About MDRC
Rock works in MDRC’s Economic Mobility, Housing, and Communities policy area, focusing on evaluations of interventions that use combinations of occupational skills training, job readiness coaching, and housing assistance as platforms for economic mobility. Prior to joining MDRC, Rock held an internship at the American Friends Service Committee, working on a campaign to reform New York State’s felon disenfranchisement laws. He received a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University’s College of Social Studies in 2017.
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MDRC Publications
BriefMarch, 2022This brief examines Park City Career Pathways, a program aimed at addressing gaps in support for young people who are making the transition from high school to college and the workplace in a possible “COVID recession.” It offers lessons for other communities that may be interested in launching similar efforts.
BriefJanuary, 2022This brief highlights key findings from the implementation of the TechHire and Strengthening Working Families Initiative (SWFI) programs and offers considerations for practitioners involved in planning or implementing similar programs. The programs provided training for high-tech jobs as well as support services to people with barriers to training and employment.
ReportMarch, 2020Many people are interested in making better use of administrative data (data collected in the course of administering public programs) to support research and evidence-based policy. This publication contains information about a variety of useful administrative data sources and how to access them.
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Other Publications
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Projects
Nandita Verma, James A. Riccio, Gilda Azurdia, Jonathan Bigelow, Cynthia Miller, Caroline Schultz, Edith Yang, Andrew Rock, Melissa WestGrowing up in high-poverty, highly segregated neighborhoods can limit the future prospects of young children. But low-income families with children often lack sufficient resources and face other systemic barriers to choosing freely what neighborhoods they live in. The federal government’s Housing Choice Voucher Program, which subsidizes rent for some low-income...
Richard Hendra, Barbara S. Goldman, Frieda Molina, Betsy L. Tessler, Kelsey Schaberg, Rachael Metz, Andrew Rock, Henry KanengiserThe H-1B visa program, established in 1990 by Congress, allows employers to hire foreigners to work in “specialty occupations” (such as science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health care, business, financial services, or life sciences) on a temporary basis. In 1998, a user fee was added to fund scholarship and training programs that develop the skills of the...
James A. Riccio, Nandita Verma, Gilda Azurdia, Edith Yang, Jonathan Bigelow, Keith Olejniczak, Joshua Vermette, Camille Préel-Dumas, Andrew Rock, Audrey Yu, Melissa WestThe Housing Choice Voucher Program is one of the federal government’s major programs for helping very low-income families with children, elderly people, and disabled people afford decent and safe housing in the private rental market. Housing vouchers are administered locally by public housing agencies with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...