Kelly Walsh

Principal policy associate at the Urban Institute, interested in innovative social financing models and forensic science policy. Delco native.

[Safety and Justice @safety_justice]

Unhoused and formerly incarcerated people may be at higher risk of being re-arrested for low-level offenses.

Findings from @safety_justice sites show that access to housing may reduce frequent jail contact. #RethinkJails

Learn more from @_PolicyResearch:https://t.co/Yafb26eCe3

[NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne @NIJDirLaVigne]

This new article references NIJ's "Shedding the Light on Assault" project — an example of #ForensicScience bridged w/ #SocialScience, and how science can be both a threat to #equity and a tool to promote it. Continue the conversation with us at #NIJ2023! https://t.co/jOtz9UEWhT

[Safety and Justice @safety_justice]

⏺️ HAPPENING TODAY at 1 pm ET: Join @BrennanCenter and @macfound for a live discussion on the comprehensive approaches we must take to unravel the perverse financial incentives that are keeping prison populations high. #RethinkJails

RSVP: https://t.co/vVjhzHcQZk

[ICS @Child_Success]

Bryan Boroughs, together w/ Janis Dubno, Managing Director, Impact Finance of @Sorenson_Impact & Simone Gross of @MaycombOutcomes, announce the launch of the Hello Family Pay for Success project at the Sorenson Impact Summit.

ICS team at the summit in Park City, Utah.

[Safety and Justice @safety_justice]

“They helped me stay in the community, stay with my family and take care of my kids,” said George Harris after going to the Tap In Center. “I could have been locked up on that warrant.” #RethinkJails

https://t.co/L9xBbTMEtR

[NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne @NIJDirLaVigne]

Attention forensic lab professionals! Check out this brand-new @OJPNIJ best practice guide with 67 recommendations for improving efficiency and productivity: https://t.co/cxPzyjIXyf #ForensicLab
@ascld_

[Sarah Holder @sarahsholder]

homelessness can lead people to jail, and barriers to affordable housing for formerly incarcerated people can lead them to homelessness, and then homelessness can lead them to jail again.

@citylab story on a new effort to break the cycle: https://t.co/AZkVSmbnxh

[Kelly Walsh @KellyACWalsh]

🏘 So proud to launch the Just Home Project, a new effort designed to advance community-driven efforts to break the link between housing instability and incarceration. @macfound #RethinkJails

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

.@KellyACWalsh: "Homelessness, housing insecurity and participation in the criminal justice system are just simply deeply intertwined, in part because of the criminalization of homelessness itself." (via @sarahsholder) https://t.co/c5cVcyGjmm

[City of Tulsa @cityoftulsagov]

Tulsa has been selected to participate in the “Just Home Project” – a national program designed to break the link between housing instability and incarceration. TAEO is proud to receive a @macfound grant and technical assistance from @urbaninstitute for these efforts!

[Kelly Walsh @KellyACWalsh]

@C_R_Carney @safety_justice @urbaninstitute See this online feature by my colleagues Sarah Gillespie and Samantha Batko. It pulls in relevant data from a number of sources. https://t.co/gvTg0hsobr

[Dr. Brooke Kammrath @BKammrath]

For the forensic scientists in the twitterverse, please consider helping Captain Schiro with her important doctoral research on “Prevalence of PTSD in Forensic Science Professionals”. https://t.co/FVgGYLDhZb

[Kelly Walsh @KellyACWalsh]

@chingos ResearchED

[Mary Cunningham @marykcunningham]

This new guidance from @WhiteHouse and @USTreasury @Erika_Poethig encourages streamlining the process for emergency rental assistance, including self-attestation, is critical given the supreme courts recent ruling. https://t.co/Qt0noX9EoT

[Kelly Walsh @KellyACWalsh]

My baseball-obsessed 7 yr old just yelled “It’s in the corn!” #FieldOfDreamsGame #MLB

[Urban Institute @urbaninstitute]

How the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond is helping city residents break the homelessness-jail cycle: https://t.co/ABdX58RQBL On 7/15, join us, @CityofDenver, & other experts & service providers to learn more. #LiveAtUrban https://t.co/leUPtK9C4y

[Mary Cunningham @marykcunningham]

Emergency rental assistance needs to get to people faster. Much faster. According to Treasury data, from May 1 to 31, states and localities served an average 5,153 households per day (159,754 total).

[Housing Matters @Housing360]

The racist legacy of local practices is why pronounced racial disparities in the justice system & homelessness rates exist today https://t.co/xZ0kbDy1R6

[Kelly Walsh @KellyACWalsh]

@BKammrath @UNewHaven Congrats Brooke!

[Safety and Justice @safety_justice]

.@PhiladelphiaGov announced that the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Cluster’s Office of Criminal Justice was awarded funds, including from @MacFound, to advance racial equity in the #CJsystem and safely reduce the local jail population. #RethinkJails

https://t.co/0fL7jtlVMg