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Child Poverty Action Lab Every child deserves the opportunity to

WEBEvery child deserves the opportunity to thrive. The Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) operates as an unofficial R&D department for Dallas, rethinking how data can be integrated into public systems, community programs and neighborhood life to improve the childhood experiences that shape economics in adulthood.

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Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) CPAL

WEBEvery child deserves a life filled with opportunity. The Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) operates as an unofficial R&D department for Dallas, rethinking how data can be integrated into public systems, community programs, and neighborhood life to break cycles of intergenerational poverty.

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Data Tools Trust Her Clinic Finder CPAL

WEBCLICK HERE TO VIEW TOOL. Trust Her is the programmatic arm of CPAL's reproductive and maternal health strategy. Trust Her works to optimize our systems along a woman's entire healthcare journey. This means ensuring women can access their preferred method of contraception without barriers so they can time their pregnancies for when they are …

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CPAL In the News Here's how Dallas leaders plan to deal with the

WEBCPAL's Trust Her team gives contraception access to more women. Through the Trust Her initiative, CPAL works to dramatically increase access to free or low-cost contraception.

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CPAL's Trust Her team gives contraception access to more women

WEBThe data behind this work is shocking: — 1.8 million Texas women of childbearing age cannot afford their preferred method of birth control. For example, without good insurance, an IUD can cost $1,300. — A woman often waits seven months or more to obtain her method of choice. Appointments may not be available for many weeks and more waits

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Housing in Dallas: A Framework for Action CPAL

WEBCPAL’s Rental Housing Needs Assessment analyzes the growing gap of rental housing supply and demand for low-income families. As of 2021, Dallas had a 33,000+ unit gap in affordable rental housing. Without action, this shortage of affordable housing units is projected to nearly triple to 83,500 units by 2030.

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Reports Rental Housing Needs Assessment CPAL

WEBThis report focuses on the rental housing needs for the City of Dallas’ residents, with an emphasis on low-income households. Homeownership opportunities and rental affordability are often linked—in Dallas, trends suggest that moderate and high-income renters who are unable to afford homes are bidding up rents for lower-income residents.

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SMU Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center partnership

WEBCLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL ARTICLE. Here is an excerpt: Better information, reduced jail time before criminal charges are filed should reduce impact on families’ health, housing, stability.

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Data Tools North Texas Eviction Project CPAL

WEBThe North Texas Eviction Project (NTEP) makes local eviction data accessible and actionable so that frontline providers, government and agency staff, and policymakers can activate upstream eviction solutions to keep families securely housed. NTEP features eviction filing and demographic data for Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant Counties.

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Working Together CPAL

WEBTogether, these leaders represent more than $10 billion in operating budget. CPAL keeps data and insights at the center of strategy conversations. Clay Jenkins, County Judge. Dallas County. T.C. Broadnax, City Manager. City of …

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Reports Eviction at Dallas College CPAL

WEBWIC Playbook. CPAL’s WIC playbook features prototypes designed to increase WIC benefit uptake in Dallas through human-centered design. The WIC program plays an important role in improving birth outcomes and containing health care costs.

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Is Dallas Really the Safest Big City in America

WEBCPAL's data analysis shows that eviction chances fall dramatically when tenants have legal representation. Law students at SMU observed nearly 1,300 eviction hearings across five of Dallas County’s ten justice of the peace courts from November 2022 to April 2023, representing about 10% of all initial eviction cases heard in those courts.

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CPAL In the News Amid abortion restrictions, the Trust Her team …

WEBCPAL's data analysis shows that eviction chances fall dramatically when tenants have legal representation. Law students at SMU observed nearly 1,300 eviction hearings across five of Dallas County’s ten justice of the peace courts from November 2022 to April 2023, representing about 10% of all initial eviction cases heard in those courts.

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Reports Equity in Bond Planning CPAL

WEBEquity in Bond Planning is a project led by the Dallas Independent School District’s Racial Equity Office to develop concepts for Student and Family Resource Centers within the Lincoln, Roosevelt, Pinkston, and Spruce feeder patterns. The resource centers will be new or renovated facilities that can host programs to improve student

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When parents go to jail, children are the hidden victims

WEBCLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL ARTICLE. Here is an excerpt: About 14% of children in Dallas County have parents who are incarcerated. This column is part of our State of the City project, in which The Dallas Morning News explores the most critical issues facing our communities. The first series focuses on public safety.. When parents are arrested in …

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Reports Improve Housing Choice Voucher Acceptance CPAL

WEBWIC Playbook. CPAL’s WIC playbook features prototypes designed to increase WIC benefit uptake in Dallas through human-centered design. The WIC program plays an important role in improving birth outcomes and containing health care costs.

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