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Justin-Tran

Justin Tran

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Justin Tran

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2024

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School
Simmons School of Social Work

Fellowship
Boston Mayor’s Office of Housing

Supervisor
Bia Moreira, Associate Director for the Supportive Housing Division

Mentors
David Luberoff, Joint Center for Housing Studies and Danielle Mulligan, Initiative on Cities

Fellowship Description
Justin’s fellowship work will be to support Boston’s Action Plan to End Individual Homelessness. In particular, to launch a supportive housing task force dedicated to conducting a comprehensive needs assessment of homelessness, identifying the target population for new supportive housing units, and developing a housing needs model. Justin will also spearhead the development of a public-facing dashboard intended to disseminate data regarding the progress and implementation of the plan.