The Individual Development Account (IDA) program at Washington Community Alliance for Self Help (C.A.S.H.) encourages low-income entrepreneurship through microenterprise development in King County, Washington. Like many ...
This capstone research provides exploratory analysis of a regional cap‐and‐trade (CAT)
program to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The effectiveness of using a regional
program to address a global issue has limitations; ...
The Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepares (SNAP) program offers an alternative
approach to emergency preparedness from more conventional programs. Program
participants, staff and other associated individuals in this ...
The Taproot Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, operated a local Seattle office
from 2007 to 2010. They closed the Seattle office in July of 2010. During their three years of operation,
they ...
The US government is not providing adequate mental health care to today‟s youth. Although $12 billion is being spent on behaviorally troubled adolescents, nearly seventy-five percent of adolescents who need mental health ...
Washington State is amongst a handful of states without charter school legislation. Even in the absence of such legislation, the idea of charter schools is no new phenomenon in Washington. State residents voted against the ...
The purpose of this paper is to identify the implications of the proposed changes to water
rights impairment analysis and the impacts on transaction costs for water reclamation facilities.
Will the new impairment analysis ...
With the advancement of technology, it is difficult to determine whether it is best to power-off computers during times of inactivity, or leave them on continuously in a low, power save mode. Questions that must be addressed ...
This study’s purpose is to identify the difference between formal job descriptions and true job expectations (job discrepancy), assess its frequency, and identify its impact to the workplace. This study will explain the ...
Farmers in Western Washington experience challenges when making business decisions.
Among these challenges are regulations, input prices, and development pressures. With these
challenges has come opportunity for the ...
Since 1987 Washington State has mandated a set number of hours of continuing education from
approved providers for teachers to maintain certification. In 2005, in an effort to link teacher
professional development more ...
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the United States government should support the
research, development, and implementation of thorium‐based nuclear reactors as a primary supplier of
electricity for the ...
I used Health Care Utilization Program (HCUP) data along with a PROMETHEUS
calculation provided by the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI), to predict the
cost difference of specific acute care episodes ...
This research project investigates whether states receiving Recovery Act funding are adopting policies that align with the objectives defined by Title XIII, Sec. 1301 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ...
This study examines the relationship between data loss incidents and stock price impact by exploring the question of whether the stock price impact of a corporate data breach differs depending on the nature of the breach. ...
The practice of late hiring has detrimental and disruptive effects on school district and state finances, teacher morale, and student outcomes. While there are many direct and indirect causes of late hiring, a majority of ...
This paper analyzes the impact of red light cameras (RLCs) on the rates of crashes at signalized intersections. Crashes are broken into two categories – rear ends and the more severe angle crashes, both of which are directly ...