Projects

The Possibility Lab at the University of California and the California Cradle-to-Career Data System (C2C) announced today a partnership to provide the public with actionable data on student progress, career pathways, and workforce outcomes.

Community-based organizations can act as “trusted messengers,” working with government partners to help improve the health, safety, and well-being of low-wage workers and other historically underserved communities. Identifying best practices for this type of collaboration…

Possibility Lab researchers partnered with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to evaluate and improve their existing supervisor training program and analyze public perceptions about necessary training for law enforcement supervisors.

At the Possibility Lab, we believe that the people closest to social problems are also closest to their solutions, and that the policy process works best when policymakers, researchers, and those with lived experience work…

In partnership with California’s Office of Data and Innovation (ODI), the project aims to develop data-informed recommendations for comprehensive measurement standards. These standards will help the state identify equity gaps, assess its progress closing these…

When people who are incarcerated are empowered to ask and answer their own research questions, a different set of questions arise out of the lived experiences of being in the prison. 

Despite significant funding for the construction of permanent supportive housing (PSH) in California, the state has continued to struggle with a persistent homelessness crisis. In partnership with a group of housing and service providers, we…

Communities are seeking new ways to respond to behavioral health crises, that reduce the possibilities of harm and meet the needs of individuals and their families. As policymakers look to evaluate innovations, they seek metrics…

Peace officers who are promoted to a supervisory management role (e.g., Lieutenant) must take on a new set of challenges and responsibilities. What core competencies are required to successfully prepare these individuals for their new…

Public-sector agencies can be key sites of creativity and problem solving, but they often lack access to the resources and infrastructure necessary to design, implement, and evaluate new ideas. Sustained partnerships between government, private foundations,…

With the full lifting of the 1994 ban on Pell Grant distribution announced in 2020, the return of Pell to incarcerated students is likely to radically alter the landscape of postsecondary educational opportunity during imprisonment,…