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John Martinez
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Senior Associate
Welfare and Barriers to Employment Policy Area
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Martinez is an expert in site development, site selection, and evaluation start-up, primarily focusing on programs that serve populations with barriers to employment. Currently, he is a senior member of the Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) team, playing a lead role in site development activities and leading a task force that addresses the technical assistance needs of YTD local evaluations. In earlier work at MDRC, Martinez was a site development leader for the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration project and the leader for two Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) program sites. He managed an assessment of health and health care issues confronting low-income urban women as part of the Project on Devolution and Urban Change and coauthored a report detailing its results. Martinez has presented research findings at national conferences and to local and federal program partners. Prior to joining MDRC, Martinez conducted research in a substance abuse treatment center and in a community health center with patients with schizophrenia. He began his career as a food stamp eligibility worker. Martinez received a Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University.
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MDRC Publications
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