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Laura Negrón

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Keeping the ball rolling toward guardianship reform in New York State

This month, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s guardianship clinic published a comprehensive report summarizing the recommendations for best practices reform generated by nearly 100 lawyers, judges, social workers, and other practitioners who participated in a day-long conference on guardianship held last November. For those of us who work in Vera ...

Laura Negrón

December 26, 2012

The Guardianship Project Video

Michael Jacobson, director and president of the Vera Institute of Justice, and Laura Negrón, director of Vera’s Guardianship Project, talk about the project’s groundbreaking holistic approach to guardianship services for older adults and people with disabilities who have been adjudicated by the court as incapacitated. Watch the video and learn how ...

November 30, 2012

The Guardianship Project in focus

It’s not self-serving to say that Vera’s Guardianship Project does extraordinarily important work. It’s simply true. Every time our team helps an older adult or a person with disabilities for whom we serve as court-ordered guardian return home from a nursing facility, avert eviction, get his finances in order, receive the home care and other servi ...

Laura Negrón

Ensuring that guardianship lives up to its name

Concluding a year-long investigation into guardianship abuse allegations in 45 states and the District of Columbia, the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report identifying serious deficiencies in the process for screening and monitoring court-appointed guardians. Investigators examined 20 cases in which guardians c ...

Julia Kaminisky
Laura Negrón

November 08, 2010

Informing justice policy through cost-benefit analysis

Interview with Steve Aos (Part 5)

Interview with Steve Aos, associate director of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. In this segment, Aos discusses connecting the worlds of research and public policymaking through cost-benefit analysis. This is part 5 of 6 in the series. Length: 2:45 minutes

February 01, 2010

Informing justice policy through cost-benefit analysis

Interview with Steve Aos (Part 3)

February 01, 2010

Informing justice policy through cost-benefit analysis

Interview with Steve Aos (Part 6)

Interview with Steve Aos, associate director of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. In this segment, Aos discusses the importance of cost-benefit analysis in helping states balance their budgets. This is part 6 of 6 in the series. Length: 2:53 minutes

February 01, 2010

Informing justice policy through cost-benefit analysis

Interview with Steve Aos (Part 4)

Interview with Steve Aos, associate director of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. In this segment, Aos offers insights for states developing a cost-benefit capacity to inform public policy. This is part 4 of 6 in the series. Length: 4:10 minutes

February 01, 2010

Informing justice policy through cost-benefit analysis

Interview with Steve Aos (Part 1)

Interview with Steve Aos, associate director of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. In this segment, Aos discusses informing justice policy through cost-benefit analysis. This is part 1 of 6 in the series. Length: 4:16 minutes

February 01, 2010

Informing justice policy through cost-benefit analysis

Interview with Steve Aos (Part 2)

Interview with Steve Aos, associate director of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. In this segment, Aos discusses the crime model for cost-benefit analysis studies. This is part 2 of 6 in the series. Length: 3:52 minutes

February 01, 2010

Cost-benefit & budget analysis

When analytic frameworks clash (Part 2)

Dall Forsythe presentation at the Vera Institute of Justice, recorded November 9, 2009. (Part 2 of 2).

January 22, 2010

Cost-benefit & budget analysis

When analytic frameworks clash (Part 1)

Dall Forsythe's presentation at the Vera Institute of Justice, recorded November 9, 2009 (Part 1 of 2).

January 22, 2010

Reinventing Justice

The Vera Institute in New Orleans

January 04, 2010

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