RIPL
RESEARCH IMPROVING PEOPLE'S LIVES
RIPL
- \'ri-pel\ - ripple effect
Repercussions of an event experienced far beyond its immediate location.
Our Mission
We use data and science to impact policy and improve people’s lives.
Impact and improvement can be abstract concepts. We’re committed to making them real.
Imagine a social support system for America’s struggling families and communities that is more efficient, more effective and more accountable. A system where we know what works and why. A system that provides an achievable path from poverty to prosperity for all.
All Americans deserve a chance to pursue their dreams. Yet, opportunity and economic mobility are elusive for many Americans living in persistently poor and disadvantaged communities. Opportunity gaps emerge at birth, with vulnerable infants facing health outcomes equivalent to those in the developing world, and continue into education, earnings, adult health, and life longevity.
To make meaningful change, we must think bolder, spend smarter, and invest in solutions that deliver measurable results by breaking down the barriers that keep people from reaching their full potential. We are devoted to helping policymakers, communities, and stakeholders make the best and most-informed decisions to achieve these goals.
How We Work
We are leading the effort to use data and science to build superhighways from poverty to prosperity.
Our unique approach turns facts into results by combining high-powered research, policy expertise, and technical know-how to give governments the tools they need to better serve their communities.
We believe success comes from partnership every step of the way. We help our partners develop a culture of asking the right questions and using data to objectively answer them. We deliver the tools needed to identify answers and turn those answers into actionable steps to improve lives.
Measurement in the moment
Relational databases for government insight.
We take large-scale, difficult-to-use data from across county, state and federal agencies, and transform them into relational databases which put the facts you need at your fingertips.
Is prenatal health insurance improving outcomes for previously uninsured mothers?
Can labor training programs help reduce recidivism?
How are elementary school students impacted by parental incarceration?
By turning unwieldy administrative record systems into reliable data for insights, we help our partners ask and answer the questions they need to improve policy and provide better services to their communities.
Measuring what works and why
Research results that matter.
We use our scientific expertise, and technical know-how to turn your data into insights. Our passion is measuring cause and effect so that we know what works and why.
From uncovering the predictors of opioid misuse to understanding what policies from birth improve school academic performance for at-risk children, we use the best research methods and analysis to uncover the roots of inequality and design solutions proven to cause lasting improvements in people’s lives.
Turning facts into action
Policy improvement from start to finish.
We turn research into results using market research, behavioral science, economics, and data to figure out what will improve lives, and then make it into reality.
Our interdisciplinary team of economists, data scientists, and policy experts work directly with our partners from the start to finish of policy improvement. We work with our partners to develop policy improvements, design implementation plans, pilot the policy, and measure success.
What We Do
We help policymakers turn facts into results for everyday Americans, every day.
Here’s what we know: we can’t improve if we can’t measure where we are or how far we are from where we want to be.
That’s why we are leading the effort to use data and science to build superhighways from poverty to prosperity. Our unique approach turns facts into results by combining high-powered research, policy expertise, and technical know-how to give governments the data-driven tools they need to better serve their communities.
INITIATIVE ONE
CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
providing all children with the opportunity to reach their full potential.
INITIATIVE TWO
SOCIAL PROGRAM INNOVATION
Improving Policy Impact To Alleviate Poverty And Deliver Economic Opportunity
INITIATIVE THREE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Improving Criminal Justice Programs To Prevent Crime And Reduce Recidivism
