MDRC
200 Vesey Street 23rd Floor, NEW YORK, NY 102812103 www.mdrc.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Founded in 1974, MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy and education research organization that is driven by its mission: MDRC is committed to finding solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the nation - from reducing poverty and bolstering economic self-sufficiency to improving public education and college graduation rates. We design promising new interventions, evaluate existing programs using the highest research standards, and provide technical assistance to build better programs and deliver effective interventions at scale. We work as an intermediary, bringing together public and private funders to test new policy-relevant ideas, and communicate what we learn to policymakers and practitioners - all with the goal of improving the lives of low-income individuals, families, and children. MDRC is dedicated to learning what works to improve the well-being of low-income people. Through our research and the active communication of our findings, we seek to enhance

MDRC is dedicated to improving the well- being of low-income people. Through our research, we seek to enhance the effectiveness of social policies & programs that affect the poor.

Family Well-Being and Childrens Development Children who grow up in poverty face much greater risks of academic failure, poor health, and emotional distress and, as adults, are more likely to be unemployed and poor. MDRCs studies on children and families are providing a new generation of reliable evidence for policymakers about strategies that benefit the social, emotional, and cognitive development of low-income children - some by improving the life prospects of parents and others by working directly with children. For more than two decades, MDRC has been a leader in an expanding field of research that examines how children are affected by welfare reform and other social policies that are primarily designed to affect the employment and income status of their parents. MDRC is studying several initiatives that seek to benefit children by building healthier family relationships, including federal Responsible Fatherhood programs. MDRC is the lead evaluator of the federal governments $1.5 billion investment in home visiting programs, which provide preventive services to families with young children to prevent child maltreatment, improve maternal and child health outcomes, and increase school readiness. Our child care and early education studies aim to deepen policymakers understanding of the effects of early care environments, including Head Start. We have been a leader in developing and testing programs that bolster the emotional and behavioral development of preschoolers and the math skills of preschool children and kindergartners. Were leading the Expanding Childrens Early Learning (ExCEL) Network, a collaboration of local officials, preschool providers, and researchers as active participants in innovation and evidence-building.

Youth Development, Criminal Justice, and Employment MDRC was originally established to study programs for the "hard-to-employ", Americans who face serious obstacles to finding and keeping steady work. Our very first project, the National Supported Work Demonstration, tested the impact of paid work experience for long-term welfare recipients, ex-offenders, high school dropouts, and substance abusers, and it is still regarded as one of the most comprehensive sources of evidence on employment programs targeted to these groups. Today we are testing tailored interventions for specific hard-to-employ groups - young people disconnected from the worlds of school and work, young people and adults at risk of entering the criminal justice system, ex-prisoners reentering their communities, long-term welfare recipients, and people with work-limiting disabilities. The findings of our new studies as they emerge are intended to expand the body of knowledge about how to address particular barriers to employment - and how to implement effective programs in the different public assistance, enforcement, and service delivery systems that interact with the hard-to-employ population.

Low-Wage Workers and Communities Long regarded as the premier investigator of policies to improve the lives of families on welfare, MDRC has brought its program development skills and reputation for methodological rigor to the challenge of learning how best to improve the economic health of low-income workers and communities. In a focused portfolio of projects, we are investigating strategies to "make work pay" - providing financial supports that build a safety net around work while continuing to encourage employment - and initiatives to help low-income people find more stable jobs, advance in the labor market, and achieve long-term self-sufficiency. Our studies are among the largest evaluations of such interventions in the country. The concentration of poverty - and associated lack of access to good jobs, affordable housing, quality goods and services, and economic and political resources - presents special challenges for improving the prospects of residents of low-income neighborhoods. MDRC has evaluated a number of place-based projects that addressed urban poverty and joblessness. Most notable of these was our Jobs-Plus initiative, an ambitious employment programs inside some of the nations poorest inner-city housing projects. Based on the positive findings from Jobs-Plus, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the program in nine locations across the country in 2015. We are also evaluating a number of Housing Choice Voucher reforms, helping to improve the nations principal housing assistance programs.

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