About MDRC
Preel-Dumas is a Technical Research Assistant in MDRC’s Economic Mobility, Housing, and Communities policy area. She conducts data analysis for the Purpose Built Communities study of place-based community development in disinvested areas, the Paycheck Plus replication study in Atlanta, and works with MDRC’s Center for Data Insights to evaluate career pathway programs using data-science techniques. She also supports a technical assistance initiative to help state agencies leverage unemployment insurance data. Her other projects include conducting data analysis for HomePath, a Housing First intervention that aims to reduce homelessness and substance abuse, and Rent Reform, an evaluation of alternatives to the current rent structure in the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Prior to joining MDRC in 2019, Preel-Dumas was a Policy and Data Science Fellow at McGill University, worked with Precision Analytics to visualize unequal opportunities at a local medical school, and interned at ALPA, a direct service organization helping new immigrants find stable employment. Preel-Dumas holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from McGill University.
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HomePath is a combined Housing First and shared-medical-appointments intervention. It aims to increase housing stability, improve treatment outcomes, and reduce returns to shelters, emergency rooms, and justice systems for people who have experienced homelessness and are struggling with opioid addiction.
Housing First is a person-centered approach to reducing...
Richard Hendra, Kristin Porter, Stephanie Rubino, Colleen Sommo, Mark van Dok, Zarni Htet, Camille Préel-Dumas, Jonathan BigelowAcross the social sector, government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations are all benefiting from greater access both to more detailed and frequent data and to a variety of options for increased computing power. With data-science tools and guidance in applying them, practitioners can harness multiple sources of data to gain new insights about the individuals they serve, the contexts in which they operate, their staff members, and their program features. When such tools are incorporated into daily operations in a responsible way, they can help practitioners improve their programs and the lives of those they serve.
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...
Cynthia Miller, Dan Bloom, Gilda Azurdia, Caroline Schultz, Nikki Ortolani, Edith Yang, Alexandra Bernardi, Rachael Metz, Camille Préel-DumasThe New York City Center for Economic Opportunity has selected MDRC and its partners to implement and evaluate a pilot program to simulate an expanded EITC in New York City for low-income single workers without dependent children, with the goal of increasing employment and earnings and reducing poverty.