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Kathryn Pettit

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Senior Fellow, Urban Institute and Co-director, National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership. Views my own.

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Kathryn Pettit @kpettitdc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Our @urbaninstitute.bsky.social team is so proud to be supporting 25 dedicated organizations in the 2025 cohort working to improving the criminal legal system in their communities. Follow me here to read this fall about the results from the 2024 grantees.

Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social · Aug 8

25 local organizations in the Catalyst Grant Program aim to use #data & #tech to drive progress towards a more equitable criminal legal system. Learn more today. urbn.is/catalyst2025

Image features a US map with blue dots that signify the location of grant recipients. 25 local organizations in the Catalyst Grant Program are using data & technology to advance equity in the criminal legal system. Learn more at urbn.is/catalyst2025.

Kathryn Pettit @kpettitdc.bsky.social · May 2

Thanks to the Institute for Museum and Library Studies, Civic Switchboard spurred public & academic libraries to improve access to data about community conditions and resources. IMLS cuts will be felt in communities around the US as libraries lose this critical support. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social

Cutting Federal Grants to Libraries and Museums Will Weaken Communities and Endanger Our Heritage

The Institute of Museum and Library Services provides crucial funding for irreplaceable community institutions and makes up a tiny fraction of the federal budget.

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Kathryn Pettit @kpettitdc.bsky.social · Apr 30

So happy that the Catalyst Grant Program can support local projects like these for courts around the country to learn from to reduce missed court dates. Stay tuned for other lessons related to courts and prosecutors' offices.

Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social · Apr 30

Catalyst Grantee @ideas42.bsky.social worked with Sacramento #courts to boost appearance rates using mailed reminders. The result? Fewer missed court dates, fewer costly consequences. Read more. @microsoft.com

Boosting Court Appearance Rates with Mailed Reminders

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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thrilled to share new research we've been working on for the past year. We report on a nationwide analysis of manufactured housing and climate hazards, and the results of interviews with 40+ experts from across the manufactured housing ecosystem:

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Building a Climate-Resilient Manufactured Housing Stock

This report provides the first holistic assessment of manufactured housing and climate resilience.

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Kathryn Pettit @kpettitdc.bsky.social · Feb 4

📢 Exciting news as my first Bluesky post! New Local Data for Equitable Communities CFP from @rwjf.bsky.social and @urbaninstitute.bsky.social for #nonprofits using data to advance #equity in the physical, economic and social conditions that affect health. Learn more at urbn.is/localdatagrant

"Local Data for Equitable Communities" is in bold text. Below that, a line drawing shows a vibrant community scene with houses, an apartment building, a bus stop, a playground and people of various ages walking, biking, and playing. The scene has a city skyline in the background and is accented with pastel-colored circles highlighting different parts of the community.

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