ASR (Annual Survey of Refugees) Since the 1980s, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has conducted the Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR), which collects information on refugees during their first five years after arrival in the U.S. The ASR is the only scientifically collected source of national data on refugees' progress toward self-sufficiency and integration. ORR uses the ASR results alongside other information sources to fulfill its Congressionally mandated reporting requirement following the Refugee Act of 1980. Created the Public-use files and worked on the survey weights and the procedures for estimating variance when using the weights.
Background Report on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations - This project resulted in a report for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, reviewing existing data sources and prior research on six programs operated by the Department that provide food assistance to American Indians living on or near reservations. The purpose of the review was to help identify future research needs and opportunities to exploit administrative data systems and recurring national surveys. The programs covered are the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), the Food Stamp Program (FSP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). As contributing author reviewed several surveys that collect relevant survey data.
Baylor University's Texas Hunger Initiative Evaluation -Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty joined the fight against childhood hunger during the pandemic with the Emergency Meals-To-You program. This program delivers over 28 million meals to around 270,000 children in rural communities in 43 states around the country. Primary role on this project was the research design, managing and monitoring data collection, and creating survey weights to analyze the data.
Community Partnerships for Cultural Participation - A project conducted for the Wallace Foundation Community Partnerships for Cultural Participation Initiative, which aims to broaden, deepen, and diversify arts and culture participation in the United States in partnership with 10 community foundations. As survey consultant helped design a national telephone survey that explores arts participation rates with emphasis placed on the most recent experience.
District of Columbia 2009 Health Insurance Survey - The District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance contracted with the Urban Institute and its subcontractor, SSRS/Social Science Research Solutions, to conduct the 2009 District of Columbia Health Insurance Survey (DC-HIS). The goal of the DC-HIS is to document health insurance options and coverage and access to and use of health care for the non-institutionalized population in the District. Primary role on this project was the sample design, managing and monitoring data collection, and finally creating survey weights to analyze the data.
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning Effective Philanthropy - This study creates a portrait of current attitudes and practices about effective philanthropy among foundation staff and leaders based on a survey of all staffed foundations. It identifies how foundation staff and leaders assess and use many practices advocated by proponents of greater effectiveness in philanthropy and seek to uncover new practices of interest to the field. As survey consultant, tasks included reviewing the survey data collection process and post data processing.
Massachusetts' Health Care Reform Survey 2006-2012 - In April 2006, Massachusetts enacted a health care reform bill that seeks to move the state to (almost) universal coverage through a combination of Medicaid expansions, subsidized private health insurance coverage, and insurance reforms. As part of an evaluation of the impacts of the state's reform effort, an annual survey beginning in 2006 was conducted of adults aged 18 to 64 years old in Massachusetts. This study looks at the effects of the reform efforts on Massachusetts' working-aged adult population. It focuses on the overall adult population aged 18 to 64 years in Massachusetts, as well as those targeted by specific elements of the state's reform efforts, including uninsured adults and adults with family income less than 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL), between 100 and 300% FPL, and between 300 and 500% FPL. The study collected information about insurance coverage and health care experiences in the period just prior to the implementation of major health reform provisions. The goal of this study is to provide information to support Massachusetts' efforts to implement the health care reforms. Primary role on this project was the sample design and creating survey weights to analyze the data.
Meals-to-You Program - This research was an evaluation of the Meals-to-You (MTY) program, a pilot program administered by the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (BCHP) and funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). This research evaluated the Meals-to-You Program in Texas, New Mexico, and Alaska and the emergency Meals-to-You Program during the peak of the pandemic.
National Driving Exposure Study - The objective of this project is to develop a methodology for gathering light vehicle travel data at the national level on an annual basis. The results of this study will allow AAA Foundation to launch and maintain an economic data collection system to capture accurate and statistically valid annual light vehicle travel data in the U.S. In turn, AAA Foundation will be able to use these data to 1) structure further research and 2) develop and test safety education and safety countermeasures targeted specifically to different groups of drivers, and 3) offer the transportation and safety research communities a much-needed contemporaneous snapshot of light vehicle travel that currently is unavailable
National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) - The National Survey of America's Families provides a comprehensive look at the well-being of children and non-elderly adults, and reveals sometimes striking differences among the 13 states studied in depth. The survey provides quantitative measures of child, adult and family well-being in America, with an emphasis on persons in low-income families. As the Survey Manager for the NSAF responsibilities included evaluating and monitoring sampling procedures and survey data collection. Also responsible for developing and improving NSAF Public Use files and internal survey data files including training California and New York stakeholders to use NSAF data. These trainings included some interesting examples and exercises using the NSAF online analysis system to answer questions of interest for a New York or California audience. Other associated work included conducting methodological research addressing such issues as estimating the non-response bias, weighting strategies, and imputation procedures.
National Survey of Nonprofit Organizations: Portrait of Nonprofit Governance - Governance and accountability are critical concerns for the nonprofit sector in the United States. This project involves developing the first national and statistically valid survey of board composition, practices, and policies across the entire sector in the United States. As survey consultant tasks included reviewing the survey data collection process and post data processing.
Performance Measurement in AmeriCorps - A project that assists the Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS) in their efforts to strengthen the accountability and performance of the AmeriCorps programs. This research project involves developing a more results oriented performance measurement and management system. As a technical advisor, responsibilities included the development of survey instruments and sample design.
SPPA (Survey of Public Participation in the Arts) 2008 & 2012 PLANNING STUDY - The SPPA is the field's premiere repeated cross sectional survey of individual attendance and involvement in arts and cultural activity. The data are circulated to interested researchers, and they are the basis or a range of NEA reports and independent research publications. The SPPA provides primary knowledge on the extent and nature of participation in the arts in the United States. As Principal Investigator was responsible for recommending the final survey design including changes to the prior SPPA questionnaire, data collection methodology, and the sampling strategy.
Trends in Public Awareness of Fair Housing Law - A project that surveyed a representative sample of the American population to gauge the extent of public knowledge of the Nation's fair housing law-which prohibits discrimination in the rental or sale of housing. Served as a consultant, developed the overall and sub-population survey weights and the procedures for estimating variance when using the weights.
The Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey - The WBNS is a nationally representative annual survey of adults ages 18 to 64 that brings together content on a cross-section of topics related to material hardship and well-being, including questions on food security, housing, health, disability, employment, family income, safety net program participation, and family financial security.Served as a consultant helping develop the questionnaire, sample, and survey weights.
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