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Outreach - State and Community Service
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Outreach is an essential part of the mission of the Andrew Young School. Faculty, research associates and graduate students were heavily involved in Georgia and in the Atlanta region, in all manner of ways. We developed and implemented training programs, carried out applied research projects, spoke at public and private meetings, worked directly with government officials in evaluation of policy options, and served on boards of non-profit agencies. We tried to help make better policy in our state, and believe we added value in many areas. The following listing shows the very great breadth of our state and community service.
conducted research on the Pharmacy Benefit Management contracting experience for the Georgia State Government's Department of Community Health (DCH) with Paul Justice, J.D. General Council for the DCH.
presented "The Economic Outlook For the Region" at the Fulton Industrial Business Association, July 19, 2000.
presented "Looking South" at The Regional Leadership Foundation meeting, focusing on Diversity of Metro Atlanta's Southside: A Past, Present, and Future Perspective, September 11, 2000.
, Associate Dean Fenwick Huss of the Robinson College of Business, and Ambassador John Hicks spoke on Georgia State University initiatives in South Africa to the South African Business Association Luncheon, November 21, 2000.
has been involved in several ongoing arts policy projects in Atlanta, including work with the Fulton County Arts Council and the Arts Think Tank.
served on the Board of Directors for the Georgia School Aged-Care Association. GSACA is a state, member-based, non-profit organization serving at risk populations and underserved communities.
served on the Board of Directors for the Clayton Collaboration Authority. Funded by Family Connection, the Collaborative is working to improve the quality of life for children, youth and families in Clayton County.
served as a Health Policy Center team member in developing options for the Department of Community Health as they formulated policy regarding Georgia's uninsured citizens, August 2000.
presented "Outcomes: Nursing Facility Quality Improvement Experiment," at the second annual meeting of the Georgia Collaborative to Improve End-of-Life Care, Atlanta, Ga., February 2000.
and James P. Cooney, Jr. presented "Concept and Development: Client-Related Uniform Information System for Long-Term Care Services" to the Department of Community Health Nursing Home Case-Mix Reimbursement Study Committee, Atlanta, Ga., July 2000.
presented "Improving Continuity of Care Among Georgia Nursing Facilities and Community Hospitals," at the meeting of the Association of Medical Directors for Georgia Nursing Homes, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Ga., July 2000.
presented "Methodology for CEOs to Identify Opportunities for Improving Patient End of Life Care," at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Georgia Hospital Association, Amelia Island, Fla., July 2000.
and Glenn Landers presented "Improving Continuity of Care," and "End of Life Care Planning" at the annual meeting of the Georgia Nursing Home Association, Ashville, N.C., June 2000.
and Glenn Landers presented "Conversations in End-of-Life Care" at the annual meeting of the Georgia Oncology Social Workers, Duluth, Ga., September, 2000.
See Glenn Landers.
served as coordinator for the "The Environmental & Experimental Economics Forum."
served as member of the Georgia Environmental Technology Consortium.
serves as member of the Advisory Committee of the Georgia Greenhouse Gas Program.
served as member of the Advisory Team of Georgia negotiators for compacts on the ACT and ACF River Basins.
presentated on water policy to the Georgia Agribusiness Council (Jan. 18, annual meeting; August 9, Board Mtg); various legislators during the last session; and at the Annual Meeting of the Peanut Producers Association, Albany, Ga., Feb. 17, 2000.
presentated "Future Policy Issues Facing the Environmental Protection Division," at the annual meeting of the DNR Advisory Board, Peachtree City, Ga., September 22, 2000.
wrote the report, "The Efficiency of Alternative Auction Mechanisms: Issues and Demonstration," provided to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, May 18, 2000.
demonstrated a water auction to Southwest Georgia stakeholders, Albany, Ga., September 15, 2000.
and S. Nicole Fehrenbach* wrote the white paper, "The Health Care System for Medicaid Children with Special Health Care Needs," for the Division of Medical Assistance, Department of Community Health, January 2000.
and A. Joy Seaton wrote (with Jana Key of the Georgia Department of Community Health) the evaluation of PeachCare for Kids, for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, Md., March 2000.
presented "Findings from the Georgia CAHPS Survey," to the Physician Advisory Board of the Georgia Better Health Care Program, Division of Medical Assistance, Department of Community Health, November 2000.
presented "Results from the PeachCare for Kids Evaluation," to the Health Care for Central Georgia workgroup on program design, Macon, Ga., August 2000.
served as member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Georgia Rural Development Council.
consulted on a regular basis with the Office of the Governor and the Governors Office of Planning and Budget, the Georgia State Senate Appropriations Committee, the Georgia State Senate Research Office, and the Office of Lieutenant Governor in regards to budgetary and policy issues.
, Lakshmi Pandey and Jeanie Thomas (with Alfie Meek and Susan Paul of UGA and William Riall of Georgia Tech). Assessing The Impact of Manufacturing on Georgia. Prepared by the Research Committee, for the Rural Development Committee, of the Georgia Economic Developers Association. The Research Committee of the Georgia Economic Developers Association consists of the Business Outreach Services/Small Business Development Center of the University of Georgia; the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University; and the Center for Economic Development Services at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
, William Smith, John Mathews, and David Sjoquist. "Looking South: Differences Across Time and Space," Atlanta Policy Forum Report #1.
served as Co-President and member of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde, a children's choir based at the DeKalb County Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.
served on the Aviation Resources Group for the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC).
served as GSU representative in the Southeastern Transportation Center (STC), one of 10 regional centers established by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
attended the Transportation Hearing on High Speed Ground Transportation in Atlanta, December 2000. The Hearing was sponsored by Senator Max Cleland, and Secretary Rodney Slater of the U.S. DOT led the panel discussion.
served on the Center for Black Women's Wellness.
served on the Red Cross Health Coalition.
served on the Cabbagetown Neighborhood Involvement.
served on the Project Dunbar Coalition.
served on the Mechanicsville Civic Association.
served on United Way of Metro Atlanta.
served on the Atlanta Public Schools Childcare Task Force and the Atlanta Public School Parent Involvement Task Force
served on the Red Cross Health Coalition.
served on Operation PEACE Board
served on the Community Housing Resource Center Board.
served on the Metropolitan Crime Commission Board.
served on the Kids Voting Atlanta Board.
served on the Leadership Atlanta Race Relations Forum.
served as a member of the Fulton County Watershed Initiative Network.
served as member of the Advancing Careers Through Education and Training (ACET) Articulation Committee for Georgia.
serves as member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education.
served as member of the P-16 Council.
served on the State of Georgia Research and Assessment Committee.
served as Director of the Council for School Performance.
See Ross Rubenstein.
served on United Way of Metro Atlanta.
served on the William T. White Family Resource Center.
served on the Red Cross Health Coalition.
presented the workshops, "Balancing Work and Family: Myth or Reality?" (April), "Dealing with Difficult Co-Workers: Some Strategies to Consider" (July), and "Managing Your Career in Unmanageable Times" (October), to managers and employees of the Renaissance Concourse Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., 2000.
presented the workshop, "Work-Life and Work-Family Balance: The Daily Challenge," for managers and employees of The State of Georgia Office of Regulatory Services, Atlanta, Ga., June, 2000.
is president of the Atlanta chapter, Industrial Relations Research Association.
is editor of the bi-monthly newspaper, HR Atlanta (circulation of 10,000).
and James P. Cooney, Jr. co-produced, with GPTV and the GEORGIA Collaborative to Improve End-of-Life Care, a two-hour program addressing the improvement of end-of-life care in Georgia, September 2000.
served as a Health Policy Center team member in developing options for the Department of Community Health as they formulated policy regarding Georgia's uninsured citizens, August 2000.
facilitated break-out discussions at the Access Georgia Conference, Macon, Ga., April 2000.
presented "Findings from the CRITICAL Conditions Pilot Site Evaluations" at the second annual meeting of the Georgia Collaborative to Improve End-of-Life Care, Morrow, Ga., February 2000.
evaluated the management of the Community Care Services Program for the Department of Community Health, December 1999.
served as a member of the Association County Commissioners' Health Policy Advisory Committee.
see James P. Cooney, Jr..
See Laura Taylor.
served on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Apartment Association, Red Cross Health Coalition, Allstate Strategic Initiatives Corporate Relations, Emma Hutchinson Elementary School Partnership, Atlanta Public School Parent Involvement Task Force, and the Atlanta Police Zone 4 Community Services.
met with Clergy at City Hall to discuss race relations; attended the Georgia Conservancy Seminar on Water Issues, the Mayor fireside chat sponsored by the League of Women Voters; the Regional Chamber update on "Smart Growth"; Community Foundation of Metro Atlanta Annual meeting; the Georgia Legal Environmental Conference; the Metro Chamber breakfast update on the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; the MARTA Annual Meeting luncheon; a Fannie Mae Conference on Housing Issues; and the Georgia Charter School Conference, sponsored by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, November 2000.
provided consultation on performance based budgeting to the Fulton County School System in October 2000.
provided consultation on performance measurement to the Internal Revenue Service in November 2000.
presented "Rural Health Briefing" at the Georgia Hospital Association Board Meeting and Retreat, May 11, 2000.
served on the Executive Committee of the United Methodist Church, North Georgia Conference Board of Pensions,1997-2000.
worked with the Governor's Office and state agencies on the issue of Tax Increment Financing in Georgia.
served as member of the City of Atlanta Urban Design Commission, and Chair of its Nominating Committee.
was elected to the Board of Directors for Easements Atlanta, Inc.
was elected Vice-Chair of the Urban Design Commission.
presented "The Changing Southern City" at the Urban Academy, Southeast Jurisdiction Urban Workers Network, United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Ga., February 8, 2000.
reported the findings of a survey of state employees on GeorgiaGain and Act 816 to the Georgia Merit System and GeorgiaGain Advisory Committee of the State of Georgia (with Professor J. Edward Kellough, Dept. of Political Science, the University of Georgia).
presented "Utilization of Surveillance Data" for the Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Conference, Analysis, Interpretation, and Use of Complex Social and Behavioral Surveillance Data: Looking Back in Order to Go Forward, in Savannah, Ga., June 14-16, and Atlanta, Ga. September 11-13, 2000.
presented "Male-Female Wage Differentials, 1997-1999" at a May 4 public hearing on equal pay sponsored by the Women's Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor, and the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State, Atlanta, Ga.
presented testimony pertaining to pay equity at the June 7th meeting of the Finance/ Executive Committee of the Atlanta City Council.
presented (with Barbara O'Brien and Cindy Feathers) "Improving Students' Literacy in the Elementary Grades" at the conference, Highlighting Achievement in Georgia Schools: Teaching Tools for Successful Schools, Georgia International Convention Center, October 5, 2000.
presented "Tracking Progress Toward the Goals of Your Strategic Plan" for the Institute for the Metro Atlanta Partnership for Visual Arts and Learning, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga., November 2, 2000.
served on the staff of Gov. Roy Barnes's Education Reform Study Commission.
and Gary T. Henry wrote and delivered briefings about the HOPE Scholarship program's effects on student performance for the Georgia Office of Planning and Budget and the Georgia Student Finance Commission.
served on the staff of the roles and responsibilities committee of the Governor's Education Reform Study Commission 2000. Wrote an issue paper entitled "Flexibility and Accountability" for GERSC 2000 and made a presentation to the committee and Governor Roy Barnes.
wrote a report on "Alternatives to Alleviate the Teacher Shortage in Georgia" for the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.
wrote a report on "Does Economic Growth in Small Urban Centers Benefit the Economies of Surrounding Areas?" for the Georgia State Office of Planning and Budget.
presentated "Florida Franchise Fee Reform: Implications for Georgia," at the Annual Conference of the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia in Atlanta, Ga., October 10, 2000.
attended meetings of the Georgia Municipal Association and the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia regarding possible franchise fee reform efforts for Georgia, September 11 and October 31, 2000.
serves as consultant to the Atlanta Sports Council and the Georgia World Congress Center; evaluated a methodology for economic impact studies of the Super Bowl and the Major League Baseball All Star Game; and conducted an economic impact study of the Georgia World Congress Center.
served on the board of "Kids Voting Georgia," an organization that promotes civic education among school age children.
served on the Regional Development Council of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
served on the Steering Committee of the Urban Land Institute.
served on a Central Atlanta Progress steering committee to plan the next Central Area Study.
spoke at the annual meeting of the Georgia Municipal Association on property tax limitations in Savannah, Ga., June 2000.
served on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Urban League.
has been invited to serve as a member of the Regional Advisory Council, representing Region 3 for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
spoke at a session of the GMA-ACCG Fall Policy Conference on property tax limitations.
participated on a panel on the future of Atlanta's core area sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.
See also Jeanie Thomas.
and Susan Laury presented "The Economy and the Environment," to area high school students spending the day at Georgia State University, sponsored by the Atlanta Rotary Club, April 10, 2000.
monitored tax incentive legislation during the 2000 session of the Georgia General Assembly.
serves on the board of the Georgia Economic Developers Association as chair of the Public Policy Research committee. GEDA is the 1000+ member association of economic development leaders across the state.
participates in the Georgia Quality Growth Partnership, which was formed out of the desire for numerous organizations to coordinate their efforts at promoting "quality growth" approaches in the state. Among the purposes of the GQGP is to collectively develop a quality growth tool kit to facilitate local government implementation of innovative growth management approaches, to share ideas and best practices, and to avoid duplicating efforts. The Partnership was initiated by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) in March 2000, and has since grown to more than thirty organizations.
, Dave Sjoquist and Sally Wallace initiated development of a Georgia advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to include representatives from municipal and county governments as well as state agencies. This group will focus on intergovernmental fiscal and policy issues.
coordinated a meeting of AYSPS faculty with the executive director and director of sales and marketing of Georgia's Yamacraw project. Yamacraw is the state's high tech initiative for the development of high bandwidth computer operations and chip design.
participates as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the Georgia Rural Development Council which is chaired by Lt. Governor Mark Taylor. The TAC consists of representatives from numerous state agencies, universities, and economic development organizations. The TAC prepared the "State of Rural Georgia" document, which was a benchmark report for the initial work of the Council. That report included an economic vitality index for all counties in Georgia. Current work includes a human capital index for all counties which will be used in policy development for the Council's 2002 agenda.
served on the Advisory Committee for The Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (CASA).
participated in Civil Society Debates, sponsored in part by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits. Consulted with The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the Southeastern Council of Foundations, and Hands On Atlanta, March 2000. Continued participation and consultation to these groups on raising the nonprofit sectors profile in the Metro Atlanta region.
met with Elaine DeCostanzo in the Department of Corrections regarding mental health issues in the Georgia corrections system for a grant proposal to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), May 18, 2000.
served as moderator and discussant on the panel, "Faith Communities as Social Service Providers Under Charitable Choice," and served as a panelist for "Partnering for the Common Good," Georgia Nonprofit Summit, June 22, 2000.
, Gary Henry, Theodore Poister, Michael Foster, and, from the Department of Criminal Justice, Sarah Eschholz) met with Frank Berry and Art Sands from the Department of Juvenile Justice on May 18, 2000 to discuss working with DJJ, the Casey Foundation, and Woodruff Foundation regarding Alternative Detention Reform Initiatives.
served as the institutional representative for the nonprofit management program in the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies at the Georgia Society for Association Executives Luncheon, January 19, 2000.
Participated in the Georgia Humanities Council's Leadership Forum, "Building Our Community," at the Carter Center, Atlanta, Ga., October 27, 2000.
presented "State and Local Revenue Structures" to the Georgia Municipal Association during their Mayors' Day Conference, Atlanta, Ga., January 2000.
See also Jeanie Thomas.
served on the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency's steering committee for "EMA 2000," updating the city/county emergency plan, 1999-2000.
