MPPS

The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) is unique in the nation as the only ongoing survey of all general purpose local governments across an entire state. Its mission is to inform and improve policymaking with data not available from any other source, by surveying the state’s local leaders.

CLOSUP has partnered with the University of Michigan's Cook Scholars program and the Shiawassee County news "The Argus-Press" to use results from the Michigan Public Policy Survey to understand the unique experiences of local governments in Shiawassee County and across mid-Michigan.The "Close Up on Shiawassee" project works with data collected through the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), a census survey conducted since 2009 among all 1,856 local jurisdictions across Michigan, with a particular emphasis on the responses from local governments in Michigan's Shiawassee County and in mid-Mich...

The project "Policing and Criminal Justice Policy Reform in Michigan" is designed to help improve criminal justice, public safety, and police-community relations by understanding the perspectives and values of the local government and law enforcement officials who play key leadership roles in the criminal justice system, gathered through surveys of local government leaders, chiefs of police and sheriffs, and prosecuting attorneys across Michigan. The effort is a collaboration between the Ford School’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) and the University of Michigan's Pove...

CLOSUP has partnered with the University of Michigan UP Scholars program and the online newsletter Rural Insights to use results from the Michigan Public Policy Survey to understand the unique experiences of local governments in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.