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Join Mathematica at RECS 2024

May 28, 2024
Human Services Equity Child Welfare Employment Family Support Justice Disability Economic Well Being and Income Support Federal State and Local
Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) 2024

Numerous Mathematica researchers and policy experts will present their work at the 22nd Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) May 29–31 in Washington, DC. At the conference, our experts will dive into our research findings in areas like family strengthening, youth well-being, employment, economic self-sufficiency, and equity. The list below shows where you can interact with Mathematica’s experts and insights during the conference.

Wednesday, May 29

/10:30 a.m. – Connecting Individuals with Justice Involvement to the Workforce: Findings from Federal Evaluations (South American A/B)
  • “Paving the Pathway Home: Implementation of Correctional Facility-Based Employment Programs.” Armando Yañez
  • “Implementing the Individual Placement and Support Model for Adults with Justice Involvement.” Gina Lewis
/10:30 a.m. – Advancing Learning, Evaluation, and Research for Two-Generation Approaches (Federal A)
  • “Using Formative Evaluation to Improve the Intentional Coordination of Services for Caregivers and Their Children.” Scott Baumgartner
/12:30 p.m. – Lunchtime Panel Discussion (Presidential Ballroom)
  • “Careers in Research Related to Poverty, Family Economic Well-Being and Mobility, and Social Welfare.” Scott Baumgartner
/3:00 p.m. – Facilitated Roundtable Discussion (South American A/B)
  • “Innovative Strategies to Capture Participant Perspectives in Federal Research.” Miranda Kharsa
/3:00 p.m. – Virtual-only Facilitated Roundtable Discussion (Virtual)
  • “Lessons Learned from Partnering with Programs to Co-Create a Study.” Jody Schimmel Hyde
/4:15 p.m. – Challenges and Opportunities in the Evaluation of Programs Serving Transition Age Youth (Presidential Ballroom)
  • “Building Evidence and Overcoming Enrollment Challenges in the Youth at Risk of Homelessness Summative Evaluation.” Elizabeth Mugo
/4:15 p.m. – Evaluating Sectoral Training Programs with an Eye Towards Employer Engagement (Federal B)
  • “The America’s Promise Job-Driven Grant Program Evaluation.” Ariella Spitzer

Thursday, May 30

/8:45 a.m. – LGBTQIA2S+ Inclusivity and Equity in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs (Presidential Ballroom)
  • “Serving LGBTQ+ Youth and Adults in HMRE Programs: Findings from the FRAMING Research Project.” Julia Alamillo
/10:15 a.m. – Improving Youth Access to Economic Opportunity: Leveraging Learning Partnerships for Program Innovation and Scale (Federal A)
  • “Leveraging Coaching Models and Leadership Academy to Improve Youth Programming.” Jonathan McCay
/10:15 a.m. – Estimating How Contextual Changes Affect Program Impacts: Lessons from Conducting RCTs During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Statler A/B)
  • “How the COVID-19 Pandemic Influenced the Impacts of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations.” Owen Schochet
  • “How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect the Education and Employment of Young People with Disabilities?” Ankita Patnaik
/1:15 p.m. – Poster Session: Lightning Talks I (South American A/B)
  • “Conceptual Framework for the Relationship Between Welfare and Self-Sufficiency Programs/Policies and Family Social Well-Being.” Davis Straske
/2:45 p.m. – Understanding Whole-Family Well-Being: Looking Beyond Employment and Earnings (Presidential Ballroom)
  • “Whole Family Well-Being in the Context of Home Visiting and Welfare and Self-Sufficiency Programs.” Emily Sama-Miller
/4:15 p.m. – Employment Coaching: Giving People with Low Incomes More Autonomy as They Work Toward Economic Security (Presidential Ballroom)
  • “The Effectiveness of Employment Coaching for Adults with Low Incomes.” Quinn Moore
  • “Sharing the Voices of Participants in Four Employment Coaching Programs Serving Families with Low Incomes.” Quinn Moore

Friday, May 31

/8:45 a.m. – Pivoting During the Pandemic: How Human Services Made Immediate Changes with Lasting Effects (Senate)
  • “Innovations in Child Support Programs Coming out of the Pandemic.” Lindsay Ochoa

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