These monthly reports summarize county information required by s. 951.23(2), F.S., and submitted to the Florida Department of Corrections. These reports provide a monthly profile of inmate populations inside Florida's detention facilities, using approximate data for counties that cannot submit data using standardized instruments. These monthly reports include the average daily population and incarceration rate in each county, list the number and percent of felony and misdemeanor pretrial inmates at each detention facility, and list detention center totals for the year to date. As of January 2025, there were an estimated 53,228 inmates in Florida's county detention facilities. In addition, in the same month, Miami-Dade (4,112), Hillsborough (3,458), and Broward (3,451) counties were among the counties with the highest average daily population of incarcerated individuals in Florida’s detention facilities.

This statistical brief presents findings on maternal healthcare and pregnancy prevalence and outcomes for persons in the custody of state or federal correctional authorities in the United States. It reports statistics on 1) pregnancy testing and positive tests among female admissions; 2) pregnancy prevalence and outcomes by type; 3) pregnancy-related training for staff, emergency transportation protocols, and medical services; 4) special accommodations and support services for pregnant and postpartum women; and 5) provision of and participation in nursery or residential programs in which mothers reside with their children. In the 47 of 51 jurisdictions that reported pregnancy testing data, 88% of female admissions were tested for pregnancy during 2023. Between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023, 727 pregnancy outcomes—including live births, miscarriages, and abortions—were reported in 49 jurisdictions. All 51 jurisdictions reported having the infrastructure to care for pregnant women either by means of an on-site infirmary or 24/7 or on-call care, and all had a transportation plan in the event of a pregnancy emergency or labor. Florida was among the 30 jurisdictions with protocols, infrastructure, and medical services to care for pregnant and postpartum women in custody of state and federal correctional authorities in 2023. In the same year, Florida was among 32 jurisdictions that provided accommodations and support services for pregnant and postpartum women in custody of state and federal correctional authorities, such as special diets, prenatal vitamins, and a social worker.

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women and other subject matter experts, developed the Civil Protection Orders (CPO) Guide as a tool designed to support the work of professionals dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of the civil protection order process. This update focuses on the intersections of civil protection orders with firearms, military protective orders, and technology. This guide provides information on circumstances in which federal and state laws prohibit the possession of firearms by a person restrained by a civil protection order; components of an effective firearms surrender program; prosecution of protection order violations in the military; effect of protection orders on military personnel and spouses and children; and professionals’ use of technology.

This initiative by the Education Commission of States establishes six priority policy areas to serve state policymakers' most critical needs. These areas are: (1) creating accessible, affordable, and high-quality early care and education system (providing opportunities to enroll children in high-quality early care and education programs); (2) improving student attendance, engagement, and well-being (providing ways to combat chronic absenteeism, including providing health resources and services to students in school settings and ensuring students feel safe and engaged at school); (3) strengthening the educator pipeline (addressing persistent educator shortages due to compensation, difficult working conditions and a lack of effective professional development); (4) reforming and refining K-12 education finance (examining the economic conditions that shape school finance conversations in years to come); (5) building holistic skills and aligned pathways (anticipating the skills and pathways necessary for the future citizenry and workforce is key for education leaders); and (6) enhancing the value of postsecondary education by preparing for the future of work (examining the need for postsecondary education systems to define value in an evolving context).

In this report, the authors use Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data to classify the 1.425 million degrees and certificates that community colleges awarded in academic year 2022-23 by intent (i.e., whether the program is designed to enable students to enter the workforce, transfer to a bachelor’s degree program, or explore general education coursework), level (associate degree, bachelor’s degree, long certificate, or short certificate), and field. The authors also use two-year post-completion median earnings data and other evidence to provide a rough assessment of which credentials by intent, level, and field are and are not likely to enable students to secure a living-wage job or transfer efficiently in a major. The authors find that over half (56%) of community college credentials awarded in 2022-23—including 35% of associate degrees, virtually all bachelor’s degrees, 59% of long certificates, and 93% of short certificates—are workforce or career-technical credentials designed to prepare students to secure jobs or develop job skills. While most of these credentials are associated with median earnings near or above a living wage two years after completion, 23% of workforce associate degrees are associated with median earnings well below a living wage, and women and students of color are underrepresented among associate and bachelor’s graduates in some higher earning fields. The authors also find that about two thirds of the associate degrees awarded by community colleges in 2022-23 are designed to enable students to transfer to a bachelor’s degree program and that more than 94,000 community college long certificates and over 27,000 short certificates are in general or liberal studies, humanities, or social sciences (referred to as general education certificates). Nearly 60% of transfer associate degrees are in liberal or general studies, and only 24% of transfer associate degrees are associated with median earnings near a living wage two years after completion.

This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school district bonds, test scores, and house prices for 29 U.S. states and a research design that exploits close elections with staggered timing, the research team show that increased school capital spending raises test scores and house prices on average. However, impacts differ vastly across types of funded projects. Spending on basic infrastructure (such as HVAC) or on the removal of pollutants raises test scores but not house prices; conversely, spending on athletic facilities raises house prices but not test scores. Socio-economically disadvantaged districts benefit more from capital outlays, even conditioning on project type and the existing capital stock. The research team’s estimates suggest that closing the spending gap between high- and low-socioeconomic status districts and targeting spending towards high-impact projects may close as much as 25% of the observed achievement gap between these districts.

Airports without air traffic control towers often struggle to obtain precise data on the number of daily and annual operations, which is important for airport planning, funding, and safety measures. Many non-towered airports in Florida currently lack effective and reliable counting methods, leading to the undercounting or overcounting of operations, which can negatively affect decision-making for future infrastructure investments. This study focuses on improving the accuracy of counting aircraft operations at airports without air traffic control towers by evaluating new technologies. Specifically, the study aims to explore the effectiveness of Aircraft Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology combined with other systems such as Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR) and cameras, to improve the accuracy of operation counts. Additionally, the study seeks to update the 2018 Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) report, Operations Counting at Non-Towered Airports Assessment, on non-towered airport operations, using newer technology and methods that have emerged since then. The study found that ADS-B technology is effective for counting operations at non-towered airports, but it is not entirely reliable on its own, because it may miss non-cooperative aircraft (those not equipped with ADS-B). In addition, systems that combine ADS-B with RADAR or cameras perform better by capturing both cooperative and non-cooperative targets, resulting in more accurate counts.

Each year since 2020 has posed unique challenges for consumers, as the economy experienced the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and the constraints of decades-high inflation. This report analyzes integrated data from the Diary and Interview Survey components of the Consumer Expenditure Surveys.. The report details the economic conditions that influenced spending patterns, shares, and dynamics in 2023. From 2022 to 2023, prices rose by an average of 4.1%. In addition, in 2023, the average annual expenditures rose 5.9% in 2023, rising over $4,300 from 2022 spending levels, to $77,280 in 2023. Specifically, in 2023, food spending increased by 6.9%, housing spending increased by 4.7%, and healthcare expenditures increased by 5.3%. Among the expenditure categories that experienced a notable increase was education. Education spending continued to increase in 2023, climbing 24.0% (or $321) to $1,656. This follows an 8.9% increase in education spending in 2022. The majority of the 2023 increase can be attributed to higher spending on various forms of tuition. Expenditures on college and high school tuition rose 7.1% and 39.2%, respectively. Transportation spending rose 7.1% in 2023, after a 12.2% increase in 2022. Two specific subcategories drove the 2023 increase; the first was vehicle purchases (23.2%). One major factor that contributed to this jump was the increase in supply of new and used automobiles on dealership lots, which had not been a characteristic of the last 3 years. New car inventory reached a 2-year high of 1.96 million units for sale in May 2023 and surpassed 2.56 million units, with average prices remaining elevated at $47,456, in December 2023.

This report concludes the study of the UP Fund’s early Career Impact Bonds (CIB) model, which allowed individuals to enroll in short-term, sector-based skills training programs with access to career and supportive services, without paying up-front tuition. Four training providers used income share agreements (ISAs) as the central financing mechanism. Under the terms of an ISA, learners commit to paying a fixed percentage or amount of their future income over a set term and up to a capped amount. Learners only make payments toward their ISAs when they have earnings above a predetermined minimum income threshold. The CIB model’s goals included: (1) expanding access to high-quality training programs for underserved learners, particularly those from low-income backgrounds and communities of color; (2) improving program completion and career outcomes by offering robust support services to help learners overcome obstacles; and (3) ensuring transparency and compliance by clearly communicating the terms, commitments, and potential risks associated with the ISAs to prospective participants. This review includes an implementation study and an outcomes study for four training providers. While this study does not establish causal relationships and cannot determine the impact of the CIB model on access to training, employment, or earnings, its findings offer valuable insights into the model and lessons for designing and implementing similar approaches. The UP-Fund’s CIB model improved during the study period. The CIB model demonstrated the potential for expanding access to short-term skills training programs for individuals from low-income backgrounds who would not have been able to access the training otherwise. Many learners reported difficulty understanding or remembering some of the terms of the ISA after they graduated. Learners’ satisfaction with the training programs varied by provider. However, many wanted more job development and placement assistance. Only about half of learners in the repayment phase were reporting their earnings to the servicers and less than half were current on their required ISA payments. Learners experienced a range of outcomes in employment and earnings; some secured jobs in their target industry and increased their income, while others faced challenges finding employment or earning above the minimum income threshold.

In 2022, the overall expectation of life at birth was 77.5 years, increasing 1.1 years from 76.4 in 2021. Between 2021 and 2022, life expectancy at birth increased by 1.3 year for males (from 73.5 to 74.8) and by 0.9 year for females (79.3 to 80.2). Between 2021 and 2022, life expectancy increased 2.2 years for the Hispanic (77.8 to 80.0) and the American Indian and Alaska Native non-Hispanic (65.6 to 67.8) populations. Life expectancy increased by 1.6 years for the Black non-Hispanic population (71.2 to 72.8), by 0.9 year for the Asian non-Hispanic population (83.5 to 84.4), and by 0.8 year for the White non-Hispanic population (76.7 to 77.5).

This spotlight highlights a notable finding from the evaluation of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program published in 2024. The PATH program is intended to reduce homelessness among persons experiencing severe mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. PATH collects data on the reported residence of clients the night prior to enrolling in services. An examination of these data for Fiscal Year 2019 to Fiscal Year 2021 revealed an approximately ten-point percentage increase of PATH clients reporting being in an unsheltered situation the night prior to enrollment. This spotlight presents data from the annual reports on reported residence for PATH clients the night prior to enrolling in services. The total number of clients included in the analysis is 65,022 (Fiscal Year 2019); 58,296 (Fiscal Year 2020); and 57,716 (Fiscal Year 2021). In each year, the greatest proportion of enrollees reported staying in an unsheltered situation the night prior to their enrollment in the PATH program, accounting for nearly half of all enrollees in Fiscal Year 2021 (49.1%). Furthermore, in Fiscal Year 2021 the next most frequently reported place of residence was in sheltered situations (27.3%), followed by permanent housing (15.3%), and institutionalized care (8.2%). Notably, from Fiscal Year 2019 to Fiscal Year 2021 the proportion of individuals reporting staying in unsheltered situations the night prior to enrollment in the program increased by 9.2 percentage points, from 39.9% to 49.1%, while the proportion of individuals reporting staying in sheltered situations decreased by 5.3 percentage points from 32.6% to 27.3%. Lastly, the proportion of individuals reporting staying in permanent housing and institutionalized care also decreased by 2 percentage points, from 17.3% to 15.3% and 10.2% to 8.2%.