Juliet Musso

Juliet Musso

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Juliet Musso is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, and Vice Dean of Graduate Programs at the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California. She has a master's degree and PhD in Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. Her expertise is in intergovernmental policy and management and urban political economy, with specific research interest in fiscal resilience, governance, and civic engagement. She has published on neighborhood governance and urban

Improving Performance with Intergovernmental Grants - Lessons from the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program

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The authors share findings from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) program that inform an in-depth examination of the federal government’s largest discretionary grant program intended to reduce homelessness. The research identifies HUD’s multi-pronged strategies that combine performance measures and capacity building supports to focus grant recipients on achieving national goals. These strategies provide a menu of smart practices that can be used by other federal agencies that administer intergovernmental grants.

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, and Vice Dean of Graduate Programs at the Sol Price School of Public Policy
University of Southern California

musso@usc.edu

Juliet Musso is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, and Vice Dean of Graduate Programs at the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California. She has a master's degree and PhD in Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. Her expertise is in intergovernmental policy and management and urban political economy, with specific research interest in fiscal resilience, governance, and civic engagement. She has published on neighborhood governance and urban revitalization performance management, intergovernmental finance, and service provision arrangements.