In-progress projects

The North Carolina Project Portal is a platform, and associated process, designed to foster partnerships between state government and external researchers. Projects focus on priority questions that, when answered, help shape policies and programs to best serve North Carolians.

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Will education increase medical providers’ use of an assessment tool that measures the functional ability of incarcerated persons within the NC State Prison System?

Project started: September 6, 2022

Department or Agency: NC Department of Public Safety

Topics

Correctional HealthcareCriminal JusticeFunctional AssessmentPatient AcuityPatient AssessmentQuality Improvement

What steps can the NC Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) take to improve the methodology and data collection activities it uses to measure employee engagement, morale, job stress, and other factors related to staff decisions to stay with or leave the agency?

Project started: February 1, 2024

Department or Agency: NC Department of Adult Correction

Topics

Criminal JusticeData collectionEvidence-based PracticePublic SafetyRecruitment and retentionRehabilitation and reentry

What is the estimated social, economic, and environmental value of conserving natural and working lands (particularly wetlands) in North Carolina? What are the estimated social, economic, and environmental impacts associated with the degradation of wetlands that lost federal or state protections between 2022 and 2023?

Department or Agency: NC Department of Environmental Quality

Topics

Conservation Tax Law and PolicyEconomy-wide Impacts and Policy OptionsEnvironmental (Water Quality) Impacts and Policy OptionsFlood Risk and Flood ResiliencyState and Federal Lands Wetland ProtectionNatural and Working Lands Preservation and ConservationCost/Benefit AnalysesClimate Change - Carbon Sequestration Potential

What are the costs and benefits to industry, the public, and the environment associated with NCDEQ’s proposed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances standards?

Project started: October 25, 2023

Department or Agency: NC Department of Environmental Quality

Topics

Benefit and Cost AnalysisEmerging CompoundsPer- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Regulatory Impact Assessment Wastewater Treatment

How can researchers help state agencies and the NC General Assembly better serve youth and families associated with the foster care system?

Project started: May 7, 2024

Department or Agency: NC Collaboratory, NC Department of Health and Human Services, NC Department of Public Instruction, NC Department of Public Safety

Topics

Data sharingFoster careProgram evaluationSystem integration

What resources and strategies need to be available in communities to divert women with mental health and substance use disorders away from the justice system and into treatment?

Project started: May 24, 2023

Department or Agency: NC Department of Health and Human Services

Topics

Criminal Justicesubstance use preventionresource planningwomen and families who are justice-involved

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