Diaz said she's concerned about lifting the mask mandate while less than 10% of the state has been fully vaccinated. During the pandemic, her organization has received nearly 400 safety and health complaints. She said day laborers  — who offer cheap, immediate repairs — put themselves in vulnerable situations to secure work.“Whoever gets in the car the fastest is the one that's going to get the job. You don't even ask how much they're going to pay you. You don't even ask about the employer, who they are or where they're taking you." Jessica Diaz, legal manager, Fe y Justicia Worker Center, Houston, Texas“Whoever gets in the car the fastest is the one that's going to get the job. You don't even ask how much they're going to pay you. You don't even ask about the employer, who they are or where they're taking you,” Diaz said.  In the four weeks after Hurricane Harvey, the University of Illinois found that more than a quarter of day laborers had experienced wage theft. The Fe y Justicia Worker Center is already investigating wage theft claims from workers who helped with winter storm recovery. “This is something we have seen repeatedly since Hurricane Harvey. Houston, in general, is a city that is in constant reconstruction mode,” she said. The pattern of disaster, recovery and abuse is all too familiar — and Diaz said she doesn't see anything changing soon. Eduardo Dolande, who first came to the United States as a tourist in his early 20s, and became a citizen through his wife, Mitzila Guerra, said he hopes people can see that immigrants like him — including those without legal status — are helping the city rebuild. “We are everywhere. We are helping everybody,” Dolande said. “Whether they say they don't need us, or they don't want to accept it, it is so obvious.”

Hey #TheJoshCast fam, Let's talk about Living Single. Our Host, Joshua is a 90s baby that loves the 90s! Let's dive right in, Living Single is an American sitcom television series that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993 to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who shared personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone. This is important news, because one of the biggest demographic trends of the past 50 years is the rise of singles: In 2017, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey reported that more than 120 million U.S. residents, or almost 48% of adults aged 18 or older, were divorced, widowed or had never been married. In 1970, 29% of the population, or 39 million adults aged 18 or older, were single.And yet single people still face a stigma. Bella DePaulo, a social scientist and author of “Singled Out,” has been studying singles since the late 1990s and has coined the phrase “singlism” to describe the ways in which people discriminate against singles. The stereotyping includes the assumptions that singles are miserable, lonely or selfish; that they are desperate to get married; that there must be something wrong with someone who is single. Some single people internalize all that, even if they like being single,” Dr. DePaulo says. “They even sometimes think that liking single life is itself a sign that something is wrong with them.Society is organized around couples—they get breaks on everything from club memberships to tickets and events. And it can be a drag for singles when people offer advice or insist on fixing them up. “I think the phrase ‘fix you up' is telling,” says Dr. DePaulo. “It seems to suggest that you are broken, and that coupling will mend you.”She says the hardest time to be single is around the age of 30. That's when the expectation to be married becomes most intense. Friends and relatives are marrying, or are already married, and single people often feel like the odd person out. This feeling is most acute in single people who socialize primarily with couples. “Couples often demote their single friends to lunch or daytime events or children's birthday parties, basically treating them as if they are not fully adult,” Dr. DePaulo says.It is possible for single people to adjust their attitude and become happier. In a not-yet-published study done at Simon Fraser University, in greater Vancouver, British Columbia, psychologists gave single people one of two made-up articles to read, one reporting that singles are generally happy in life and one reporting that they are not. People who read the happy version of the article reported higher levels of life satisfaction and lower desire to find a relationship than those who read the more negative version. Basically, “if you have a fear of being single this undermines your well-being,” says Yuthika Girme, a social psychologist and lead researcher on the study. So how can you be happiest being single? Focus on creating a full life now, for yourself, rather than finding a partner. Surround yourself with other happily single people. Watch the language you or others use to refer to singlehood. (Ever walked into a restaurant alone and had the host ask: “Table for just one?”) Be proud of the life you've created. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-sherron/support

The pandemic has increased everyone's dependence on technology, but that technology is out of reach for thousands of people in the Portland area alone. According to 2018 data from the American Community Survey, 32,000 households in Multnomah County are not connected to the internet, and at least 16,230 households do not have computing devices of any kind. The City of Portland allocated $5 million in CARES Act funding from the federal government to help bridge the digital divide that has left so many already vulnerable communities without access to critical resources. The project was able to help 25% of those who requested technology devices, training and internet access support. We hear about this effort, and the work still left to be done, from Christine Kendrick, Smart City PDX coordinator and Alan Hipolito, executive director of Suma, who worked on the project as well.

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Welcome to the first episode of Bayou Business Download in 2021. This is a podcast from the Greater Houston Partnership where we dive into the data and analytics influencing the region’s economy. In this episode we’re going to take a look at the latest findings in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, which looks at the social, demographic and economic characteristics of the nation. We’ll examine what the latest figures tell us about Houston and how this region compares with others around the country.

If you have ever browsed the Roofstock Marketplace, you will be familiar with the neighborhood scores used for risk assessment. If you have ever wondered what goes into the calculation of these scores, join Tom and Michael as they interview the Head Data Scientist at Roofstock, Mike Polyakov, about what exactly goes into these values.  --- Transcript   Tom: Greetings, and welcome to the remote real estate investor. On today we have a special guest, Mike Polyakov, who is the head data scientist at Roofstock. And in this episode, we're going to be talking about the Roofstock neighborhood score. What goes into it? How is it updated? And what makes it special? All right, let's do it.   Tom: Mike, thank you so much for coming on to the episode. You are the lead data scientists at Roofstock.   Mike That's correct. Oh, yeah. Happy to be here.   Tom: Excellent. So before we get into the specifics of the episode, which is going to be on the neighborhood score, I'd love to learn a little bit more about yourself before you got to Roofstock. What were you doing? And then now that you're being at Rootstock for a little bit of time, what's your kind of day to day like, like, so let's start at the beginning. What were you doing before you came to Rootstock and to be the lead data scientist?   Mike: Sure. I have kind of an unusual background. So which combines political science. I have a PhD in political science from Berkeley, which I got in 2014 in computer science, which I guess, which is the kind of before a PhD, and then sort of went back after I finished the PhD, right before coming to Rootstock. I worked at crowd pack, which is a political crowdfunding startup, I believe they're still going. And there's some different leadership there in San Francisco, I was there for almost three years. Also doing data science there, since I joined Roofstock in 2017, worked on a variety of projects. Some of it is kind of typical data science things. So things like analyzing users trying to understand accorded the best leads, doing a bit of marketing work, and also more Roofstock specific things. So things like estimating rents, valuating variations of properties, and of course, the neighborhood score that we'll talk about here.   Tom: Super interesting.   Michael: Well, this is gonna get so off the rails so quickly. I mean, I would love to know what a PhD you know, what, what in most your classmates do after getting their PhDs,   Mike: So it's going to be like a Stuff You Should Know. So it really varies. A lot of them actually stayed in academia in political science. One guy from my class went to back to Singapore, where he was from, and he's kind of a middle level bureaucrat there, some folks have teaching jobs, others just went back into the world and two totally random things.   Tom: What brought you to getting into FinTech?   Mike: It wasn't FinTech specifically, but that summer 2017 crowd pack was, you know, a little bit on the rocks. And I was looking around, and I was actually interested in investing in real estate, didn't know a whole lot about it had invested at that point, and kind of find out about rootstock through one of my alumni connections, and it seemed like a perfect opportunity.   Tom: What better way to to learn than just jumping right in? Go ahead, Michael.   Michael: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I was gonna ask Mike, since learning about it, have you then since started investing in real estate?   Mike: Yeah. So I'm a little embarrassed to say that for the last year and a half, I've been in sort of analysis paralysis, where I've been wanting to, but our sport is the market selection for me. I've done the Academy of both these most of the lectures. So I'm all ready to go except I need to start.   Michael: Yeah, anytime you want. we'll hop on a coaching call. And we can talk through some of that analysis paralysis.   Mike: Sounds great, man.   Tom: Excellent. Excellent.   Michael: We could go on forever, I'm sure. But let's talk about the neighborhood score, Tom.   Tom: I know, I know. So first, I have a couple questions related to the neighborhood score. Let's start out with what are the different variables involved with it? And, you know, actually, I'm going to even take a step further back. Is there a general thesis of the neighborhood score of what we're trying to solve for? And how did it like internally on the data science team? What do you what is like the kind of the overarching goal when you think of the neighborhood score?   Mike: Yeah, absolutely. It's best to start at the beginning. Yeah. So in the real estate world, and you've probably touched on this in some of the lectures, there's this notion of a neighborhood class, right, you might assign letter grades ABCD a being the best. And from investor's point of view, this is the mechanism to account for risk associated with location, right, so that for an investment, you can compare returns versus the versus the rest. Typically what those letter grades capture is both operational risk and the expectation, appreciation or decline of an area.   And operational risk includes things like turnover evictions, effective age, rents, vacancy, all that stuff. The downside of that traditional neighborhood class notion is that one, there's no formal definition, right? It's kind of I know, when I see it sort of thing. And so when investors see might be not going to speed will vary even within the same market. But the other big issue is scale. Right. So most investors are focused on a single market. And so they lack national perspective, right, they might be assigned, might be able to assign some very accurate grade, so to speak with an Atlanta weather base, but really struggle to do the same thing as Charlotte. And so what the neighborhood score tends to do is to serve, operationalize it, make it scalable across the country, and use data to make it objective. So specifically for Rootstock neighborhood score, the goal is still to assign location based risk to properties, and specifically operational risk.   So that's the start. Another important thing to say is kind of at the outset is what is neighborhood mean, for us, right? Because it's very fuzzy term. People mean different things when they say neighborhood, in our case, neighborhoods pretty large. Specifically, it's the census tract. So the US Census divides the entire country into tracks. And each track should be roughly the same number of households, it's about 1500. In a metro area like Atlanta, it's going to be comparable to a zip code. So you know, it's not going to be your block, or what some people might sort of colloquially refer to a neighborhood. So a little larger than that, but it allows us to get a lot of statistical power when we look at the data. And so what data do we use a lot of is actually what would be the same as what the real estate professionals would looked at. So it's things like information about the housing stock, but the individuals in the area, but the households, school scores are going to be pretty important and crime data, high level that that's what goes into score.   Tom: Got it and on the size of the area. So you had mentioned like the census track is kind of a moving target based on how dense the area. Am I understanding that correctly?   Mike: Well, no. So the idea of a census tract is that it should be roughly the same population. So any track Yeah, they're not gonna be exactly equal, but they're gonna be pretty similar.   Tom: Does it relate to zip codes, or zip code plus two, or zip code plus four? And, and what does that mean zip code plus two plus, plus four?   Mike: Yeah, so it doesn't, they're completely separate in all ways, except that in certain areas, there will be roughly comparable size, like in Atlanta, I just happen to know that a lot of the zip codes are about the same geographical size as the census tract when you say a zip code plus two, which is pretty uncommon, zip plus 4 is a little more common. So the USPS separates, basically cuts up any given zip codes into these little areas. And simple plus four is basically a nine digit number. It's your five digit zip code plus four more digits, which usually identify your specific block. So it's block level, geographic region.   Tom: I'm already learning things. I always thought the neighborhood score was related to the zip at some level. So already as an employee, since for a very long time learning some stuff about the neighborhood score, and belaboring the point, but the size of the neighborhood is based on the census tract.   Mike: Well, it is the census, it is the census track.   Tom: Okay, got it. Yeah. You probably said that two times.   Mike: It's just yeah, I mean, you know, for sure, the simple reason for that is, that's where most of the data, most of the reuse is assigned at that level. Right. So most of our inputs come from the US Census. And they usually deliver it in multiple levels. So you could also get some of these inputs at census block level, which is literally your street block, but it's much more sparse, and it's much less exact. So a good balance of kind of precision. And also coverage is at the census tract level.   Michael: And Mike you touch on something there that I want to circle back to and make sure that I heard you right. In our listeners, we clarify for our listeners, did you say that the information that's going into the algorithm that builds the neighborhood score is coming actually from US Census.   Mike: Not all of it. So most of it comes from census. The other components are a school scores, which we get from a vendor and crime data which we get from different vendors.   Michael: Okay. So I think that's a question I get, oftentimes in the academy is where is this information coming from? Is it Zillow? Is it Redfin? Is it? Is it individually collected? So that's really interesting now that a lot of it comes from from the census itself.   Mike: Yep.   Tom: So we've had the neighborhood score out for a couple of years, has the waiting in the way that we weight different variables that go into it changed it all over time? And is there this kind of concept of like, I don't know, is it learning and getting smarter over time, I guess is another way to put it.   Mike: Yeah. So it's a great question.   Michael: It's becoming sentient.   Mike: Yeah.   Tom: I hope not just we have to worry about AI and what's what's it called?   Mike: The singularity.   Tom Yeah.   Mike: Not at Roofstock, it won't happen here first. So that's a good question. And I think a lot of people have that question of, you know, how do we come up with the weights? And so I'm going to kick out a little bit. I'll try to keep it high level.   Tom: Geek out away, geek out a little bit. And Michael, and I will raise our hands when we're drowning.   Mike: Yeah, no, it's fine. It's fine. So the neighborhood score is not a supervised learning model, which means that so for a lot of models in AI and machine learning, generally, they're supervised in the sense that you have a training set that's labeled, right. So if you think about training model to recognize hot dogs, you have a bunch of pictures which are labeled hot dog or not hot dog right. That's your label training data set. You're trying to get the model to learn something that you can sort of look at and know immediately, right, because we know how to do this, right? So you try and get them all to replicate something that you know how to do it when that score is an unsupervised model in sense that while So, you could imagine having a professional, you know, going through 100 or 1000 neighborhoods and saying this is A this is B this is C you could approach it that way.   What we chose to do instead is to say, look, this is the data that we know should determine the quality of this neighborhood. This is the inputs that I mentioned, we apply a process, that's known as dimensionality reduction, which takes all these different inputs, and then extracts a single number out of them. And the way it works is that imagine going to a doctor and getting your temperature measured, and maybe your heart rate measures, maybe your weight. And you can imagine all those measurements, giving you sort of an overall health score. Right? So having all those numbers, the doctor can say, Are you really good health, you create a health, or maybe not quite so well, maybe you're a grade B or C. The idea being that there's some underlying, sort of not objectively real, but an intuitive notion of health of a person that can be measured in these different signals. The same thing works for neighborhood score, you can imagine there's a kind of underlying quality of neighborhoods, which we're trying to get by these different measurements, looking at the school scores looking at, you know, household incomes, or percent owner occupied homes. These are all individual measures, which we combine them we can extract an overall quality, if that makes sense.   Michael: That makes total sense. And such a great way of explaining it. As a total side note, tangent there actually isn't this app, it's called I think fingers are hot dogs. And you like hold your fingers up, and it has the apple guess whether if they think it's a finger or a hot dog?   Mike: Yeah, well, that's from Silicon Valley, right?   Michael: Yeah.   Tom: Like Michael said, you did a really good job, like talking about the concept of unsupervised data versus supervised data in kind of understanding and how it is evolving in that way. So on the notion of evolving, how often are the variables that go into it being updated? Mike: Right, so to get to the more precise career question or that part, so the data itself changes on various time scales. So the US Census releases their data every year, and we're using the American Community Survey, which is part of the US Census, and they redo the survey every year. So that's updated annually, the schools personally, updated monthly, right now, for various reasons, we haven't been updating the score very much. What's important to know is that we've done some analysis to see how how much you would change year to year. And it's actually very little. So to give you a sense, from one year to another, I think less than 5% of census tracts, which change half a star or more. So most of them are quite stable.   Michael: And kind of getting back to Tom's question a little bit, Mike, the weighting of the different factors that go into it. Can you talk to us a little bit about how that looks?   Mike: Yeah. So the reason I brought up the unsupervised learning bit of it, it's that the weights are learned by the model? Well, so I think the back is, I wouldn't say that they're learned by the model, but they're assigned by the model. In other words, when the model looks at all the inputs, so going back to the doctor analogy, right, so maybe your your heart rate and your weight, and I don't know what what's another, another thing that they measure, blood pressure. Yeah, so maybe all of those are kind of pointing in one direction. So they're all correlated, but then your temperature is really low, unexpectedly low. So there's something going on that the other signals aren't picking up, but temperatures picking up really strongly. So what the model would do in that case, it would assign greater weight to the temperature than to the individual other inputs, because it thinks that temperature is showing you something that's not present in the other three signals. So in other words, if you have those four measures adopted, you could say that there is kind of two separate things going on in your body. One of them is picked out by heart rate, blood pressure, weight, and one of them is picked out by temperature. Interesting.   So similarly, with the real estate case. So we don't want all those inputs. And I think there's nine, nine or 10 different inputs, the ones that have sort of more information than the others, like more distinct information is going to weigh those higher. So given that the inputs don't change very much here a year, the weightings aren't going to change very much year to year.   Michael: But so, in theory, or maybe in reality, we could have different weightings for different markets based on the data set that's being provided.   Mike: Um, so yes, we could so one step that I didn't mentioned this kind of the Emperor script before, once we collect the inputs from these different sources, we do some normalization to the values across markets. So that I mean, what you want ultimately, in your score, is for it to mean the same thing in different markets. So for certain planet, in terms of things you care about, like all the operational risk factors I mentioned before, so a 4 star in Atlanta should be similar to  4 star in Rochester, New York. And to allow that to happen. We do some normalization inputs before we run the model on.   Michael: So that way you You shouldn't end up with a situation where a Atlanta market is more heavily weighted towards crime versus your neighborhood score. And Rochester is more heavily weighted towards, I don't know, appreciation potential, something like that.   Mike: Yeah, that's sort of handled in the pre processing stage.   Mike: Got it.   Tom: If I was to look at all of the properties that have a neighborhood score wouldn't form like a bell curve where the majority of them are in the middle like this three star in just a few of them have five star and very few have one star, how is this kind of the shape? If you looked at the full data set, look at me sending like a data scientist?   Michael: Great question.   Mike: And yeah, that's a great question, Tom. Right on? Um, yeah, so it's actually it's a slightly right shifted bell curve. So what you find is that about a quarter of properties in the country, or single family homes are less than three stars, about a third, or three, three and a half stars. And the remainder, which is a little more than a third is going to be four stars and above. So it looks kind of like a bell curve, but it's a little bit shifted off center to the right.   Michael: And is that properties in the nation or properties on Roofstock?   Mike: Properties in nation?   Michael: Wow, what about properties on Roofstock? Do we know what the data set looks like there? R   Mike: Roofstock have a look at the curve recently. But it tends to be a little bit more left shifted? I think our me, our average is probably a little less than three, or maybe three,   Michael: Which makes sense, because those are cash flowing properties.   Tom: So my less last question for you is, how do you see the neighborhood? And do you see it evolving over time? Like, is there a roadmap for ways that we're working with the neighborhood in the future? I'd love to hear your input?   Mike: Yeah, absolutely. So there's still like significant issues with the current input score. One is that we do have some areas which don't have any score at all. And this happens, because some of the inputs are missing. Sometimes it's from the census, we don't have a value for given track. Sometimes there's no school scores at the track level. So we're using, we're doing some work right now, to address this by improving our statistical methods, it should be more complete. In the near future. The other kind of issue more visible probably to the to the user browsing a website is going to be that you're coming back to this idea of neighbors corners being at the census tract level, that's a really pretty big region, right. So it's a very coarse scoring. And that also means you can have sharp boundaries. So it's not unusual to have with a two star neighborhood, adjoining a forced neighborhood, which, you know, looking at the census tract level, it may be fine. But around the border, there's likely going to be some inaccuracy. So if you pick up a property that's close to that border, but it's on the 2 star side, it's likely going to be a little bit in terms of separations, it's likely going to be a little bit more like a three star and vice versa.   And so we're our next step, which you know, because for a while, but may actually happen next year, is we're going to move down in geographic granularity down to census block group level, which is a division of a track, it's about a one third of the size of a census tract. So it's not a huge improvement, but it's going to be helpful. And then we have some other things that we're going to do to address this short boundary issue.   Tom: Excellent. Michael, do you have any any final questions for Mike?   Michael: No, I mean, Mike gave me the punch, I was going to ask how folks should be thinking about or working around markets that have kind of a block by block change, where you know, you have a really good block and a really rough block. But I think the answer to that question kind of addressed it, and that it's going to be up and coming. But maybe add on maybe the question is still relevant? How should folks be thinking about and evaluating properties in those neighborhoods that really are sparked by block or street by street changing?   Mike: Um, yeah, so a good rule of thumb. And actually, Tom can probably chime in on this as well. But a good rule of thumb is to look at rents. So at least within say, census tract, rent is going to be a pretty strong predictor of what actually sorry, so rent over price. So if you like, go on Zillow, and you look at the rent for property, and then it's so surprised, you can figure out the yield. And so within at tract properties that are more high yielding, will tend to have lower neighborhood scores. So for example, you know, you got a whole tract, that's a three star and then on the right, maybe it's closer to the highway. And you see, there's kind of like, if you look at a couple homes, that you kind of see a pattern of higher yields than the rest of the track, that's probably a slightly worse area.   Michael: That makes total sense. So Mike, I'm curious to know, because on Roofstock, we have the neighborhood score in stars. And then we also have the school score as its own category in stars as well. But you mentioned that the school score is actually one of the inputs into the neighborhood score. So just curious why we have separate and distinct call outs. And, you know, why is the school score included in the neighborhood score, and also on its own called out?   Mike: Yes, another great question. So it's including the input score, because, well, it's an important input, right? It's important signal of the socio economic index, which is what sort of neighbors score is, right? It's not necessarily entirely separate. So for example, if you took out school scores, and you kept all the other inputs, most scores won't change very much. So it's not contributing a whole lot of information. But it is useful as to why if we have the score, why do we have a separate school score? I think probably two reasons.   One, I think people just have a very strong intuition that they want to look at school scores in an area, right? That's just information they want to see. And then it does in search for certain buyers, depending your investment thesis, it provides information that's not so relevant or not really communicate, but neighborhood score. So for example, you know, if you have a family, or if you want to rent to families, school scores are going to be probably more important than if you want to rent to young professionals.   Michael: It makes total sense.   Tom: My last question, not necessarily neighborhood related, talking about some of the other projects that you're excited about that or the data science team is in science is excited about anything, any specific project that's you think particularly interesting that you're working on right now? Outside the neighborhood?   Mike: Yeah. Well, I'm hesitating because I'm sure, like any intellectual property, or what I'm trying to figure out, like, what yeah, exactly what what I should be revealing here. But I'll tell you one thing that's, you know, definitely not controversial. I think right now, we're not doing a great job helping people understand markets. I know because I need some help understanding markets. So we do have some work going on. In that respect. Some of it is more than short term. I think in the next month or two, we're going to have some market pages with better information, you know, it's going to help people make those choices and further down the road. Expect we're going to do more work on more machine learning and forecasting to help people understand markets now just as they are now but where they're going and how to think about that.   Tom: Beautiful. Awesome, Michael, any final questions from you?   Michael: No, this was super insightful. Mike, I kind of have my mind blown. This is this was awesome.   Tom: I know, we got to have another episode and got editor, PhD political science.   Mike: Yes. Absolutely.   Michael: Want to both sides of the science, the political science, the meeting of the minds.   Mike: Yeah, totally.   Tom: Very cool. Well, thank you so much for coming on. And I have a feeling we'll probably be asking you to jump on again in the in the near future. super interesting.   Michael: Great stuff.   Mike: Yeah. Anytime. My pleasure. Thanks, Tom.   Tom: Thanks, Mike.   Michael: Thanks, Mike.   Tom: Thank you so much to Mike for coming on today and telling us about the neighborhood score and a little bit about his background, looking forward to having him on again in the future. And if you like this podcast, like this episode, we would love it if you would subscribe, give us a rating, and all of that good stuff. All right. Happy investing.

"So, it's, a very, quiet but large issue in our community, especially when you know, Bay area should be the tech capital of the world" - Seth HubbertIn this episode, our featured voice is Seth Hubbert the Executive Director of Tech Exchange and we are discussing how the digital divide is impacting low-income students and their families in Oakland the greater San Francisco bay area.In a 2018 US Census Bureau, American Community Survey and San Francisco Digital Divide Survey between 32 to 41% of households in the San Francisco Bay Area do not have broadband. With the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic upon us ongoing Sheltering in Place and schools closing back down again the need for a device and broadband are a necessity to educate our children as well as to keep them and their families safe, and healthy.For more insights into the Digital Divide please listen to our interview with Kami Griffiths of Community Tech Network in Episode 15. To hear more about the origins of Community Tech Network and meet some of its clients, instructors and Kami, please listen back to our 2016 episode titled The Digital Divide Have & Have Nots - How Digital Skills Changes Lives.

This is part 2 of Bye Bye OC’s top 5 most Popular Destinations for Californians Moving Out of State. In part 1 we talked about destinations 4 and 5, Oregan and Nevada. We also had an expert guest join us from our special mention state of Idaho to talk about why moving there could also be the choice for you.   In this episode we talk about the top 3 most popular destinations for Californians moving out of state according to the US census bureau’s latest American community survey. Our aim is to help you narrow down where you’d like to relocate to by providing you with detailed information on each destination.   The top 3 destinations are: Texas Arizona Washington State   We are joined by special guest DeDe Forwood, from HomeSmart, who is a Realtor® partner with LeaveCaliforniaNow.org and specializes in Phoenix and the surrounding areas.   https://data.census.gov/cedsci/?q=california%20outbound The U.S. Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey   To connect with DeDe:   m: 480.818.9391  a: 5225 N Central Ave #104 Phoenix, AZ 85012 w: https://DeDeForwood.com e: DeDe@DeDeForwood.com   Linkedin: https://linkin.bio/dedeforwood Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeDeForwoodRealtor   To Connect with Shell Pavlis:   Are you ready to leave California? Have questions or want Exit Orange County’s help? Call, text or email Shell Pavlis, REALTOR®,Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties,   DRE #01340071 http://www.LeaveCaliforniaNow.org https://www.facebook.com/byebyeoc/ http://www.instagram.com/shellseeshell 949-433-8804 Shell@byebyeoc.com

On this special 2 part episode of Bye Bye OC, we’ll cover the top 5 most popular destinations for Californians moving out of state. We go in reverse order, so we start with numbers 4 & 5 and we also touch on a special mention that didn’t make the list.   We all have different reasons for relocating so we’ll go through the differences from state-to-state. Some locations are similar to California and most of the top 5 spots are on the west coast which could make it easier to make the move. The list of the 5 most popular states Californians are moving to comes from the latest US census bureau's annual community survey and it uses 2019 stats.   Numbers 4 & 5 of the most popular states for Californians to move to are; number 5, Oregon and number 4, Nevada. We’ll go over the cost of living from state to state, weather, tax rates, things to do and wildlife.   We are joined by special guest Micheal Wasick. He is a full time real estate agent who works within Boise and the surrounding areas. He is a former Californian and made the move himself from Long Beach, California to Idaho. Although Idaho didn’t make it into the top 5 destinations, it is still a very popular choice for Californians moving away. Micheal joins Bye Bye OC to discuss his experience making the move and shares with us useful tips to help you make the move.   https://data.census.gov/cedsci/?q=california%20outbound The U.S. Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey   To connect with Michael Wasick:   Michael Wasick - Realtor (208) 598-1592 Berkshire Hathaway Home Services - Silverhawk Realty   To Connect with Shell Pavlis:   Are you ready to leave California? Have questions or want Exit Orange County’s help? Call, text or email Shell Pavlis, REALTOR®,Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties,   DRE #01340071 https://www.LeaveCaliforniaNow.org https://www.facebook.com/byebyeoc/ https://www.instagram.com/shellseeshell 949-433-8804 Shell@byebyeoc.com

In episode #55 of the Out of the Question Podcast, John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute is interviewed about the American Community Survey from a Constitutional perspective, and Martin Selbrede, Chalcedon Vice-President, from a Biblical perspective.

Yesterday I told you about a district in northern India where, according to reports, not a single girl was born for three months. The main cause of the shocking gender imbalance we see around the world, and especially in India, is sex-selective abortion. In reaction, some of us may be tempted to think, “well, what do you expect from people who worship idols with blue skin and elephant heads?”          That would be exactly the wrong reaction. After all, Western countries have idols, too. Worshipping our idols also coincides with a lack of children, and not just baby girls.          Recently in The Atlantic, Derek Thompson points out that, despite a decade-long economic and cultural boom in our cities, America's urban rebirth is missing actual births. In fact, if current trends continue, the future of American cities is virtually childless.          Take New York City. Last year, for the first time in forty years, the Big Apple's population shrank during a non-recession year. Since at least 2011, the number of babies born in the five boroughs has declined by nine percent. In Manhattan, it's dropped 15 percent—again, despite a pronounced economic recovery. At this rate, says Thompson, the city's infant population will halve in thirty years.          Of course, part of this has to do with the rising cost of living in America's cities. Increasingly, the only people who can afford to move here are “rich, college-educated whites without children.”          Still, Thompson makes a compelling case that, while it may appear that cost of living is changing the composition of our cities, it actually works the other way around. The modern city has become “an Epcot theme park for childless affluence, where the rich can act like kids without having to actually see any.”          This explains why prices are climbing while population is dropping. According to U.S. Census and American Community Survey data, white college grads without kids have increased by 20 percent in America's urban centers since 2000, while families with kids have fled. Cities once had people of all ages and stages, but they've now become revolving doors for people of a particular description, at a particular moment in life. The gentrified, “brunchable” neighborhoods popping up everywhere and pushing families out aren't just temples to the idol of youthful self-indulgence. They also facilitate the worship of work.          The richest 25 metro areas in the country now account for half of the U.S. economy, and just five counties—mostly the famous “Silicon Valley,” contain half of the nation's “internet and web-portal jobs.”          This is the sort of environment in which only the young and childless can thrive. Companies that set up shop in these major downtown areas increasingly demand a set of life choices that Thompson dubs “workism”—delaying marriage and family in favor of intense, high-paying jobs that go largely to support adult-centric lifestyles. In other words, we're “swapping capital for kids.”          This service to modern, urban idols not only results in cities devoid of children. It even has political effects, concentrating blue voters in tiny regions where their ballots won't change the outcome of elections. This deepens already sharp regional divisions and drives our nation's political fever ever higher.          According to Thompson, there are some things city governments can do to help reverse or at least slow the process of creating childless cities. Notably, add family-friendly spaces and more affordable housing. Still, one need not read between the lines of the article to realize it's not just zoning laws that have turned our cities into theme parks for grown-ups. The true blame should be placed on a culture that worships the wrong things. It's no coincidence that the country's highest abortion rates and lowest rates of church attendance are both found in cities.          Yes, developing countries who kill their children surely have a lot to answer for, but we in the West are only deceiving ourselves if we think our false gods are any less demanding.

Did you know that women earn $10,169 less per year than men in median earnings.  The gender pay gap is the difference between men’s and women’s median annual earnings from full-time, year-round work. Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 American Community Survey, women in the United States earn 80 cents for every dollar paid to men. Listen to this exciting episode of Bizwell Podcast and hear from Attorney Jacqueline Vinaccia as she discusses tips for closing the gender pay gap. Subscribe and review in iTunes Are you subscribed to the Bizwell Podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. Now if you are feeling extra loving, I would be really grateful if you left a review on iTunes. Those reviews help other people find my podcast and they are also fun for me to read. Select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you! Follow Bizwell Podcast on Twitter @MelissaBotello7  www.mbbizwell.com

In this episode, Michelle Riordan-Nold, Executive Director of the CT Data Collaborative joins Alissa DeJonge, CERC’s Vice President of Research to share information about the organization’s mission, and news about their role as the Connecticut State Census Data Center. The CT Data Collaborative works to make public data available - and accessible - and to increase data literacy for residents, business owners, and elected officials. Recently designated as the State Census Data Center by Governor Malloy, CT Data Collaborative is the liaison between the state and the Census Bureau, working to disseminate the data and help people use census data. Additionally, Michelle and Alissa discuss the recently released 5-year aggregate American Community Survey data and how communities can use this comprehensive data set to make better-informed decisions. http://ctdata.org/

Attorney Antonio Moore and Guest Political Commentator Yvette Carnell talk about the recent termination of Marc Lamont Hill by CNN, the recent statements by the Congressional Black Caucus on the Honduran caravan, and the findings by NY Times on the Louisiana school that committed fraud to get Black Children into Harvard and other ivy league schools. Tweet to: @OfficialCBC @RepJohnLewis @RepMaxineWaters @RepYvetteClarke @RepBobbyRush @RepBarbaraLee @RepKarenBass @RepMarciaFudge @JacksonLeeTX18 1. What happened with Marc Lamont Hill being fired from CNN and why was he speaking on the Middle East rather than Black issues in America at the UN? 2. Is the Congressional Black Caucus acting on behalf of black America or just America in general? John Lewis District 57.7% black - Marcia Fudge 52.66% Black – Elijah Cummings 59.1% Black - Lewis - In Atlanta, certain neighborhoods suffer from what’s known as concentrated poverty, where poor individuals and families live near one another, resulting in more crime, underperforming public schools, poor housing and health conditions, and limited job opportunities. And the problem is getting worse. But strategies to turn these areas around may be on the horizon. - Fudge - Cleveland’s child poverty rate is the worst of any large U.S. city, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 1-year estimates show that 48.7 percent of children under age 18 in Cleveland lived in poverty in 2017. That’s the highest child poverty rate of any city with a population of more than 250,000. Ohio is the only state with two cities in the bottom ten – Cincinnati is third, just in front of Detroit.

Cycle commuting is hot. Warm, at least. Depending on where you're living. Each year, the League of American Bicyclists, a nationwide cycling advocacy organization, takes a look at the annual commuting numbers out of the American Community Survey.

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Show Notes for Genuine Driven Women Episode #18 On today’s show we talk about how you can drive up the ladder of success while you are stuck in traffic.    According to the 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, the average commute time for people in the US is 26.1minutes and rising.  The definition of a “commuter” is anyone who does not work at home.  In some highly populated areas, the average commute times are as high as 40+ minutes. If this is the average, it means there are a LOT of people who commute for a much longer time. Also, in some cities, up to 31% of their population commutes via public transportation. There is another category, they are called “Super Commuters.”  They spend 90 minutes or more, each way, commuting to work. In a lot of cases, these people will frequently rent a very cheap room or studio apartment and stay overnight during the work week.   According to a Zillow Study in 2015, commute times for higher-income earners hasn’t changed too much over the past 10 years, but commutes are getting longer and longer for low-income workers. This is primarily because affordable housing is getting pushed farther and farther out from high economic centers or job locations. The most important thing all of this data is telling us is that there is a very high chance that you could be spending 10% of your waking hours commuting to and from work. There are some ways you could reduce your commuting time:     Move closer to work     Change jobs     Work out a flex-time schedule with your company     Telecommuting     Become an entrepreneur and start your own at home business While all of these options may offer some relief, the reality is that a lot of you will continue to be commuters, so it is important to come to terms with that and find ways to make it a much more enjoyable experience and start to look at it as an opportunity. You can use that commute as a one of the tools in your transformation to who you want to be 2, 5, or ten years from now.   The reality is that women, especially Driven Women, are much more impacted by their commute than men are. Your commute may cause you stress or other health related concerns.   The impact of constant stress on our health is discussed every day in the news. In a study titled, “Developments in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being,” published in the Winter 2006 edition of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, there is a report about “a day in the life” of 909 employed women in Texas. There are a couple of important components to increasing how you feel about your commute:  Autonomy (a feeling a freedom) and how connected you feel while commuting. 1.  Autonomy, as it relates to commuting: A Harvard Business Review article, “Reclaim your commute” discussed that you should “focus on what you can control: how you spend your time during the trip.”   2.  Feeling Connected while commuting:   Using Waze or other traffic applications:  “Waze specifically enables commuters to share real-time user-generated travel information such as traffic jams, police, accident, hazard, chit chat, and other.” Waze will reroute you if a better route is found while you are in transit.     How you can directly impact your success at work with an improvement in how you spend your time while you are commuting. In a study titled, “Commuting as Role Transitions: How Trait Self-Control and Work-related Prospection Offset Negative Effects of Lengthy Commutes,” by Jon M. Jachimowicz and Julia L. Lee, they found that “people with higher degrees of self-control use their commute to more effectively transition from their home to their work role, and consequently are less adversely affected by the commuting experience.” And, conversely - that people with low self-control are negatively affected by their commutes.   Here are ten (10) ideas, along with some tools that will help you use your commute to drive yourself up the ladder of success:   Planning your day – main goals, conversations you need to have Use tools such as Apple’s Siri or Google’s voice assistant to go over your calendar. Use tools such as Evernote’s dictation feature to capture to-do’s or ideas you have while you are driving.    Use a workflow application to set up an automatic workflow of some of these tasks so you can accomplish them completely hands free. Listen to Podcasts and audiobooks, these will allow you to drive while Learning new ideas or skills. Brainstorm ideas on something that has been challenging you Practice your introduction if you need to give a brief to a large group Learn to speak a new language. Clearing your head Setting your mindset, one example is to make a playlist of music based on mood, energetic, motivational, driven, etc.   I have an example of a “Genuine Driven Women” Playlist on Spotify that you may enjoy. You spend way too much of your valuable time commuting to not spend some of it planning for the better version of you.  Your future self will thank you for the time you spend today! Time Machine:   In this segment each week we will give a few points about women that have accomplished a lot! We also will discuss a bit about what was happening to women during the time periods. Someone we think you would like to know more about is: Queen Elizabeth II Inspirational Quote of the Week:   “Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins.” -Edith Wharton   Check out the FREE 3-Day networking course by Minerva Management Partners, LLC mentioned in this section.   We genuinely Want to know! (Listener questions and feedback) Are you driven to succeed? Email us at genuinedrivenwomen@gmail.com or call us at (724) DRIVEN-2 or  (724) 374-8362 and leave a voice message. We’ll use your voicemails on a future podcast!   We’d love for you to take a couple minutes to write a review on iTunes, which will help us to reach our goal to connect with girls, young ladies, and women who need just this kind of inspiration each week. Click here to leave a review! You can also follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/genuinedrivenwomen/ to join the conversation, get to know us better, and to find about all the new things we will be announcing in the months to come.

The Every Student Succeeds Act was signed into law at the end of 2015 and is a major overhaul of education policy in the United States. In this episode, find out how the new law will likely lead to a massive transfer of taxpayer money into private pockets. Please support Congressional Dish: Click here to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin Mail Contributions to: Congressional Dish 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! S. 1177: Every Student Succeeds Act Bill Highlights Section 4: Transition Ends previous funding programs on September 30,2016 The Statewide Accountability System created by this law will be effective starting in the 2017-2018 school year Title I: Improving basic programs operated by State and local educational agencies Funding Provides an average of $15.5 billion per year for 2017-2020 At least 7% of the funding must be reserved by States and granted to local educational agencies, who will be allowed to hire for-profit organizations for "improvement activities" States are allowed, but not required, to reserve 3% of their funding for direct student services, which includes AP courses, college courses, transportation to another school as needed, and tutoring. 50 local educational agencies will be allowed to create their own per-pupil method of distributing funds State Plans To receive funding, States must submit a peer-reviewed plan to be approved by the Secretary of Education. State plans will be available online for the public Plans will be required to include "challenging academic content standards" but the State won't be required to submit their standards to the Secretary of Education. Academic standards are only required for mathematics, reading or language arts, and science. Alternate academic standards can be developed for students with disabilities. Testing States will be required to test students in math, reading, and science and is allowed to test in any other subject. Math and reading tests are required each year from grades 3 through 8, and once in high school. Science tests will be required once during grades 3 through 5, once during grades 6 through 9, and once during grades 10 through 12. Results will be reported by race, ethnicity, wealth, disability, English proficiency status, gender, and migrant status. State and local educational agencies must include a policy that allows parents to opt their child out of mandated tests. School Choice Students can choose to attend an another public school controlled by the "local education agency" and the local education agency is allowed to pay for student transportation, but there is a funding cap. Secretary of Education's Role The Secretary of Education is prohibited from intervening or adjusting State plans The Federal Government can't force or encourage States to adopt Common Core standards. "No State shall be required to have academic standards approved or certified by the Federal Government in order to receive assistance under this Act." Accountability The State will publish a detailed annual report card on the State's educational agency's website. Local Educational Agency Plans Local educational agencies can only get Federal funding if they have State-approved plans Parents Right to Know Local educational agencies that receive Federal funds will have to provide parents with information about their kids' teachers, including if the teacher has met State qualifications for the grade level and subject and if the teacher is teaching under emergency or provisional status. Parents will also be informed if a student has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who does not meet State certification for the grade level or subject. Parents must give written consent in order for their child to participate in any mental health assessment, except for in emergencies. Children can not be forced to take a prescription medication as a condition for attending a Federally funded school. Schoolwide Programs Can be administered by for-profit providers Funds from Federal, State, and local grants can be consolidated and used to upgrade the entire educational program of schools where at least 40% of the children come from low income families. Schoolwide programs can be exempted by the Secretary of Education from regulations governing education grant programs. Activities can include mental health counseling, mentoring services, "specialized instructional support" services, college courses, activities for teachers, and preschool programs for children under 6 years old. High schools can use the money for dual enrollment of underperforming kids and can pay for teacher training, tuition and fees, books, "innovative delivery methods", and transportation to and from the program. "Targeted Assistance Schools" Can be administered by for-profit providers. Local agencies will decide the criteria that determines which kids are eligible Funds can pay for before and after school programs, summer programs, "activities", academic courses, and this law added "family support and engagement services". Children Enrolled in Private Schools Upon request, local educational agencies need to provide children in private schools with services including testing, counseling, mentoring, one-on-one tutoring, dual or concurrent enrollment, radio equipment, televisions, computer equipment, and other tech to "address their needs" "Educational services and other benefits for such private school children shall be equitable in comparison to services and other benefits or public school children..." An investigator will be employed to ensure equity for private school children and teachers A complaint and appeal process will be created for those who think the private school kids are not getting their share of money. Private school children's share of funds will be based on the number of low income children who attend private schools. Funds to private school children can be provided directly or through an "entity" or "third party contractor". State educational agencies must provide services to private school children if the local agencies don't, and they can do so by contracting with private organizations. Title II: Preparing, training, and recruiting high-quality teachers, principals, or other school leaders Creates a public or non-profit teaching academy which will award certificates or degrees equivalent to Masters degrees. The Federal funding provided is a little under half a billion per year. Contracts can be given to for profit entities for teacher testing, training, technical assistance, program administration, and mentoring. For-profit entities can also be hired by local education agencies to develop and implement processes for hiring and paying teachers. Partnerships between schools and private mental health organizations may be formed. The Federal government is prohibited from oversight Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program States, local educational agencies, and non-profit organizations will be given three year extendable grants to create and implement "performance based compensation systems" for teachers, principals and other school leaders in schools with at least 30% of students coming from low income families. Government agencies and charter schools and partner with for-profit entities Civics Courses 12 grants will be awarded to create summer school courses for 50-300 teachers that will inform them how to teach American history and civics. 100-300 junior or senior year students will also get intensive civics courses Title III: Language Instruction for English learners and immigrant students Funding Between $756 million increasing to $885 million per year through 2020. Some grant money will go to "institutions of higher education or public or private entities" for a National professional development project that will train & certify teachers, and pay for tuition, fees, and books. Process All students who may be English learners will be assessed within 30 days of enrolling in a new school. To determine how much money each State gets, data from the American Community Survey, conducted by the Department of Commerce will be used. Title IV: 21st Century Schools Funding $1.6 billion per year through 2020 Grants will be awarded to States to increase student access to education on technology, computer science, music, arts, foreign languages, civics, geography, social studies, environmental education and other experiences that contribute to a well rounded education. Local education agencies need to apply to get the money Local education agencies are allowed to partner with private entities Community Learning Centers Funding $1.1 billion per year through 2020 Purpose Private entities are eligible for 5 year grants to operate Community Learning Centers for extra education programs. State applications will be deemed approved if the Secretary of Education takes no action within 120 days. Applying entities get to decide the purpose of the Community Learning Centers they will operate and must include that information in their application. Activities can include tutoring, mentoring, financial and environmental literacy programs, nutritional education, physical education, services for the disabled, after school English learning classes, cultural programs, technology education programs, library services, parenting skills programs, drug and violence prevention programs, computer science, and career readiness programs. Charter Schools Purpose "To increase the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the United States" "To encourage States to provide support to charter schools for facilities financing in an amount more nearly commensurate to the amount States typically provide for traditional public schools" Funding $270 million increasing to $300 million per year through 2020 Five year grants will be awarded to open and expand charter schools The Secretary of Education is required to award at least three charter school grants per year and give out every penny allocated for the first two years. Priority will go to States that give charter schools the most, including funding for facilities, free or low cost use of public buildings, or first-in-line privileges for buying public school buildings. Taxpayer funded grants will pay for hiring and paying staff, buying supplies, training, equipment, and educational materials - including development of those materials - building renovations, start up costs for transportation programs, and student and staff recruitment costs. Grant money will go towards getting loans and issuing bonds to the private sector for charter school facilities. National Activities Funding $200 million increasing to $220 million per year through 2020 Programs Grants for experimental programs Businesses will be eligible if they partner with a government organization "Full service community schools" that coordinate community services Private entities will be eligible if they partner with a government organization National activities for school safety to improve students safety during and after the school day The Secretary of Education can use contracts with private entities Awards to provide arts education Private organizations are eligible Awards to create educational programming for pre-school and elementary school aged children on television and the Internet Money will go to a public telecommunications entity that will contract with producers. Awards will to go programs for gifted students Contracts can be given to private organizations Title VIII: General Provisions Department of Education Staff Within one year of enactment (December 2016), the Secretary of Education must identify all projects that were consolidated or eliminated by ESSA and fire the number of employees who were employed administering or working on those programs. Control of Funds Removes the requirement that States provide assurances that funds will be controlled by public agencies or non-profits Military Recruiters Each local educational agency accepting Federal funds must give military recruiters the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of each high school student in the district, unless the parents have previously opted out. Opt-out process:: Parents must submit a written request to the local education agency that their child's information not be released to military recruiters without the parent's consent. Each local educational agency must notify parents of the option to opt-out of recruitment. State Opt-Out Any State that refuses Federal funds "shall not be required to carry out any of the requirements of such program." Title IX: Education for Homeless and Other Laws Creates rights to education for homeless children, which will be distributed to the public Sound Clip Sources Forum: Charter and Private Schools, Forum hosted by Senator Tim Scott (GA), February 9, 2015. Panelists: Frederick "Rick" Hess, American Enterprise Institute Ann Duplessis, Former Louisiana State Senator, Senior Vice President for Liberty Bank & Trust, President of Louisiana Federation for Children Emily Kim, Executive Vice President of Success Academy Charter Schools Timestamps and Transcripts {14:15} Rick Hess: Sitting immediately next to me, we’ve got Ann Duplessis. Ann’s a former state senator in Louisiana. She’s president of Louisiana Federation for Children, where she partners with local and national policy leaders to promote educational options. She continues to work full time while she does this, as Senior Vice President for Liberty Bank & Trust in New Orleans. Oh! She’s also the chair of the Louisiana State Board of Supervisors. Following Hurricane Katrina, it was Ann who authored a bill which allowed the state to take over the majority of schools in New Orleans Parish, which lead to the thriving charter-school movement that you see in New Orleans today. {40:50} Ann Duplessis:Unfortunately, where we are today is, this is big business. Unknown Speaker: That’s right. Duplessis: Education is big business. We are fighting money; we are fighting tradition; we are fighting people’s jobs; and so until and unless we can get past the issues that this is some tradition that we must maintain, until we can have people understand that we need to create new traditions, until we can get past that the jobs that we’re talking about are not jobs that we need to protect, if those jobs aren’t protecting our kids, we have to get past that. And unless we can get our elected officials to understand that, this will all continue to be more of a challenge. {48:00} Emily Kim-Charters: I want to give one example of a piece of paper that we really, truly dislike, and it’s—every year there is this requirement that teachers who are not certified have to send home in the backpack folder for their scholars a piece of paper saying, just wanted you to know, parents, I’m not highly qualified. So, yes, I’ve been teaching for five years, and my scholars are in the top one percent in the state of New York, but I just wanted you to know that I didn’t have that thing called highly qualified, and somebody thought that I should write you and tell you and let you know. I mean, it’s to a level that is truly, truly absurd; whereas, we would want the teacher to write home and say, look, this is what we are doing to get your scholar to the highest potential, and I’ve been doing it for five years very successfully, and this is what you need to do is bring your child to school on time, pick your child up from school on time, get the homework done, and make sure that they are motivated at school. And that’s what we’d like to do, and we have to do the other thing instead. Hearing: Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice, House Education and the Workforce Committee, February 3, 2016. Watch on Youtube Witness: Gerard Robinson: American Enterprise Institute Timestamps and Transcripts {27:15} Gerard Robinson: I can tell you quite clearly that school choice is not a sound bite; it’s a social movement. From 1990 to 2015, over 40 states have introduced different types of school-choice legislation, both public and private. Video: Interview with David Brian, President & CEO of Entertainment Properties Trust, August 15, 2012 Video: Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards by CGCS Video Maker, 2012. Additional Reading Article: Lawsuit accuses Arizona charter schools of teaching history with religious slant by Garrett Mitchell, The Arizona Republic, September 16, 2016. Article: LA charter school abruptly closes for lack of students by Brenda Gazzar, Los Angeles Daily News, September 15, 2016. Article: Lake Forest Charter School, Liberty Bank & Trust Present 4th Annual 'Cocktails And Blues' Benefit Featuring Gina Brown, Biz New Orleans, August 31, 2016. Article: A Sea of Charter Schools in Detroit Leaves Students Adrift by Kate Zernike, New York Times, June 28, 2016. Article: Inside the Hedge Fund Infatuation with Charter Schools by Stephen Vita, Investopedia, March 9, 2016. Article: GOP Candidates Probably Can't Repeal Common Core by Lauren Camera, US News & World Report, March 4, 2016. Article: Why Education Activists Are Furious at ExxonMobil's CEO by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, December 29, 2015. Article: Business Gets Schooled by Peter Elkind, Fortune, December 23, 2015. Article: 10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans' All-Charter School System Has Proven a Failure by Colleen Kimmet, In These Times, August 28, 2015. Article: The Big Easy's Grand Experiment by Thomas Toch, US News & World Report, August 18, 2015. Report: Brought to You by Wal-Mart? How the Walton Family Foundation's Ideological Pursuit is Damaging Charter Schooling, American Federation of Teachers, June 2015 Article: Charter groups top unions in lobbying, campaign spending by Bill Mahoney, Eliza Shapiro, and Jessica Bakeman, Politico, February 20, 2015. Article: Who Is Profiting From Charters? The Big Bucks Behind Charter School Secrecy, Financial Scandal and Corruption by Kristin Rawls, AlterNet, January 21, 2015. Report: A Growing Movement: America's Largest Charter School Communities by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, December 2014. Article: 120 American Charter Schools and One Secretive Turkish Cleric by Scott Beauchamp, The Atlantic, August 12, 2014. Article: A dozen problems with charter schools by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, May 20, 2014. Blog post: Big Profits in Not-for-Profit Charter Schools by Alan Singer, The Huffington Post, April 7, 2014. Article: Why wealthy foreigners invest in U.S. charter schools by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, February 15, 2013. Article: KKR Partnership Makes an Education Push by Gregory Zuckerman, The Wall Street Journal, July 11, 2011. Article: U.S. Gives Charter Schools a Big Push in New Orleans by Susan Saulny, The New York Times, June 13, 2006. Article: N.O. Teachers Union Loses Its Force in Storm's Wake by Michael Hoover, Times-Picayune, March 5, 2006. Article: Students Return to Big Changes in New Orleans by Susan Saulny, The New York Times, January 4, 2006. Commentary: The Promise of Vouchers by Milton Friedman, The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2005. Additional Information OpenSecrets.org: Lobbying Information for S. 1177: Every Student Succeeds Act OpenSecrets.org: Lobbyists representing National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2015 Website: Walton Family Foundation: K-12 Education(http://www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/our-impact/k12-education) Website: American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): Education Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio) Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations

THE ATTACK FROM THE LEFT This is how the left engages in its assault on the fabric of the civil society.  They look for the "soft spots" and then pick a fight.  Men have been dressing as women and passing for them since dirt was new.  It's hardly an issue for a male passing himself off as a woman in dress and demeanor, to use a woman's rest room.  Who would even notice? In their effort to undermine the civil society, the Left chooses its targets wisely.  The question is first posed to the public narrowly: Should transgender people be permitted to use public restroom facilities they identify with, rather than be limited to the restroom of the gender they were born to?   THE TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY It seems almost ridiculous to be having the conversation for a number of reasons.  To begin with, what is the legal definition of transgender?  Is the controlling factor in this definition, the gender the individual identifies with or the one they were born to?  Is no consideration to be given to their anatomical and genetic circumstance?  Is transgender, at least for some, really more of a behavioral, rather than a physical condition?  Moreover, how many people are we really talking about here?  This is an important consideration, given the fact that 99.7% of all Americans who don't identify as transgender will be compelled to accommodate 3 out of every 1,000 people who at least call themselves, "transgender." The most recent data from surveys including the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth, the 2009 California Health Interview Survey and federal data such as the Decennial Census or the American Community Survey were analyzed by Gary Gates, a distinguished scholar at the Williams Institute of the UCLA School of Law.  Those surveys state that about 0.3% of the American population "identifies as transgender".  Here's the problem with that:  it's a subjective determination and the number of people who truly are transgender is likely to be much lower. Without a clear, legal definition of what is transgender, how could we possibly know who is transgender?  In its efforts to dictate federal policy to the states regarding so called transgender people, the Obama Administration has not only politicized the use of bathrooms, but they have issued rules that will now place school children at risk.  The risk is not necessarily with a person who is genuinely transgender.  Rather, the risk derives from the consequence of not having an objective definition of what a transgender person actually is.  Until now, all the discussions have centered on how the individual identifies themselves, leaving that definition entirely in their hands. SEXUALIZING SCHOOLCHILDREN As a practical matter, public school officials will have no way to prevent a male high school senior from showering with a 14 year old freshman female, provided the male declares himself as "identifying as a female."  On what basis could that ever be challenged?  It also creates conditions where rape and statutory rape are more likely.  How will school administrators and faculty police the school showers when they know the blunt instrumentalities of the federal government are arrayed against them?  The likely outcome is that school officials will not risk a legal battle that results in the draining of resources from the school system.  This will create even more chaos in the school system than already exists. HOMOSEXUALIZING SCHOOLCHILDREN The current controversy over rest rooms and showers in public facilities and schools should come as no surprise.  Since he was first elected in 2008, Barack Obama has unleashed the most militant and radical pro-homosexual agenda on Americans.  It began surreptitiously in the school system. Early in his first administration, Barack Obama appointed a "Safe Schools Czar" named Kevin Jennings.  The title "Safe Schools Czar" is very misleading.  Most would look at the term and feel comforted that the President cares about making schools safe for children.  But that isn't what the Safe Schools Czar was tasked to do.  His job was to make schools safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenders.  It was part of Obama's pro-homosexual agenda that was hiding in plain sight and ignored by the mainstream media. Kevin Jennings himself has quite an "interesting" background.  A transcript from a 1997 speech shows Office of Safe Schools chief Kevin Jennings in the U.S. Department of Education expressed his admiration for Harry Hay, one of the nation’s first homosexual activists who launched the Mattachine Society in 1948, founded the Radical Faeries and was a longtime advocate for the North American Man-Boy Love Association, NAMBLA. Obama appointed the most radical person anyone could have ever imagined into a position, the Congress wasn't required to approve.  Kevin Jennings had a past that was so completely off the charts radical, it's almost impossible to overstate.  Kevin Jennings was outspoken in his support of NAMBLA and the repeal of laws governing the age of sexual consent. In 2002, after the death of Harry Hay, Jennings said, "NAMBLA’s record as a responsible gay organization is well known. NAMBLA was spawned by the gay community and has been in every major gay and lesbian march. … NAMBLA’s call for the abolition of age of consent is not the issue. NAMBLA is a bona fide participant in the gay and lesbian movement. NAMBLA deserves strong support in its rights of free speech and association and its members’ protection from discrimination and bashing,” he said. Remember, this was Obama's first appointee for "Safe Schools Czar." Kevin Jennings was the founder of  the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) organization of Massachusetts.  GLSEN held its 10 Year Anniversary conference at Tufts University in 2000. This conference was fully supported by the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Safe Schools Program, the Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, and some of the presenters even received federal money. During the 2000 conference, workshop leaders led a “youth only, ages 14-21” session that offered lessons in “fisting” a dangerous sexual practice, where the hand is forced into another person's anus.  Fisting kits were distributed to children by Planned Parenthood, another participant in the event (pictured here). There was a heightened sense of security with many Tufts campus police being highly visible in order to stop parents from seeing what occurred at the conference.   All  of this was the handiwork of Kevin Jennings, the man Barack Obama appointed.  Fury erupted in Congress and eventually Jennings was forced to resign his position, but today's actions by the Obama Justice Department and Department of Education are clear indications that Obama's agenda to promote homosexuality in American society has not abated. OBAMA'S RADICAL HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA   The Obama administration will send a letter to every public school district in the country telling them to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity as opposed to their birth certificate. The letter, first obtained by The New York Times, is signed by officials at the Justice Department and Department of Education. It will be sent out to the districts on Friday. While the letter does not have the force of law, it does warn that schools that do not abide by the administration’s interpretation of civil rights law may face lawsuits or a loss of federal aid, The Times reported. "There is no room in our schools for discrimination of any kind, including discrimination against transgender students on the basis of their sex," Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement. “No student should ever have to go through the experience of feeling unwelcome at school or on a college campus,” Education Secretary John B. King Jr., said in his own statement. “We must ensure that our young people know that whoever they are or wherever they come from, they have the opportunity to get a great education in an environment free from discrimination, harassment and violence.” Under the guidance, schools are told that they must treat transgender students according to their chosen gender identity as soon as a parent or guardian notifies the district that that identity "differs from previous representations or records." There is no obligation for a student to present a specific medical diagnosis or identification documents that reflect his or her gender identity, and equal access must be given to transgender students even in instances when it makes others uncomfortable, according to the directive. Status of "Bathroom Bill" Legislation | InsideGov "As is consistently recognized in civil rights cases, the desire to accommodate others' discomfort cannot justify a policy that singles out and disadvantages a particular class of students," the guidance says. The administration is also releasing a separate 25-page document of questions and answers about best practices, including ways schools can make transgender students comfortable in the classroom and protect the privacy rights of all students in restrooms or locker rooms. The move was cheered by Human Rights Campaign, a gay, lesbian and transgender civil rights organization, which called the guidelines "groundbreaking." "This is a truly significant moment not only for transgender young people but for all young people, sending a message that every student deserves to be treated fairly and supported by their teachers and schools," HRC President Chad Griffin said in a statement. Earlier this week, the Justice Department and the state of North Carolina filed dueling lawsuits over the state’s controversial “bathroom” law, with the Obama administration answering an early-morning lawsuit filed by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory with legal action of its own. In their suit, the DOJ alleged a “pattern or practice of employment discrimination on the basis of sex” against the state over the law requiring transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate. McCrory, in his lawsuit, accused the administration of a “baseless and blatant overreach” in trying to get the policy scrapped. "This is an attempt to unilaterally rewrite long-established federal civil rights laws in a manner that is wholly inconsistent with the intent of Congress and disregards decades of statutory interpretation by the Courts," the state’s suit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina, said. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Featuring Lisa Blumerman, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Associate Director for the Decennial Census Programs, this episode takes us on a tour of the portfolio of projects that lead up to the US Census, conducted every ten years. Harnessing the power of constantly evolving technology, along with strong PM and portfolio practices, the Census Bureau strives to reduce costs while maintaining the rich value and accuracy of the data it collects. It’s part of the foundation of our democracy, and at its core, it’s a project. Project Management Point-of-View (PM-POV), a podcast series produced by the Washington DC Chapter of the Project Management Institute, allows our membership and the public at large to listen to brief and informative conversations with beltway area practioners and executives as they discuss various perspectives on project management-- its uses, its shortcomings, its changes, and its future. Listens can send comments and suggestions for topics and guests to: pm-pov@pmiwdc.org. PDU Information You can earn Category "A" PDUs for each PM-POV podcast you listen to — over 6.25 PDUs by listening to the entire series! Use the following information in PMI's CCRS system to register the PDUs for this podcast: PDU Category: Cat A: Registered Education Provider/PMI Component Activity Type: "Report a Component 1-2 PDU Event" Provider Number: C046 Activity Number: PMPOV0021 PDUs for this episode: 0.5 » More PM-POV Episodes About the Speaker Lisa M. Blumerman   U.S. Census Bureau Associate Director for Decennial Census Programs Lisa Blumerman is the U.S. Census Bureau’s Associate Director for the Decennial Census Programs. She provides executive leadership and direction for the 2020 Census, the American Community Survey and for the Census Bureau’s Geographic Programs. From 2008 through 2013, Blumerman was Chief of the Governments Division at the Census Bureau. She was responsible for overseeing data collection and the development and release of statistics on the characteristics and key indicators of our nation's federal, state and local governments. In this capacity, Blumerman directed and managed the Census of Governments and 25 annual and quarterly surveys that measure government activity. Blumerman has worked at the Census Bureau since 1997. She has served as chief of the Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office; deputy chief of the American Community Survey Office; the administrative records coordinator in the Policy Office; and chief of the Population Estimates Branch. Before coming to the Census Bureau, she served as a senior research analyst for the American Public Welfare Association. Blumerman is a recipient of the Arthur S. Flemming Award for exceptional achievement in federal government service. The U.S. Department of Commerce has honored her contributions by awarding her a silver and two bronze medals for distinguished service in the federal government. She holds a master's degree in demography from Georgetown University and a bachelor's degree in sociology with a concentration in population studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Dr. Carlos discusses illegal immigration and its effects on the economy and crime with Dr. Camarota. Dr. Steven Camarota serves as the Director of Research for the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a Washington, DC-based research institute that examines the consequences of legal and illegal immigration on the United States. The Center promotes an informed debate on comprehensive immigration reform by providing policymakers, academics, media, and citizens with fact-based information on immigration.In recent years Dr. Camarota has testified before Congress more than any other non-government expert on the economic and fiscal impact of immigration. In addition, he was the lead researcher on a contract with the Census Bureau examining the quality of immigrant data in the American Community Survey.Dr. Camarota’s research has been featured on the front pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today as well as numerous other media outlets. His academic articles have been published for journals, including the Public Interest and Social Science Quarterly. He has also written general interest pieces for such publications as the Chicago Tribune and National Review. His analysis and commentary are frequently heard on radio and television news programs including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, NBC Nightly News, and ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, National Public Radio, and NewsHour on PBS.

Have you ever received an American Community Survey and wondered why? What is the definition of tyranny? What happens if you don’t fill it out? Today on Home Front, we interview Dr. Scott Bradley who can explain how these surveys match up with the Constitution and what you can do about it. * Scott Bradley and his wife Tamara have five children and nine grandchildren (two more arriving shortly). * For 16 years Scott served as an administrator at Utah State University as a Department Head and Director. * Candidate for the United States Senate in 2006 and 2010, Scott Bradley holds a Bachelor of Science, a Masters of Public Administration, and a PhD in Constitutional Law. * He is Founder and Chairman of The Constitution Commemoration Foundation, Inc., an educational organization which fosters increased understanding of the U.S. Constitution and the tradition of the Founding Fathers and also encourages a return to the original intent of proper government as understood and practiced at the time of America’s founding. Scott is the author of a book and DVD/CD lecture series titled To Preserve the Nation@ in which he reviews the foundation principles upon which this great nation was established, and which he hopes will foster a renewed dedication to those principles. * Learn more about Dr. Bradley at: FreedomsRisingSun.com The post The Census appeared first on Home Front with Cynthia Davis.

Much controversy surrounds the American Community Survey. This sermon gives a detailed analysis of what the Bible teaches on the subject of a census and demonstrates that the ACS is both unbiblical and unconstitutional. But more than that, this sermon shows why God treated even David's more minimal census as a great evil that needed to be resisted. This passage adds to our general understanding of Biblical civics as calling for very limited government.

Much controversy surrounds the American Community Survey. This sermon gives a detailed analysis of what the Bible teaches on the subject of a census and demonstrates that the ACS is both unbiblical and unconstitutional. But more than that, this sermon shows why God treated even David’s more minimal census as a great evil that needed to be resisted. This passage adds to our general understanding of Biblical civics as calling for very limited government.

Much controversy surrounds the American Community Survey. This sermon gives a detailed analysis of what the Bible teaches on the subject of a census and demonstrates that the ACS is both unbiblical and unconstitutional. But more than that, this sermon shows why God treated even David's more minimal census as a great evil that needed to be resisted. This passage adds to our general understanding of Biblical civics as calling for very limited government.

Much controversy surrounds the American Community Survey. This sermon gives a detailed analysis of what the Bible teaches on the subject of a census and demonstrates that the ACS is both unbiblical and unconstitutional. But more than that, this sermon shows why God treated even David’s more minimal census as a great evil that needed to be resisted. This passage adds to our general understanding of Biblical civics as calling for very limited government.

Mailbag; Government's American Community Survey questions; RIP Sid Caesar

Listen to the podcast (mp3, ~58 minutes)Lynda Kellam, Data Services and Government Information Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s University Libraries, joins Rachel, Jason, and Anna to discuss data, data literacy, and instruction.  Kellam recently published, Numeric data services and sources for the general reference librarian, which includes a chapter about incorporating statistics and numeric data sources into instruction sessions. Kellam blogs about data sources at http://uncgdataland.blogspot.com/, as well as about her library experiences at http://lyndamk.com/Show Notes: Kellam, L. M., & Peter, K. (2011). Numeric data services and sources for the general reference librarian. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. A handful of data sources:American Community Survey Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)The Association of Religion Data Archive (ARDA)Cultural Policy and the Arts National Archive (CPANDA)American National Election Studies (ANES)Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)World Development IndicatorsIntegrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)Statistical SoftwareSPSSSASProfessional OrganizationsInternational Association for Social Science Information Services & Technology (IASSIST)Numeric and Geospatial Data Services in Academic Libraries Interest Group (via ACRL)Junk Charts