Institute for Municipal & Regional Policy (IMRP)

Mission
The Institution for Municipal and Regional Policy (IMRP) at CCSU facilitates regional solutions to common problems facing municipalities. The IMRP brings together CCSU faculty, staff, and students with state and national experts to provide immediate and long-range options for concerns such as taxes, housing, transportation, workforce development and education. Community, municipal, and state leaders routinely attend IMRP conferences, forums, and symposia where research and ideas are presented that help shape policy decisions at the local, regional, and state level.


What We Do
The Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy:

• Creates materials tailored for targeted audiences that promote the regional educational mission of the organization.
  

• Presents to community organizations, municipal, regional and state organizations interested in regional issues and how their organizations are affected by growth trends in Connecticut.
  

• Develops and hosts forums and conferences on the issues of regionalism to educate specific or general audiences.
  

• Fosters regional cooperation through participation in existing regional and state-wide organizations.
  

• Provides research and facilitates municipal and other entities in their effort to find regional solutions that are mutually beneficial.

DID YOU KNOW?...

Studies suggest that, generally, children of incarcerated parents experience a greater total number of risk factors than other children. Evidence suggests that children of incarcerated parents are more likely to live with caregivers who abuse drugs, have mental health problems, are inadequately educated, and experience sexual or physical abuse.

To learn more, check out Children of Incarcerated Parents: An Action Plan for Federal Policymakers

Latest Updates

8/18/09 - Conference announcement: Post Incarceration: Chronicles of Success II on October 29, 2009. Click on the link for more information and registration.

8/18/09 - Report posted: The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections: Rethinking Policies and Practices by the Vera Institute of Justice, Center on Sentencing and Corrections.

8/7/09 - Created new page on C.A.B.L.E., posted information on upcomming Crisis Intervention Team symposium

8/7/09 - Marijuana Decriminalization article (The Mystic Times) - IMRP collaborates with the League of Women Voters