1. The Bonner Program:
Public Policy CBR
“Access to Education,
Opportunity to Serve”
A program of:
The Corella & Bertram Bonner Foundation
10 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-6663 • (609) 683-4626 fax
For more information, please visit our website at www.bonner.org
2. Public Policy CBR:
Overview
• Context for Public Policy Focus
• Strategy I — Issue Briefs
• Strategy II — Web Site
• Resources
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3. Public Policy CBR:
Types of Questions
Plan Decide
• Needs & Asset • Model Programs
Assessment • Policy Options
• Issue Analysis • Resources
Evaluate
• Program Evaluation Implement
• On-Going Data (direct service)
Collection
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4. Public Policy CBR:
Types of Questions — Policy Emphasis
Plan Decide
• Needs & Asset • Model Programs
Assessment • Policy Options
• Issue Analysis • Resources
Evaluate
• Program Evaluation Implement
• On-Going Data (direct service)
Collection
www.bonner.org
5. Public Policy CBR:
Research Informs Community Action
Direct Service
Capacity
Action Convening
Building
Issue Forums & Training & Strategic
Working Groups Planning
Campus
Local
Research Issue Briefs PolicyOptions.org
website
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org
6. Public Policy CBR:
Research Informs Community Action - Policy Focus
Direct Service
Capacity
Action Convening
Building
Issue Forums & Training & Strategic
Working Groups Planning
Campus
Local
Research Issue Briefs PolicyOptions.org
website
Community-
Based
Research
www.bonner.org
7. Public Policy CBR:
Student Learning — Civic Engagement Knowledge
• Public Policy: structure and roles of government, ways to be
involved in shaping public policy, and analyzing the implications of
governmental policies
• Poverty: roots and conditions of poverty, implications, and
possible solutions
• International perspective and issues: distribution of
wealth, health care, environmental concern
• Issue-based knowledge: connected to direct service areas,
such as of homelessness or hunger or education
• Place-based knowledge: connected to the place where the
student is serving, such as knowledge of local context, history,
economics, politics, and issues
• Diversity: understanding of issues of race, class, gender, culture,
identity and belonging, and so on
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8. Public Policy CBR:
Civic Engagement Knowledge — Policy Focus
• Public Policy: structure and roles of government, ways to be
involved in shaping public policy, and analyzing the implications of
governmental policies
• Poverty: roots and conditions of poverty, implications, and
possible solutions
• International perspective and issues: distribution of
wealth, health care, environmental concern
• Issue-based knowledge: connected to direct service areas,
such as of homelessness or hunger or education
• Place-based knowledge: connected to the place where the
student is serving, such as knowledge of local context, history,
economics, politics, and issues
• Diversity: understanding of issues of race, class, gender, culture,
identity and belonging, and so on
www.bonner.org
9. Public Policy CBR:
Need for Policy-Related Information
• Practioners
- Too busy to keep up with information
overload
- Need practical information in digest form
• Policymakers
- Need brief, up-to-date, and objective policy
analysis
• Citizens/Students
- Educate and inform
- Provide context for community service
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10. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Fundamental Questions
• What is the nature & extent of the problem?
• What’s been tried in the past to address it?
• What’s being done now?
• What are the alternative approaches?
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11. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Issue Brief Template
1. Goal Statement
2. Scope of the Problem
3. Past Policy
4. Current Policy
5. Policy Options / Program Models
6. Key Organizations, Programs & People
7. Glossary of Terms
8. Bibliography
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12. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Descriptive Questions
1. Goal Statement
2. Scope of the Problem (needs assessment)
3. Past Policy (legislation, funding & other milestones)
4. Current Policy (legislation, funding & other assets)
5. Policy Options / Program Models
6. Key Organizations, Programs & People
7. Glossary of Terms
8. Bibliography (literature review, websites, etc.)
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13. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Analytical Question
1. Goal Statement
2. Scope of the Problem
3. Past Policy
4. Current Policy
5. Policy Options / Program Models
6. Key Organizations, Programs & People
7. Glossary of Terms
8. Bibliography
www.bonner.org
15. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Policy Options Planning Tree — Example
Treatment of Violence in Schools
Informal Treatment:
Formal Treatment: Combination:
School & Community-
Criminal Justice-Based Retributive Justice
Based
Non-Punitive
Programs: Punitive Programs:
Combination
Developmental Socialization Deterrent Socialization
Custodial Non-Custodial
Punishment: Punishment:
Remove from Community Remain in Community
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16. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Example — Treatment of Violence in Schools
Informal Treatment:
Formal Treatment: Combination:
School & Community-
Criminal Justice-Based Retributive Justice
Based
Non-Punitive Programs:
Punitive Programs:
Developmental Combination
Deterrent Socialization
Socialization
Non-Custodial
Custodial Punishment:
Punishment:
Remove from Community
Remain in Community
Adult Incarceration: Youth Incarceration: Imposition: Sanction:
Imprision with Youth Detention Limited Loss of Require a Remedial
Adults Ctrs Freedom Action
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17. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Example — Treatment of Violence in Schools
Informal Treatment:
Formal Treatment: Combination:
School & Community-
Criminal Justice-Based Retributive Justice
Based
Non-Punitive
Punitive Programs:
Programs: Combination
Deterrent Socialization
Developmental Socialization
Custodial Non-Custodial
Punishment: Punishment:
Remove from Community Remain in Community
Adult Youth Imposition: Sanction:
Incarceration: Incarceration: Limited Loss of Require a Remedial
Imprision with Adults Youth Detention Freedom Action
www.bonner.org
18. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Example — Treatment of Violence in Schools
Informal Treatment:
Formal Treatment: Combination:
School & Community-
Criminal Justice-Based Retributive Justice
Based
Non-Punitive
Programs:
Punitive Programs:
Combination
Developmental Socialization Deterrent Socialization
Custodial Non-Custodial
Punishment: Punishment:
Remove from Community Remain in Community
Adult Youth Imposition: Sanction:
Incarceration: Incarceration: Limited Loss of Require a Remedial
Imprision with Adults Youth Detention Freedom Action
www.bonner.org
19. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Example — Treatment of Violence in Schools
Informal Treatment:
Formal Treatment: Combination:
School & Community-
Criminal Justice-Based Retributive Justice
Based
Non-Punitive
Programs:
Punitive Programs:
Combination
Developmental Socialization Deterrent Socialization
Custodial Non-Custodial
Punishment: Punishment:
Remove from Community Remain in Community
Adult Youth Imposition: Sanction:
Incarceration: Incarceration: Limited Loss of Require a Remedial
Imprision with Adults Youth Detention Ctr Freedom Action
www.bonner.org
20. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Example — Treatment of Violence in Schools
Informal Treatment:
Formal Treatment: Combination:
School & Community-
Criminal Justice-Based Retributive Justice
Based
Indirect Treatment: Direct Treatment:
Parent Focus
Combination
Student Focus
In-School Out-of-School
Treatment: Treatment:
School Supervised Non-School Supervised
www.bonner.org
21. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Example — Treatment of Violence in Schools
Informal Treatment:
Formal Treatment: Combination:
School & Community-
Criminal Justice-Based Retributive Justice
Based
Indirect Treatment: Direct Treatment:
Parent Focus
Combination
Student Focus
Out-of-School
In-School Treatment:
Treatment:
School Supervised
Non-School Supervised
www.bonner.org
22. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Example — Treatment of Violence in Schools
Informal Treatment:
Formal Treatment: Combination:
School & Community-
Criminal Justice-Based Retributive Justice
Based
Indirect Treatment: Direct Treatment:
Parent Focus
Combination
Student Focus
Out-of-School
In-School Treatment:
Treatment:
School Supervised
Non-School Supervised
www.bonner.org
23. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
Uses
• Planning
- Provide access to policy options & program
models to support informed decision-making
• Issue Forums
- Provide background issue briefs to inform
community dialogue
• Leadership Training
- Educate students and others who work on
issues
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24. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
How to Organize
• Seek policy topics from public sector
partners & advocacy groups, too
- Government agencies & part-time state
legislatures often don’t have research capacity
• Incorporate into class assignment
- Graduate or undergraduate students who
research particular issue
- Receive academic credit and opportunity to
publish their research
• Develop academic internship with faculty
guidance
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27. PolicyOptions Issue Briefs:
PolicyOptionsWiki.org — Leverages Network
Local or state issue briefs incorporate existing policy options research.
ISSUE BRIEF Local State National Global
Scope of the Problem
Past Policy &
Milestones
Current Policy
Policy Options
Program Models
Key Organizations
Glossary of Terms
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28. PolicyOptions.org Web Site:
Need for Community Research Portal
• Information sources fragmented
- Time consuming to find relevant local, state,
and national information
- No clearinghouse or portal for policy news
• Collaborative opportunities missed
- Organizations do not know what other
organizations are doing
• CBR papers not disseminated widely
- Broader impact of research not realized
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37. PolicyOptions.org Web Site:
Start-Up Steps
• Initial Scan
- Profile organizations & individuals (local, county,
state) as sources of information
- Research broadly focused issue briefs to determine
scope of the problem, current policies, & programs
- If possible, meet and interview key staff
• Issue Briefs
- Begin with topics selected by community agencies
• Daily Scan
- Establish process for on-going data input
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38. Community Based-Research Center:
Staffing Model
Community-Based Advisory
Research Director Board
CBR & Policy Maintain local
Research PolicyOptions.org website
Work Study
Students in Graduate School
& Bonner
CBR/SL Courses Students
Students
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