LATEST NEWS FROM PANDEMIC TO PROSPERITY
August 8th, 2023
Verite: ‘It hasn’t gotten better’: Report highlights deep-seated health, economic problems in the way of state’s post-pandemic recovery
Skyrocketing death rates in Louisiana and other parts of the country might help explain the labor shortage employers have reported grappling with over the past several years, according to a newly released study on the post-pandemic recovery.
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
PBS: Louisiana Public Broadcasting: Health of Louisiana Residents
The health of Louisiana citizens may be in decline, as our state’s residents are experiencing shorter lifespans, increased chronic illnesses, and bouts of poor mental health. In this segment, Allison Plyer with the National Conference on Citizenship sheds light on why Louisiana's health stats are so poor.
SEPTEMBER 15th, 2022 -- By Mike Schneider
AP News: US moved online, worked more from home as pandemic raged
During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home in the United States tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spent more than a third of their income on rent went up, according to survey results released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
August 6th, 2022
NOLA.com: New Orleans community leaders divided on affordable housing fix
Two new affordable housing developments are coming online in New Orleans, to address a critical shortage that has long vexed community leaders. It's a complex problem with no easy answers, according to The Times-Picayune Power Poll, which found key influencers divided on solutions.
August 29th, 2022 -- By Mike Schneider
PBS: Louisiana Public Broadcasting “Leaving Louisiana”
This quick decline in Louisiana's population is directly correlated with Hurricanes Laura and Ida, but is compounded by rising insurance rates, crime, and a stagnating job market in Louisiana. Is this the beginning of a worrisome trend, or an anomaly?
JULY 22nd, 2022
NOLA.com: Here's the Louisiana Legislature's report card from Times-Picayune Power Poll members
During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home in the United States tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spent more than a third of their income on rent went up, according to survey results released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
NOVEMBER 28th, 2021
NOLA.com: Will Sutton: A White House appointment with Louisiana connection you might've missed
You might have heard of Richmond and Landrieu and their high-profile appointments because they made national news. It’s likely you didn’t hear about Denice Ross. She’s the new White House chief data scientist. It’s a different type of big job, and she’ll be helping the president by using data to improve life for many.
NOVEMBER 25th, 2021
The Advocate: Guest column: High anxiety is not a joke as Louisiana's families stagger through pandemic
Allison Plyer and Sarah Beth Gehl write about the mental wellbeing of Louisiana residents, and discuss actions policy makers can take to support recovery
JANUARY 26th, 2021
CNBC: One year after Covid in America: A financial snapshot
Twelve months after the first case was confirmed in the U.S. in January 2020, American life and family finances continue to look different than they did pre-pandemic. While wealthier households — mostly college-educated and White — have largely rebounded from the financial shock, pain points that remain elsewhere in the economy suggest a rocky road ahead, according to a report from the National Conference on Citizenship
JULY 30th, 2021
WNYC Studios “The Takeaway”: Pandemic-Era Expanded Government Benefits Drive U.S. Poverty Rate Down
The Takeaway talks about the recent decline in poverty levels and what policymakers can learn from this, with Sarah Beth Gehl, research director at the Southern Economic Advancement Project.
JUNE 23rd, 2021
LA Illuminator: Louisiana ranks 48th in overall child well-being, a report finds
Louisiana’s challenges have long been a constant. Allison Plyer, a chief demographer at the Data Center, a nonprofit in New Orleans that analyzes data in Southeastern Louisiana, helped write Pandemic to Prosperity, a series of reports looking at the conditions in vulnerable communities — including those in the South. She said disasters, like the COVID-19 pandemic, “accelerate pre-existing trends.”
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Washington Post: Hurricanes, wildfires further hamper Census 2020 count
NCoC senior fellow Denice Ross said she wished the bureau would release information at the county level rather than just the state level, and share “paradata” — information it is collecting on how long each enumerator spends inputting data into their handheld devices, which can help indicate whether the information is being gleaned through asking each person interviewed or by other means such as visual identification.
AUGUST 24, 2020
The New York Times: As Census Count Resumes, Doubts About Accuracy Continue to Grow”
With the 2020 census into its final stage, more than one in three people hired as census takers have quit or failed to show up.
Many still on the job are going door to door in areas that largely track places where there are elevated rates of coronavirus infections, according to calculations by the National Conference on Citizenship, Civis Analytics and The New York Times.
JULY 29, 2020
Louisiana Illuminator: How long will it take America to move from ‘Pandemic to Prosperity?’
Building on their success with that project, Plyer and Ross have helped create Pandemic to Prosperity, a running analysis that will measure how the United States is faring as it tries to move past this coronavirus era.
Published by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCOC) and announced July 21, six months after the first report that the novel coronavirus had reached this country, the authors say they want the public to consider their resource a “trusted, relevant, and highly-vetted source of information.”
PAST EVENTS
October 28th, 2021: 'Pandemic to Prosperity: South' Update
This webinar discussed the release of the October 21st, 2021 report and presented findings from a survey conducted by the Southern Economic Advancement Project and Groundwork Collaborative.
April 13th, 2021: 'Pandemic to Prosperity: South' Update
Join Fair Count, the Southern Economic Advancement Project, and the National Conference on Citizenship for an UPDATE on the data, research, and ideas that will guide the South's shift from response to recovery in the months and years to come.
July 28th, 2021: 'Pandemic to Prosperity: South' Update
This webinar discussed the release of the new report that includes new state and county-level data for the South and the nation. The briefing included information on two opportunities for civic engagement: how American Rescue Plan funding should be used, and ensuring states listen to communities in using the 2020 Census scheduled for release August 16 to draw fair Congressional and legislative districts.
Prof. Alex Kenna of Virginia Commonwealth University discussed the 2020 Census redistricting data scheduled for release by August 16.
Dr. Clarence Wardell of the White House Domestic Policy Council introduced the discussion.
January 27th, 2021: One Year After Covid-19 Announced on U.S. Soil
In the 5th release of Pandemic to Prosperity, we’ve curated the most important new information on healthcare, jobs, Covid-19, and more to help your community identify and address the many barriers to an equitable recovery from the pandemic.
May 10th, 2023
WBOK 1230 AM : Pandemic to Prosperity’s Allison Plyer in a Recorded Interview
A recap of how the nation and Louisianans are faring from our latest report.
May 6th, 2023
Northern Kentucky Tribune : Pandemic to Prosperity report gives overview of how COVID affected our lives — in all aspects
Though the COVID national emergency has officially ended (and WHO has declared the global crisis is over), the impacts of the worldwide COVID crisis will be felt for generations.