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New Program Models & Digital Products
Saw Mayor de Blasio expand CUNY ASAP from 4,000 to 25,000 students based on NYC Opportunity evaluation findings
Designed the College Persistence Initiative, a series of behavioral science interventions with CUNY and ideas42 aimed at improving college persistence
Awarded $6M federal Social Innovation Fund grant for Connections to Care to integrate mental health and social services
Research & Evaluations
Used evaluation findings to end Justice Corps
Poverty & Equity Analysis
Published "Effects of Neighborhood Change" study documenting qualitative impact of gentrification
Helped Mayor de Blasio establish and track NYC's first concrete poverty reduction goal to move 800,000 out of poverty or near poverty by 2025
Service Innovations
Launched Designing for Financial Empowerment testing the use of service design in government