Director, Research and Web Technology. Urban Institute. Opinions are my own.
Shenandoah Valley & DC
Joined January 2018
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Jessica Kelly retweeted
💯. As a lead I learned its not my job to be the smartest person in the room anymore. Its about enabling others to be their best. This meant I'm working on the super messy least sexy but extremely important foundational work, while more junior folks shine/glide bc of my pre-work.
Jessica Kelly retweeted
Very excited to share the ✨new and improved✨ @urbaninstitute Spatial Equity Data Tool launched today! The tool allows users to upload data and quickly assess geographic and demographic disparities.
So what's new? A thread:
apps.urban.org/features/equi…
Jessica Kelly retweeted
🚨 Data Tool Alert 🚨
Today we released v2.0 of the Spatial Equity Data Tool, to quickly measure disparities in your city, county, state, AND national geographic data!
apps-staging.urban.org/featu…
Jessica Kelly retweeted
Laura Wheaton: "These are really large reductions in poverty—the largest short-term reductions we’ve seen." (via @JasonDeParle) urbn.is/3786nKQ
Jessica Kelly retweeted
.@urbaninstitute is hiring a Data Engineering Analyst! This is a great position if you are interested in social and economic policy and love #RStats and #Python.
urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/…
Jessica Kelly retweeted
If you know a programmer who wants to become the next queen or king of modeling tax and transfer programs (my title, not the actual title) please let them know @urbaninstitute is looking for someone. urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/…
Jessica Kelly retweeted
Today we also published an important piece by @taxfox and @aravindbodu on how place interacts with legacy state and local revenue structures, potentially leading to disparate outcomes for Black, Latinx, and Native American households
taxpolicycenter.org/publicat…
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Jessica Kelly retweeted
Microsimulation can be a powerful tool for the Biden admin's equity assessment goals - if model data and assumptions accurately account for structural barriers. Gregory Acs, Jessica Banthin, @MFavreault, @maturner and I explore: urbn.is/3e3aBrL via @urbaninstitute
Jessica Kelly retweeted
Depending on your circumstances, marriage may cause your tax bill to go up or down. Try out our updated Marriage Calculator to find out how saying, "I do," will affect you. (via @Chenxi91 & Janet Holtzblatt)
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Jessica Kelly retweeted
#LiveAtUrban today at 12:30 ET: How should the child tax credit be expanded & enhanced to respond to families’ needs amid the pandemic & economic crisis? Tune in as @swartell, @ElaineMaag, @myrajonestaylor, & @hamandcheese discuss. urbn.is/3cSXLf2
Jessica Kelly retweeted
Increasing the EITC for workers without children at home would lift many out of poverty.
From @ElaineMaag & @KevinWerner127: Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit could provide financial security for millions of workers without children urbn.is/36x5qvx
Jessica Kelly retweeted
Check out this blog that @KregSteven, @GrahamIMac, and I wrote about the @POTUS's EO on racial equity. We suggest 5 actions in particular to avoid irreparable harm and to "foster a new era for policymaking that finally leads to equity for all."
urban.org/urban-wire/how-fed…
Jessica Kelly retweeted
Biden's Equitable Data Working Group is a great initiative. @KregSteven, @ClaireMKBowen and I recommend they consider 5 key issues:
1. Quality, fairness + accuracy in Census
2. Better data sharing
3. Community engagement
4. Innovative methods
5. Privacy
urban.org/urban-wire/how-fed…
Jessica Kelly retweeted
New detail: @CoryBooker, @AyannaPressley to ask Biden to include "Baby Bonds" proposal -- seeding $1K for every newborn -- in covid relief package coming this week
Would cost $60B/yr; Booker & Pressley say would "virtually close the racial wealth gap"
washingtonpost.com/us-policy…
Jessica Kelly retweeted
New podcast episode featuring @AlenaStern & @AmandaRenteria: How can government take advantage of technological innovations to improve services and help citizens? urbn.is/3lAZMgw
Jessica Kelly retweeted
Today, the Supreme Court will hear a case about an old hacking law from the 1980s. Interpreted the wrong way, this law — the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — threatens journalism you love.
I mean, who wants to know *less* about the technology that shapes everything we do online?
Jessica Kelly retweeted
Join the Tax Policy Center! This is a great job for someone who likes building models. Great colleagues and your work will help elevate the policy debate. urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/…
Jessica Kelly retweeted
The tax agendas of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden could not be more different, except when it comes to the tax treatment of middle-income households. (via @howard_gleckman)
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Jessica Kelly retweeted
😂 Tag an #engineer that needs a laugh!
ALT A programmer asks: "Would you go to the shop and pick up a loaf of bread? And if they have eggs, get a dozen." The other programmer returns home with 12 loaves of bread. "They had eggs."