Press Releases
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- Public Safety Performance Project
Pew Applauds South Carolina's Leaders for Comprehensive Sentencing Reforms
The comprehensive package of reforms Governor Mark Sanford signed into law today puts South Carolina at the forefront of states advancing research-driven criminal justice policies designed to protect public safety, hold offenders accountable and control corrections costs. The Omnibus Crime Reduction and Sentencing Reform Act was a strongly bipartisan effort, passing the Senate unanimously and the House by a vote of 97 to 4. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
Pew Study Finds Children of Divorced Parents More Likely to Remain at Bottom of Income Ladder as Adults
Family structure has an impact on a child’s economic mobility prospects, according to the Pew Economic Policy Group’s report, Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children. more
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- Home Visiting Campaign
Pew Launches Home Visiting Policy Campaigns in LA, NC, OH and WA
The Pew Center on the States and its partners announced today a targeted $5.6 million campaign to promote smart state investments in evidence-based, voluntary home visiting programs for new and expectant families. more
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- Home Visiting Campaign
Congress Invests in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs
John Schlitt, director of the Pew Home Visiting Campaign, issued the following statement today, commenting on maternal and infant home visiting provisions included in health care reform legislation.
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- Economic Mobility Project
Pew Finds Economic Mobility Rates Differ for Canadians and Americans: Citizens of Both Nations Share Similar Perceptions and Values About Economic Opportunity
Canadians and Americans do not have the same likelihood of climbing the income ladder and experiencing economic mobility, according to a report by Pew's Economic Mobility Project. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
Pew Analysis Finds That Nearly Three-Quarter of Children of Low-Income Parents With High Savings Move Up From the Bottom
Children born to low-income parents with savings above the median level are more likely to move up the income ladder as adults than those whose parents are low-income and low-saving, according to a new report released by Pew’s Economic Mobility Project. more
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- States' Fiscal Health
Pew Identifies States, Like California, in Fiscal Peril
A report from the Pew Center on the States shows that some of the same pressures that have pushed California toward economic disaster are wreaking havoc in a number of other states, with potentially damaging consequences for the entire country. more
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- Public Safety Performance Project
One in 31 U.S. Adults are Behind Bars, on Parole or Probation
One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections examines the scale and cost of prison, jail, probation and parole in each of the 50 states (please see the 50 state factsheets), and provides a blueprint for states to cut both crime and spending by reallocating prison expenses to fund stronger supervision of the large number of offenders in the community. more
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- Press Release
- Public Safety Performance Project
Pew Report Finds More than One in 100 Adults are Behind Bars
For the first time in history more than one in every 100 adults in America are in jail or prison—a fact that significantly impacts state budgets without delivering a clear return on public safety. more