Newsletter: June 2025

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Implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for Housing and Community Development Programs

As debate around the One Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) Act continues, most attention has centered on its impact on the federal deficit and steep cuts to safety-net programs like Medicaid and SNAP. But hidden within the BBB are key housing and community development provisions with real potential. From expanded Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to a renewed push for Opportunity Zones, PolicyMap unpacks how these proposals could unlock long-term investments in affordable housing—especially in the communities that need it most.

NEW DATA ON POLICYMAP!

Reaching the Right Audience Starts with Segmentation

Want to reach the right people more effectively? Discover how Claritas PRIZM® Premier’s powerful segmentation system helps you pinpoint your best audience and tailor strategies that truly resonate.

From Ratings to Reach: Visualizing School Performance with Niche

PolicyMap is excited to announce the addition of new school performance data from Niche, now available to all subscribers. This release includes two key components: a point dataset with detailed school ratings and a layer dataset showing the distance to the nearest high-performing public school.

UPCOMING WEBINAR SERIES

For Public Libraries: Unlocking Community Insights with Claritas PRIZM® Premier

Join us Tuesday July 8th at 2:00pm EST

Discover how public libraries can leverage Claritas PRIZM® Premier data on PolicyMap to deepen their impact on the communities they serve. Equip your patrons—small business owners, entrepreneurs, and local leaders—with actionable data to support their ventures. Join us to explore real-world applications and make your library a hub for data-driven decisions.

For Colleges and Universities: Enhancing Academic Excellence with Claritas PRIZM® Premier

Join us Thursday July 10th at 1:00pm EST

Bring real-world data analysis into your classroom with Claritas PRIZM® Premier on PolicyMap. This webinar will showcase how professors, researchers, and students can harness this powerful segmentation data to enhance coursework, develop market strategies, and drive community projects.

The Consumer Spending Habits estimates are now updated to 2023.

The BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAU) annual data has been updated to 2024.

The BLS LAU monthly data has been updated for October 2024 – April 2025.

Pharmacy location data from Data Axle has been updated to 2025. This update includes a *new filter*, “Store Status”, that can be used to identify pharmacies that closed between August 2024 and May 2025.

The HUD LIHTC dataset has been updated through 2023 and is available to all users. There are a handful of new columns and filter edits, including a new status change column.

*New Data* Claritas PRIZM® Premier is now available on PolicyMap! This detailed segmentation dataset offers insight into consumer behavior and lifestyle patterns across 68 demographic groups.

Annual and Monthly Building Permit data from the Census Bureau have been updated to 2024 and April 2025, respectively.

*New point data* displaying Medicare Accepting Provider locations from CMS has been added to PolicyMap.

We are committed to our promise of curated, cleaned, standardized, and always updated data. We’re posting real-time updates on our website, LinkedIn and BlueSky.

Published Research
Explore scholarly works from students and researchers using PolicyMap.

The Role of Area Deprivation Index in Health Care Disruptions Among Cancer Survivors During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, published in ScienceDirect

377 Impact of social determinants of health on diabetes and obesity in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area, published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Revitalizing Brownfields: Federal Investment and Its Role in Promoting Environmental Justice, published in Environmental Justice

Health Disparities After Redlining: A Comparative Analysis of Health Outcomes and Health Disparities in Richmond, Virginia and Portland, Oregon, published in Araneum: Richmond Journal of American & Global Affairs

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Join Us!

ALA 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition
June 26-30, 2025
Philadelphia, PA

PolicyMap is excited to join ALA for their Annual Conference & Exhibition! Stop by booth #2235 to explore the latest trends, technologies, e-resource management, and digital services in libraries. Learn more. Learn more.

NACCHO 360
July 14 – July 18, 2025
Anaheim, CA

We’re excited to exhibit at The National Association of County and City Health Official’s Annual Conference and join local health officials as they envision the future of local public health in their communities. Stop by the PolicyMap booth to learn more about our geographic data offerings. Register here!

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