Arizona's Future Past

Reports and Publications

November 2017

David Berman

Domestic violence housing

Reports and Publications

October 2017

David Schlinkert

Child Neglect in Arizona: analysis

Reports and Publications

October 2017

Erica Quintana, Jade Sun, Andrea Whitsett, Dan Hunting, Robert Vagi Ph.D., Joseph Garcia, Thomas D. Morton, Melissa Kovacs Ph.D.



This is the third in a series of briefs in which Morrison Institute for Public Policy will report on selected aspects of Arizona’s child welfare system.

Gamechangers?

Reports and Publications

October 2017

Thom Reilly, Andrea Whitsett, Joseph Garcia, William Hart, Patrick McWhortor, Bonnie Reiss, Christian Grose, Michelle Cornelius, S. Jason Giannaros, Jacqueline Salit, Cathy Stewart

Financing Special Education

Education Financing and Special Education



Reports and Publications

September 2017

Erica McFadden, David Schlinkert

Restraints and Seclusion

Reports and Publications

August 2017

Erica McFadden, Ph.D.

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts

Reports and Publications

August 2017

Erica McFadden, David Schlinkert



This year, the Arizona Legislature approved 30,000 new Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) to be in use by the year 2022. This briefing paper examines how ESAs are working for individuals with disabilities as intended, as well as some unintended consequences.

Mobility a challenge for persons with developmental disabilities

Reports and Publications
August 2017
Erica McFadden, Eric Hedberg

Fixing Arizona’s Mass Incarceration Dilemma

Reports and Publications

August 2017

Hon. R.L. Gottsfield, Larry A. Hammond, and Donna Lee Elm

The Past, Present and Future of the Arizona Initiative

Reports and Publications

May 2017

David Berman



Two initiative-related measures were passed in the 2017 Arizona legislative session: One banned the practice of paying petition circulators on a per-signature basis and the other required that citizen initiatives be in strict compliance with the law rather than substantial compliance.