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Each spring, PARCA’s Annual Forum brings together experts to examine critical policy questions, including legislators who write the laws, the agency heads who carry them out, and the practitioners who see the results. For one morning they share a stage, walk through the evidence, and talk about what is working, what isn’t, and what comes next. The day ends with the Albert Brewer Legacy Lunch, which is named for PARCA’s founder and features an address from the governor.
Debates and discussions. Data on the screen and the people behind it on the stage. An audience of policymakers, business leaders, educators, nonprofit executives, and reporters.
2027 information forthcoming
How Data, Policy, and Partnership Saved Lives in Alabama
Mental health challenges facing children in schools and adults in the workforce, and the state and local policy responses.
What Alabama is doing and what Alabama could be doing to enable our workforce to live where they work and how that fosters vibrant, inclusive communities.
Discussing the state’s challenges in fostering an adequate supply of affordable, convenient, and high-quality care for young children and their working parents.
A plan for reading and math in Alabama
Failure to connect
Sponsors are recognized in front of the state’s decision-makers and fund the research that fills the morning’s slides.