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Lily Freedman
Research Associate
Youth Development, Criminal Justice, and Employment

Freedman’s research focuses on programs that provide employment services, programs that serve young people, and reforms in the criminal justice system. She is primarily responsible for quantitative analysis design and management; she has also held roles in survey design, random assignment system setup, and visits to research sites to study program implementation. Freedman is the lead author of the report on Breaking Barriers, and co-authored the reports on the Families Forward Demonstration and PACE Center for Girls. Her current projects include Building Evidence on Employment Strategies for Low-Income Families (BEES), the Pretrial Justice Collaborative, and the Roca Baltimore Study. Before coming to MDRC, she worked at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Binghamton University.

Products

Report

Cross-Jurisdiction Patterns, Pathways, and Perspectives from the Pretrial Justice Collaborative

Brief

Findings from a Descriptive Evaluation of Roca Baltimore

Brief

Lessons from Breaking Barriers

Report

An Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Program

Report

A Partnership Between Child Support Agencies and Local Service Providers

Report

Background and Directions for Future Research

Report

Implementing Individual Placement and Support in a Workforce Setting

Report

Results from the Evaluation of PACE Center for Girls

Report

An Implementation Study of the PACE Center for Girls