Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

Syrus Duffy, MPA candidate and IPP Research Specialist II, Sara Gable, IPP Director, Kelly Schultz, Director of the Legislative Leadership Academy and Truman School Undergraduate Internships, and Hannah Shupert, MPA candidate and IPP Graduate Research Assistant attended the annual meeting of the Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (CUPSO), April 3 – 5, 2024, at UMass Amherst.

Author: Emily Johnson

On January 30, 2024, IPP Director Sara Gable released the IPP Annual Report for 2023.  We extend our sincere appreciation to our funders, collaborators, student research assistants, UM, MU, and College of Arts and Science administrative and research staff, MU Extension, and the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs. Without their support, none of this would be possible.

Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation, part of the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, has contracted with the MU Institute of Public Policy to conduct a statewide needs assessment.  The state’s Vocational Rehabilitation program is required by federal regulation to conduct a comprehensive statewide needs assessment every three years.  To meet this requirement, the MU Institute of Public Policy will collect and analyze qualitative data using surveys, focus groups and key informant interviews that provide additional context and perspective to t

Author: Wayne Mayfield

Author:  Sara Gable

On March 23, 2023, Sara Gable presented “Intergenerational Conflict, Contact with Birth Parents, and Child Functioning in Kinship Caregiver Families,” at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.  The research was based on a needs assessment that IPP conducted for MU ParentLink and was made possible with funding from the Missouri Foundation for Health. 

IPP is pleased to announce our Annual Update (January 2023).