Regional Action Plan: Capital Area Child Care Coalition
This report provides a synopsis of meaningful insights PSC gathered while creating a Regional Action Plan for the Capital Area Regional Child Care Coalition.
Farm to School Institute Evaluation Report
The 2024 Farm to School Institute, a joint effort by Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), Partridge Creek Farm (PCF), Michigan State University Extension (MSUE), MiSTEM Network Central Region, and Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, aimed to provide educators and community members with the skills needed to lead garden- or farm-based school […]
Talent Attraction and Retention Benchmarking Report
According to some estimates, the U.S. could be facing a talent deficit of more than six million highly skilled workers by 2030, with global talent shortages in high-growth sectors like technology.1 In other words, “the war for talent is on.”2 Data presented in the Growing Michigan Together Council’s December 2023 report highlighted Michigan’s aging population […]
Muskegon County Youth and Young Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization and Connection to HealthWest Services
HealthWest provided Public Sector Consultants (PSC) data on all inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations in Muskegon County among youth and young adults 21 years of age or younger between January 1, 2015, and December 30, 2023. In addition, HealthWest provided PSC data on all youth and young adults enrolled in at least one HealthWest program during that […]
Economic Contribution Analysis: Marquette County Trails and Trail Events
Eagle Mine and the Lake Superior Community Partnership brought in PSC to estimate the direct, indirect, and induced effects of event and nonevent trail user spending on Marquette County. To conduct this analysis, PSC used Impact Analysis for Planning (IMPLAN), an input-output modeling tool that traces transactions among and between different sectors to quantify how […]
Potter Park Zoo Economic Contribution Analysis
This report contains an economic contribution analysis for Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan.
Growing Michigan’s Future
The governor’s team called on PSC to support this bipartisan group in crafting collaborative policy recommendations that support Michigan’s population growth. PSC expertly guided the group through rigorous discussion, debate, and data analysis toward a shared understanding of Michigan’s population challenges and vision of a successful future.
Muskegon County Youth Out-of-home Placements and Juvenile Detention Stays
The MYalliance Evaluation Team monitors out-of-home placements and juvenile detention stays data as ashort-term indicator of community functioning. The Muskegon County Family Court (family court) and theMichigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) both have the authority to remove youth fromtheir homes and place them in another setting. The majority of MDHHS placements are […]
Caring for Our Future: A Regional Action Plan to Expand Child Care Access in Livingston and Washtenaw Counties
The Livingston and Washtenaw Counties Child Care Coalition, composed of prospective and current child care providers, economic development professionals, policymakers, family representatives, and others, has been working to engage the community to better understand child care challenges facing the region and identify solutions.
SPARK ECIC Report
From day one, the coalition discussed market failure and underinvestment as a leading cause of the community challenges of unaffordable child care and providers’ difficulties recruiting and retaining staff, resulting in a dearth of child care slots. When analyzing strategies to address these challenges, the coalition determined that promoting equitable and adequate funding for child […]