Our New Reality as Evaluators: Data Collection in a Climate of Fear

Our other AEA 365 blog post highlights the real world ways that federal policy harms the lives of those in America. Whether you support these policies or not, it’s important to keep in mind that they directly affect the freedom, quality of life, and livelihoods of real people, communities, families, and all of us in the end.

“In today’s political climate, many of the communities we work with are living in fear: fear of deportation, surveillance, and systemic harm. One of our CCBHC partners recently shared that clients have stopped coming in for services, not because of anything the staff have done, but because they worry about being seen in public spaces or having their information collected.”