Millenky leads MDRC’s large-scale Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES) project. Much of her research focuses on evaluations of programs for opportunity youth and young adults. These programs include Roca Baltimore, the Florida-based Pace Center for Girls, YouthBuild, YouthLed Tech, and the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. She was a member of the impact analysis team for the Foundations of Learning project, a demonstration and evaluation of an early childhood intervention, and for the evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities’ transitional jobs prisoner reentry program in New York City. Before joining MDRC, Millenky received a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University. While at Georgetown, she worked at the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Millenky, Megan. 2016. “Connecting High School Dropouts to Employment and Education: An Impact Study of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program.” IZA Journal of Labor Policy 5: 10.
Morris, Pamela, Megan Millenky, C. Cybele Raver, and Stephanie Jones. 2014. “Does a Preschool Social-Emotional Intervention Pay Off for Classroom Instruction and Children’s Behavior and Academic Skills? Evidence from the Foundations of Learning Project.” Early Education and Development 24, 7: 1020-1042.
Millenky, Megan, Sarah E. O. Schwartz, and Jean E. Rhodes. 2013. “Supporting the Transition to Adulthood Among High School Dropouts: An Impact Study of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.” Prevention Science 15, 4:448-459.
