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Center for Urban Research and Learning

Center for Urban Research and Learning

Through its research and partnerships, the Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) at Loyola University Chicago creates innovative solutions that promote equity and opportunity in communities throughout the Chicago metropolitan region and beyond. CURL provides links to regional, national, and international networks in pursuit of new ideas and approaches that address grassroots needs.

 

 

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CURL and Cook County Domestic Violence Court Release Report

CURL and the Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Violence Division have completed the research and evaluation of the Family Court Enhancement Project (FCEP) and have now released the report documenting their findings.

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CURL and Cook County Health Evaluate the Flexible Housing Pool

CURL and Cook County Health evaluated the Flexible Housing Pool (FHP) program in Chicago and Cook County and have produced two reports examining the program and its housing services on FHP residents.

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HEART and CURL Publish Research on Sexual Violence

After many years of hard work, we are thrilled to congratulate Alia Azmat and Nadiah Mohajir from HEART and Yasmeen Khayr, Gina Spitz, and Monica Reyna from CURL for publishing an article in the journal Religions.

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