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Till von Wachter, an associate professor of economics, is the faculty director of the California Policy Lab site at UCLA. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)

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Lab researching scientific solutions to social problems receives $2.85M grant

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A social science research program at UCLA received a $2.85 million grant to research social problems including homelessness, poverty, crime and education inequality. The Laura and John Arnold Foundation donated a total of $5.5 million to support the California Policy Lab, a research program at UCLA and UC Berkeley which partners with state and local governments to provide scientifically backed solutions to social problems.

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Lab researching scientific solutions to social problems receives $2.85M grant

By Melissa Morris

May 29, 2018 1:42 a.m.