About MDRC
As an operations analyst, Phillips focuses on the development and implementation of evaluations serving low-income populations and provides technical assistance for data collection. Phillips currently works on site engagement and reports development for Building Bridges and Bonds and Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt. Before joining MDRC, Phillips was a project coordinator at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, conducting research on air quality and health in low-income housing throughout New York City. Phillips holds a Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University and a BA in English literature from Western Michigan University. As a graduate student, he worked at Helen Keller International in Cambodia, leading the quantitative data analysis of a national school curriculum to prevent parasitic infection among grade-school children.
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Melanie Skemer, Dan Bloom, Peter Baird, Dina A. R. Israel, Louisa Treskon, Douglas Phillips, Rebecca Behrmann, Caroline Mage, Yana KusayevaThe Office of Child Support Enforcement launched the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt ( PJAC ) demonstration to test the efficacy of incorporating procedural justice principles into child support practices as a cost-effective alternative to contempt. In this context, contempt is a legal action involving the use of civil court proceedings against...
Dina A. R. Israel, Michelle S. Manno, Dan Bloom, JoAnn Hsueh, Rekha Balu, Charles Michalopoulos, Virginia Knox, Erika Lundquist, Electra Small, Rebecca Behrmann, Samantha Wulfsohn, Ann Bickerton, Douglas Phillips, Patrizia Mancini, Emily Brennan, Jillian Verrillo, Bret BardenFathers play a unique role in their children’s lives and development, but some fathers face personal or societal barriers to positive involvement with their children — such as low levels of education, stigma from criminal records, declining wages for low-skilled men, or family instability. Responsible Fatherhood programs aim to improve the well-being of low-income...