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Publications
Joshi, P., Halle, T., Henly, J.R., Nores, M., Ha, Y., & Senehi, N. (2025). Advancing research on equitable access to early care and education in the United States. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 71, 145-150. DOI:/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.12.009
Ha, Y., Salva, R., Nicholson, J.H., Schneider, K.G, Joshi, P., Collins, M.E., & Baxi, P. (2025). Experiences of child care providers serving subsidy-receiving children involved in the child welfare system. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 74, 70-80. DOI:/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.12.004.
Wei, W., Ha, Y., Schneider, K G. & Joshi, P. (2023). Early educational experiences, absenteeism and the transition to Kindergarten. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 64(3), 368-380. DOI:/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.04.010
Joshi, P., Walters, A., Noelke, C., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2022). Low-income families’ job characteristics and self-sufficiency: Differences by income, race/ethnicity and nativity. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. DOI:/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.5.04
Acevedo-Garcia, D., Joshi, P., Ruskin, E., Walters, A., & Sofer, N. (2021, November-December). Policy approaches to reduce poverty among children of immigrants. Academic Pediatrics 21(8S), S117-S125. DOI:/10.1016/j.acap.2021.06.016
Acevedo-Garcia, D., Joshi, P., Ruskin, E., Walters, A., & Sofer, N. (2021, November). Restoring an inclusionary safety net for children in immigrant families: A review of three social policies. Health Affairs 40(7), 1099-1107. DOI:/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00206
Schneider, K.G., Joshi, P., & Ha, Y. (2021). An examination of child care provider participation in state subsidy contract systems. Children, Youth Services Review 127, 1-12. DOI:/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106099
Ha, Y., Joshi, P., Schneider, K.G., & Hardy, E. (2020). Can administrative changes improve subsidy stability? Social Service Review 94(2), 285–338. DOI:/10.1086/709444
Joshi, P., Baldiga, M., Earle, A., Osypuk, T., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2019). How much would family and medical leave cost workers in the US? Racial/ethnic variation in economic hardship under unpaid and paid policies. Community, Work and Family. DOI:/10.1080/13668803.2019.1704398
Schneider, K.G., Warfield, M.E., Joshi, P., Ha, Y., & Hodgkin, D. (2017). Insights into the black box of child care supply: Predictors of provider participation in the Massachusetts child care subsidy system. Children, Youth Services Review 79, 148-159. DOI:/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.014
Joshi, P., Geronimo, K. & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2016). Head Start since the War on Poverty: Taking on new challenges to address persistent school readiness gaps. Journal of Applied Research on Children 7(1), Article 11.
Joshi, P., Geronimo, K., Romano, B., Earle, A., Rosenfeld, L., Hardy, E. & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2014). Integrating racial/ethnic equity into policy assessments to improve child health. Health Affairs 33(12), 2222-2229. DOI:/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1169
Osypuk, T., Joshi, P., Geronimo, K., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2014). Do social and economic policies influence health? A Review. Current Epidemiology Reports. 1(3), 149-164. DOI:/10.1007/s40471-014-0013-5
Earle, A., Joshi, P., Geronimo, K., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2014). New estimates of job characteristics for minority and immigrant working parents. Monthly Labor Review. http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/job-characteristics-among-working-parents-1.htm
Joshi, P., Quane, J., & Cherlin, A. (2009). Contemporary work and family issues affecting union formation among low-income single mothers. Family Relations 58, 647–661. DOI:/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00581.x
Joshi, P., & Bogen, K. (2007). Nonstandard work schedules, parenting challenges, and child behavior in low-income working families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69(1), 139–15. DOI:/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00350.x
Book Chapters
Kahne, H., Mabel, Z., & Joshi, P. (2015). Single mothers and low earnings: Policy routes to adequate wages. In Poverty in America: Urban and Rural Inequality and Deprivation in the 21st Century. M. J. Skidmore, (Ed.). Westphalia Press.
Osypuk, T., Joshi, P., & Geronimo, K., Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2012). Do social policies influence the health of women and their children? A summary of strong evidence and implications for designing future policies using a social determinants of health lens. In Women and Health, Second Edition. M.B. Goldman, R. Troisi, & K.M. Rexrode (Eds.). Elsevier Publishing.
Carré, F., & Joshi, P. (2000). Looking for leverage in a fluid world: Innovative responses to temporary and contracted work. In Nonstandard Work Arrangements and the Changing Labor Market: Dimensions, Causes and Institutional Responses. F. Carré, M. Ferber, L. Golden, & S. Herzenberg (Eds.). Industrial Relations Research Association.
Technical and Policy Reports
Joshi, P., Vinh, R., Wong, E., & Wimer, C. (2025, Forthcoming). Measuring economic needs beyond poverty: A consumer guide to family budget measures. Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University and the Center for Social Policy and Poverty, Columbia University School of Social Work.
Rosenfeld, L., Joshi, P., Juardo, D., Walters, A., Shaefer, L., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2025, Forthcoming). How understandable, actionable and navigable are state paid family and medical leave websites for workers and their family members to learn about, sign up for, and receive benefits? Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University.
Joshi, P., Walters, A., Vizcardo-Benites, A., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2025, Forthcoming). Implementation strategies to increase Hispanic workers’ participation in paid family and medical leave programs: Opportunities and challenges faced by states to implement paid leave equitably. Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E., Vizcardo-Benites, A., Joshi, P., & Ha, Y. (2024). Providers’ perspectives on reimbursement rate increases and participation in child care financial assistance program. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Lee, J., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Collyer, S., Joshi, P., Kaushal, N., Walters, A., & Wimer, C. (2024). The role of government transfers in the child poverty gap by race and ethnicity: A focus on Black, Latino, White children. Center for Social Policy and Poverty, Columbia University School of Social Work and the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2023). Closing the opportunity gap for young children. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. DOI:/10.17226/26743.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E., Joshi, P., & Ha, Y. (2023). The impact of subsidy reimbursement rate and family copayment changes on access to child care: Initial ideas from key informant interview findings. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E. & Joshi, P. (2023). Massachusetts’ Covid-19 voucher authorization practices: Parent perspectives. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Schneider, K.G., De La Torre, F., Wong, E. & Joshi, P. (2023). Parents’ perspectives on the decline in child care subsidy caseload during Covid-19. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Acevedo-Garcia, D., Walter, A., Schaefer, L., Wong, E., & Joshi, P. (2022). A policy equity analysis of the EITC. Diversitydatakids.org. https://www.diversitydatakids.org/research-library/research-report/policy-equity-analysis-eitc
Hardy, E., Joshi, P. Acevedo-Garcia, D., & Leonardos, M. (2021). Advancing equity through neighborhood-informed early childhood policies: A research and policy review. Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy, Brandeis University and diversitydatakids.org.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E. & Joshi, P. (2021). COVID-19 subsidy caseload decline: CCR&R insights. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E. & Joshi, P. (2021). COVID-19 subsidy authorization practices: Key findings, recommendations and next steps. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Hardy, E., Joshi, P., Ha, Y., & Schneider, K.G. (2018). Subsidized child care in Massachusetts: Exploring geography, access, and equity. Joint Report of the Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy, Brandeis University, Massachusetts Child Care Research Partnership and diversitydatakids.org.
Joshi, P., & Ha, Y. (2018). Reducing child poverty by improving child care subsidy stability through state policy and administrative practices. Prepared for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years.
Schnieder, K.G., Joshi, P., & Geronimo, K. (2017). Provider recommendations for improvements to the Massachusetts child care subsidy system. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Joshi, P., Schnieder, K.G., & Serrano, D. (2017). Family recommendations for improvements to the Massachusetts child care subsidy system. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Giapponi, K. & Joshi, P. (2014). Evaluation of the child care voucher eligibility reassessment administrative change in Massachusetts: Key informant and CCR&R interview descriptive findings. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Joshi, P., Flaherty, S., Corwin, E. Bir, A. & Lerman, R. (2011). Piloting a community approach to healthy marriage initiatives in five sites: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Lexington, Kentucky; New Orleans, Louisiana; Atlanta, Georgia; and Denver, Colorado. Prepared for the Administration for Children and Families.
Joshi, P. (2010). Faith-based and community organizations’ participation in emergency preparedness and response activities. Prepared for the Department of Homeland Security.
Joshi, P., Hardy, E., & Hawkins, S. (2009). The role of religiosity in the lives of the low-income population: a comprehensive review of the evidence. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Joshi, P., Corwin, E., & Bir, A. (2009). Healthy relationships and financial stability: Foundations for Strong Families 101. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Joshi, P., Corwin, E., & Bir, A. (2009). Healthy relationships and financial stability: Foundations for Strong Families 201. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Joshi, P., Hawkins, S., & Novey. J. (2008). Innovations in effective compassion: Compendium of research papers presented at the faith-based and community initiatives conference on research, outcomes and evaluation. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Joshi, P., Pilkauskas, N., Bir, A., & Lerman, R. (2008). Piloting a community approach to healthy marriage initiatives in three sites: Boston, Massachusetts; Jacksonville, Florida; and Chicago, Illinois. Prepared for the Administration for Children and Families.
Corwin, E., Bir, A., Joshi, P., & Lerman, R. (2008). Marriage education, financial literacy, and asset development roundtable: Meeting summary. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Haber, S., Hoover, S., Joshi, P., & Osber, D. (2007). Evaluation of the Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) and other related disease specific 1115 waiver programs. Prepared for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Quane, J., & Joshi, P. (2004). After welfare reform: A snapshot of low-income families in Boston. Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Quane, J., Rankin, B., & Joshi, P. (2001). Housing assistance, housing costs and welfare reform. Welfare, children and families: A three-city study policy brief (02-4). Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Carré, F., & Joshi, P. (1998). Temporary and contracted work: Policy issues and innovative responses. The Task Force on Reconstructing America’s Labor Market Institutions working paper #WP02. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management.
Dodson, L., Joshi, P., & McDonald, D. (1998). Welfare in transition: Consequences for women, families and communities. Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe Public Policy Institute.
Bailyn, L., Rayman, P., Harvey, M., Krim, R., Read, R., Carré, F., Dickert, J., Joshi, P., & Martinez, A. (1997). Work and family integration in the banking industry. Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe Public Policy Institute.
Carré, F., & Joshi, P. (1997). Building stability for transient workforces. Report to the Russell Sage Foundation. Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe Public Policy Institute.
Rayman, P., Carré, F., Bookman, A., Bailyn, L., Perin, C., Eaton, S., Joshi, P., & Resnick, S. (1997). Work and family integration among biotechnology professionals and technical employees. Report to the Sloan Foundation. Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe Public Policy Institute.
Miller, B. M., O’Connor, S., Sirignano, S. W., & Joshi, P. (1996). I wish the kids didn’t watch so much TV. Out of school time in three low income communities. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women.
Hargreaves, M. B., Werner, A., & Joshi, P. (1994). The evaluation of “To Strengthen Michigan Families”: Process report. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates Inc.
Allen, J. E. & Joshi, P. (1991). Training tomorrow’s work force. Focus, 19(6), 5–6, 8. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Joshi, P. (1990). After Croson: New directions for minority business set-asides. Focus, 18(10), 3–4, 8. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Ha, Y., Salva, R., Nicholson, J.H., Schneider, K.G, Joshi, P., Collins, M.E., & Baxi, P. (2025). Experiences of child care providers serving subsidy-receiving children involved in the child welfare system. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 74, 70-80. DOI:/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.12.004.
Wei, W., Ha, Y., Schneider, K G. & Joshi, P. (2023). Early educational experiences, absenteeism and the transition to Kindergarten. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 64(3), 368-380. DOI:/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.04.010
Joshi, P., Walters, A., Noelke, C., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2022). Low-income families’ job characteristics and self-sufficiency: Differences by income, race/ethnicity and nativity. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. DOI:/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.5.04
Acevedo-Garcia, D., Joshi, P., Ruskin, E., Walters, A., & Sofer, N. (2021, November-December). Policy approaches to reduce poverty among children of immigrants. Academic Pediatrics 21(8S), S117-S125. DOI:/10.1016/j.acap.2021.06.016
Acevedo-Garcia, D., Joshi, P., Ruskin, E., Walters, A., & Sofer, N. (2021, November). Restoring an inclusionary safety net for children in immigrant families: A review of three social policies. Health Affairs 40(7), 1099-1107. DOI:/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00206
Schneider, K.G., Joshi, P., & Ha, Y. (2021). An examination of child care provider participation in state subsidy contract systems. Children, Youth Services Review 127, 1-12. DOI:/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106099
Ha, Y., Joshi, P., Schneider, K.G., & Hardy, E. (2020). Can administrative changes improve subsidy stability? Social Service Review 94(2), 285–338. DOI:/10.1086/709444
Joshi, P., Baldiga, M., Earle, A., Osypuk, T., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2019). How much would family and medical leave cost workers in the US? Racial/ethnic variation in economic hardship under unpaid and paid policies. Community, Work and Family. DOI:/10.1080/13668803.2019.1704398
Schneider, K.G., Warfield, M.E., Joshi, P., Ha, Y., & Hodgkin, D. (2017). Insights into the black box of child care supply: Predictors of provider participation in the Massachusetts child care subsidy system. Children, Youth Services Review 79, 148-159. DOI:/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.014
Joshi, P., Geronimo, K. & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2016). Head Start since the War on Poverty: Taking on new challenges to address persistent school readiness gaps. Journal of Applied Research on Children 7(1), Article 11.
Joshi, P., Geronimo, K., Romano, B., Earle, A., Rosenfeld, L., Hardy, E. & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2014). Integrating racial/ethnic equity into policy assessments to improve child health. Health Affairs 33(12), 2222-2229. DOI:/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1169
Osypuk, T., Joshi, P., Geronimo, K., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2014). Do social and economic policies influence health? A Review. Current Epidemiology Reports. 1(3), 149-164. DOI:/10.1007/s40471-014-0013-5
Earle, A., Joshi, P., Geronimo, K., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2014). New estimates of job characteristics for minority and immigrant working parents. Monthly Labor Review. http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/job-characteristics-among-working-parents-1.htm
Joshi, P., Quane, J., & Cherlin, A. (2009). Contemporary work and family issues affecting union formation among low-income single mothers. Family Relations 58, 647–661. DOI:/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00581.x
Joshi, P., & Bogen, K. (2007). Nonstandard work schedules, parenting challenges, and child behavior in low-income working families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69(1), 139–15. DOI:/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00350.x
Book Chapters
Kahne, H., Mabel, Z., & Joshi, P. (2015). Single mothers and low earnings: Policy routes to adequate wages. In Poverty in America: Urban and Rural Inequality and Deprivation in the 21st Century. M. J. Skidmore, (Ed.). Westphalia Press.
Osypuk, T., Joshi, P., & Geronimo, K., Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2012). Do social policies influence the health of women and their children? A summary of strong evidence and implications for designing future policies using a social determinants of health lens. In Women and Health, Second Edition. M.B. Goldman, R. Troisi, & K.M. Rexrode (Eds.). Elsevier Publishing.
Carré, F., & Joshi, P. (2000). Looking for leverage in a fluid world: Innovative responses to temporary and contracted work. In Nonstandard Work Arrangements and the Changing Labor Market: Dimensions, Causes and Institutional Responses. F. Carré, M. Ferber, L. Golden, & S. Herzenberg (Eds.). Industrial Relations Research Association.
Technical and Policy Reports
Joshi, P., Vinh, R., Wong, E., & Wimer, C. (2025, Forthcoming). Measuring economic needs beyond poverty: A consumer guide to family budget measures. Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University and the Center for Social Policy and Poverty, Columbia University School of Social Work.
Rosenfeld, L., Joshi, P., Juardo, D., Walters, A., Shaefer, L., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2025, Forthcoming). How understandable, actionable and navigable are state paid family and medical leave websites for workers and their family members to learn about, sign up for, and receive benefits? Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University.
Joshi, P., Walters, A., Vizcardo-Benites, A., & Acevedo-Garcia, D. (2025, Forthcoming). Implementation strategies to increase Hispanic workers’ participation in paid family and medical leave programs: Opportunities and challenges faced by states to implement paid leave equitably. Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E., Vizcardo-Benites, A., Joshi, P., & Ha, Y. (2024). Providers’ perspectives on reimbursement rate increases and participation in child care financial assistance program. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Lee, J., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Collyer, S., Joshi, P., Kaushal, N., Walters, A., & Wimer, C. (2024). The role of government transfers in the child poverty gap by race and ethnicity: A focus on Black, Latino, White children. Center for Social Policy and Poverty, Columbia University School of Social Work and the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2023). Closing the opportunity gap for young children. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. DOI:/10.17226/26743.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E., Joshi, P., & Ha, Y. (2023). The impact of subsidy reimbursement rate and family copayment changes on access to child care: Initial ideas from key informant interview findings. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E. & Joshi, P. (2023). Massachusetts’ Covid-19 voucher authorization practices: Parent perspectives. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Schneider, K.G., De La Torre, F., Wong, E. & Joshi, P. (2023). Parents’ perspectives on the decline in child care subsidy caseload during Covid-19. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Acevedo-Garcia, D., Walter, A., Schaefer, L., Wong, E., & Joshi, P. (2022). A policy equity analysis of the EITC. Diversitydatakids.org. https://www.diversitydatakids.org/research-library/research-report/policy-equity-analysis-eitc
Hardy, E., Joshi, P. Acevedo-Garcia, D., & Leonardos, M. (2021). Advancing equity through neighborhood-informed early childhood policies: A research and policy review. Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy, Brandeis University and diversitydatakids.org.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E. & Joshi, P. (2021). COVID-19 subsidy caseload decline: CCR&R insights. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Schneider, K.G., Wong, E. & Joshi, P. (2021). COVID-19 subsidy authorization practices: Key findings, recommendations and next steps. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Hardy, E., Joshi, P., Ha, Y., & Schneider, K.G. (2018). Subsidized child care in Massachusetts: Exploring geography, access, and equity. Joint Report of the Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy, Brandeis University, Massachusetts Child Care Research Partnership and diversitydatakids.org.
Joshi, P., & Ha, Y. (2018). Reducing child poverty by improving child care subsidy stability through state policy and administrative practices. Prepared for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years.
Schnieder, K.G., Joshi, P., & Geronimo, K. (2017). Provider recommendations for improvements to the Massachusetts child care subsidy system. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Joshi, P., Schnieder, K.G., & Serrano, D. (2017). Family recommendations for improvements to the Massachusetts child care subsidy system. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Giapponi, K. & Joshi, P. (2014). Evaluation of the child care voucher eligibility reassessment administrative change in Massachusetts: Key informant and CCR&R interview descriptive findings. Prepared for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Education, Department of Early Education and Care.
Joshi, P., Flaherty, S., Corwin, E. Bir, A. & Lerman, R. (2011). Piloting a community approach to healthy marriage initiatives in five sites: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Lexington, Kentucky; New Orleans, Louisiana; Atlanta, Georgia; and Denver, Colorado. Prepared for the Administration for Children and Families.
Joshi, P. (2010). Faith-based and community organizations’ participation in emergency preparedness and response activities. Prepared for the Department of Homeland Security.
Joshi, P., Hardy, E., & Hawkins, S. (2009). The role of religiosity in the lives of the low-income population: a comprehensive review of the evidence. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Joshi, P., Corwin, E., & Bir, A. (2009). Healthy relationships and financial stability: Foundations for Strong Families 101. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Joshi, P., Corwin, E., & Bir, A. (2009). Healthy relationships and financial stability: Foundations for Strong Families 201. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Joshi, P., Hawkins, S., & Novey. J. (2008). Innovations in effective compassion: Compendium of research papers presented at the faith-based and community initiatives conference on research, outcomes and evaluation. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Joshi, P., Pilkauskas, N., Bir, A., & Lerman, R. (2008). Piloting a community approach to healthy marriage initiatives in three sites: Boston, Massachusetts; Jacksonville, Florida; and Chicago, Illinois. Prepared for the Administration for Children and Families.
Corwin, E., Bir, A., Joshi, P., & Lerman, R. (2008). Marriage education, financial literacy, and asset development roundtable: Meeting summary. Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Haber, S., Hoover, S., Joshi, P., & Osber, D. (2007). Evaluation of the Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) and other related disease specific 1115 waiver programs. Prepared for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Quane, J., & Joshi, P. (2004). After welfare reform: A snapshot of low-income families in Boston. Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Quane, J., Rankin, B., & Joshi, P. (2001). Housing assistance, housing costs and welfare reform. Welfare, children and families: A three-city study policy brief (02-4). Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Carré, F., & Joshi, P. (1998). Temporary and contracted work: Policy issues and innovative responses. The Task Force on Reconstructing America’s Labor Market Institutions working paper #WP02. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management.
Dodson, L., Joshi, P., & McDonald, D. (1998). Welfare in transition: Consequences for women, families and communities. Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe Public Policy Institute.
Bailyn, L., Rayman, P., Harvey, M., Krim, R., Read, R., Carré, F., Dickert, J., Joshi, P., & Martinez, A. (1997). Work and family integration in the banking industry. Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe Public Policy Institute.
Carré, F., & Joshi, P. (1997). Building stability for transient workforces. Report to the Russell Sage Foundation. Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe Public Policy Institute.
Rayman, P., Carré, F., Bookman, A., Bailyn, L., Perin, C., Eaton, S., Joshi, P., & Resnick, S. (1997). Work and family integration among biotechnology professionals and technical employees. Report to the Sloan Foundation. Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe Public Policy Institute.
Miller, B. M., O’Connor, S., Sirignano, S. W., & Joshi, P. (1996). I wish the kids didn’t watch so much TV. Out of school time in three low income communities. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women.
Hargreaves, M. B., Werner, A., & Joshi, P. (1994). The evaluation of “To Strengthen Michigan Families”: Process report. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates Inc.
Allen, J. E. & Joshi, P. (1991). Training tomorrow’s work force. Focus, 19(6), 5–6, 8. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Joshi, P. (1990). After Croson: New directions for minority business set-asides. Focus, 18(10), 3–4, 8. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Grants
Grants
Embedding Quality Improvement in Child Care Contracts to Improve Equitable Access to High-quality Care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2024 to 2029)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Yoonsook Ha). This mixed methods study evaluates the effects of new child care subsidy contracts that require additional quality investments on the availability, quality, and families’ utilization of subsidized care. The study will identify potential sources of administrative burden or other unintended consequences that can be reduced as part of the state’s continuous quality improvement process. $2,000,000 (subcontract: $813,194).
Child Care Early Education Policy Research Collaborative: Actionable Equity Assessments. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (2023 to 2025) —Lead Facilitator. Lead monthly discussions with researchers and federal/state agency staff members focused on conceptual and practical issues in conducting policy equity assessments in child care and early education. $25,000.
Implementation Strategies to Increase Hispanic Workers' Access to and Use of Paid Family and Medical Leave. Urban Institute/WorkRise. (2023 to 2025)—Principal Investigator. (Co-PIs: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Susana Barragan, UnidosUS). This project is a rigorous qualitative study that 1) identifies PFML policy implementation and administrative processes that facilitate or exclude Hispanic and immigrant workers’ participation; and 2) assesses access and uptake from the perspectives of Hispanic community-based organizations, workers, and small business owners in three states. This project will develop and disseminate actionable recommendations for state agencies and employers developing more inclusive PFML program practices. $315,000.
Providing Child Care in a 24/7 Economy: A Mixed Methods Study of the Supply of Nontraditional Hour Care in the Child Care Subsidy System. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2023 to 2025)—Principal Investigator. Mentor/Graduate Research Advisor for an Early Care and Education Research Scholar Grant for Graduate student, Elizabeth Wong. $50,000.
Evaluation of the Relationship between Massachusetts Child Care Subsidy Payment Policies and Access to Care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2023 to 2027)—Co-Investigator. (PI: Yoonsook Ha). This mixed methods study evaluates the effects of increases in child care subsidy payment rates and decreases in family co-payments on children’s access to child care in Massachusetts. The study will test the impact of a low-cost outreach strategy to increase providers participation in the subsidy system. $1,600,000. (Subcontract: $594,792).
DiversityDataKids.org. W.K. Kellogg Foundation. (2010 to 2026)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia). This national equity-focused data project develops indicators of the state of wellbeing for children across various geographic areas in the United States, quantifies racial/ethnic inequities in child opportunities and access to policies, and develops a policy equity assessment method to identify promising policies that increase racial/ethnic equity. (2009 to 2012: $1,995, 959. 2014: $75,000. 2015 to 2016: $380,000. 2017 to 2021: $3,070,000. 2021 to 2024: $2,000,000: 2024 to 2026: $1,100,000).
Expanding the Impact of DiversityDataKids.org. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2013 to 2026)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia). This project focuses on expanding the impact and use of the projects Policy Equity Assessment and Child Opportunity Index through systematic research and user engagement to advance equity in health, housing, family economic security and early education policies. (2013 to 2017: $2,900,000. 2018 to 2021: $2,996,123. 2021 to 2024: $1,500,000. 2024 to 2026: $2,000,000).
Planning for A Coordinated Evaluation of CCDF Policies and Initiatives in Massachusetts. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2021 to 2023)—Senior Advisor. (PI: Yoonsook Ha). This evaluation planning grant funds a partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) to design a multi-year evaluation of the relationship between child care subsidy payment rates and family co-payment policies on children’s access to child care. $179,999. (Subcontract: $73,971).
Quality of Subsidized Child Care Providers and Children’s Care Stability: Implications for Early Educational Outcomes. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2019 to 2024)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Yoonsook Ha). This mixed methods project evaluates the impact of licensing regulation changes under the 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant on the availability and quality of child care providers in MA, and the relationship between the quality and stability of subsidized care and children’s early educational outcomes. A survey and focus groups were conducted during the pandemic with early education and child care providers about changes in quality. $1,589,505. (Subcontract: $402,789).
Evaluation of Massachusetts' Change in Child Care Subsidy Authorization Policy. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2018 to 2023)—Principal Investigator. (Co PI: Yoonsook Ha). This mixed methods project investigates the implementation process and impact of changes to subsidy authorizations under the 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant on the stability of child care subsidy benefits for priority populations and the stability of the enrollment of children at subsidized providers. $1,005,499.
Including Children of Immigrants in the Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Efforts and Safety Net. WT Grant Foundation and the Spencer Foundation. (2020 to 2022)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Co-PI: Brayan Rosa Rodriguez, UndiosUS). This COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant supports a policy-research collaboration with UnidosUS to undertake a policy equity analysis of US born children in immigrant families’ access to the safety net and to disseminate results to federal and state policymakers. $125,000.
Health, Neighborhood Context, and Mobility. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2017 to 2021)—Co-Investigator. (PI: Theresa Osypuk). This project focused on whether and how the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment impacts economic outcomes differentially based on families’ health risks. This project applies machine learning techniques to answer questions on the role of health for design of housing policy. $1,920,000. (Subcontract: $179,808).
Child Care Development Block Grant Research and Evaluation Implementation Planning Grant. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2017 to 2018)—Principal Investigator. (Co-PI: Yoonsook Ha). This planning grant helped to develop a research proposal for a large-scale evaluation study of the implementation of policy changes due to the reauthorization of CCDBG. The study focused on the quality and stability of child care programs and providers available to children receiving subsidies. $50,000.
Insights into the Black Box of Child Care Supply: Predictors of Provider Participation in the Child Care Subsidy System. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2014 to 2016)—Principal Investigator. Mentor/Graduate Research Advisor for an Early Care and Education Research Scholar Grant for Graduate student, Kate Giapponi. $50,000.
Evaluation of the Child Care Voucher Eligibility Reassessment Changes in Massachusetts. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2013 to 2018)—Principal Investigator. (Co-PI: Yoonsook Ha). This mixed methods projects evaluates the impact of user-friendly administrative changes to the child care subsidy program on the retention of child care subsidies and whether local variation in impacts can potentially be explained by implementation processes. $1,000,000.
Equity in Access to Early Childhood Education. Annie E. Casey Foundation. (2014 to 2016)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia). This policy research and dissemination project in partnership with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) focused on presenting the complexities of Black and Hispanic children’s access to high quality early education opportunities through policy briefs and a national webinar. $25,000.
Evaluation of Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Efforts for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Department of Homeland Security. (2009 to 2014)—Evaluation Task Leader. This project assessed the role of faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) in disaster preparedness and relief efforts, and designed and evaluated a capacity building curriculum.
Evaluation of the Community Healthy Marriage Initiative. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2006 to 2010)—Implementation Task Leader. Responsible for leading the implementation evaluation for a 7- year, 20-site evaluation of community activities to promote child health and well-being and healthy family relationships.
Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-entering Fathers and their Partners. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (2007 to 2010)—Implementation Team Member. Responsible for managing 3 sites in this 12-site evaluation of marriage and family strengthening grantees aiming to improve and strengthen couples’ relationships between incarcerated and reentering fathers and their partners.
Role of Religiosity and Spirituality in the Lives of Low-Income Families. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (2008 to 2009)—Principal Investigator. This project funded a systematic literature review on the effects of individual religiosity and spirituality on health outcomes in low-income families. $75,000.
Evaluation of the Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) and Other Related Disease Specific 1115 Waiver Programs. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2006 to 2007)—Senior Data Analyst. This evaluation focused on assessing the effectiveness of a program that extended Medicaid coverage to HIV-positive working poor people to help maintain employment and increase access to treatment that could slow or reverse the progression of HIV/AIDS.
Compendium of Research Papers for White House Conference on Faith-based Research. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (2007 to 2008)— Principal Investigator. This project supported the production of a research compendium of original papers and a web site for the White House research conference. $425,000.
Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Project. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (2006 to 2008)—Project Director. This project summarized efforts to improve programs to promote financial literacy, asset accumulation, and relationship skills education. $139,604.
Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children. Multiple federal and foundation funders. (2000 to 2008)—Senior Research Associate. The Three City Study examined the consequences of welfare reform on the well-being of children and families in Boston, San Antonio, and Chicago, over a five-year period. My research focused on the effects of low-income parents’ employment in nonstandard schedules on children’s socio-emotional and health outcomes and single parents’ family formation decisions.
Child Care Early Education Policy Research Collaborative: Actionable Equity Assessments. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (2023 to 2025) —Lead Facilitator. Lead monthly discussions with researchers and federal/state agency staff members focused on conceptual and practical issues in conducting policy equity assessments in child care and early education. $25,000.
Implementation Strategies to Increase Hispanic Workers' Access to and Use of Paid Family and Medical Leave. Urban Institute/WorkRise. (2023 to 2025)—Principal Investigator. (Co-PIs: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Susana Barragan, UnidosUS). This project is a rigorous qualitative study that 1) identifies PFML policy implementation and administrative processes that facilitate or exclude Hispanic and immigrant workers’ participation; and 2) assesses access and uptake from the perspectives of Hispanic community-based organizations, workers, and small business owners in three states. This project will develop and disseminate actionable recommendations for state agencies and employers developing more inclusive PFML program practices. $315,000.
Providing Child Care in a 24/7 Economy: A Mixed Methods Study of the Supply of Nontraditional Hour Care in the Child Care Subsidy System. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2023 to 2025)—Principal Investigator. Mentor/Graduate Research Advisor for an Early Care and Education Research Scholar Grant for Graduate student, Elizabeth Wong. $50,000.
Evaluation of the Relationship between Massachusetts Child Care Subsidy Payment Policies and Access to Care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2023 to 2027)—Co-Investigator. (PI: Yoonsook Ha). This mixed methods study evaluates the effects of increases in child care subsidy payment rates and decreases in family co-payments on children’s access to child care in Massachusetts. The study will test the impact of a low-cost outreach strategy to increase providers participation in the subsidy system. $1,600,000. (Subcontract: $594,792).
DiversityDataKids.org. W.K. Kellogg Foundation. (2010 to 2026)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia). This national equity-focused data project develops indicators of the state of wellbeing for children across various geographic areas in the United States, quantifies racial/ethnic inequities in child opportunities and access to policies, and develops a policy equity assessment method to identify promising policies that increase racial/ethnic equity. (2009 to 2012: $1,995, 959. 2014: $75,000. 2015 to 2016: $380,000. 2017 to 2021: $3,070,000. 2021 to 2024: $2,000,000: 2024 to 2026: $1,100,000).
Expanding the Impact of DiversityDataKids.org. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2013 to 2026)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia). This project focuses on expanding the impact and use of the projects Policy Equity Assessment and Child Opportunity Index through systematic research and user engagement to advance equity in health, housing, family economic security and early education policies. (2013 to 2017: $2,900,000. 2018 to 2021: $2,996,123. 2021 to 2024: $1,500,000. 2024 to 2026: $2,000,000).
Planning for A Coordinated Evaluation of CCDF Policies and Initiatives in Massachusetts. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2021 to 2023)—Senior Advisor. (PI: Yoonsook Ha). This evaluation planning grant funds a partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) to design a multi-year evaluation of the relationship between child care subsidy payment rates and family co-payment policies on children’s access to child care. $179,999. (Subcontract: $73,971).
Quality of Subsidized Child Care Providers and Children’s Care Stability: Implications for Early Educational Outcomes. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2019 to 2024)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Yoonsook Ha). This mixed methods project evaluates the impact of licensing regulation changes under the 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant on the availability and quality of child care providers in MA, and the relationship between the quality and stability of subsidized care and children’s early educational outcomes. A survey and focus groups were conducted during the pandemic with early education and child care providers about changes in quality. $1,589,505. (Subcontract: $402,789).
Evaluation of Massachusetts' Change in Child Care Subsidy Authorization Policy. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2018 to 2023)—Principal Investigator. (Co PI: Yoonsook Ha). This mixed methods project investigates the implementation process and impact of changes to subsidy authorizations under the 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant on the stability of child care subsidy benefits for priority populations and the stability of the enrollment of children at subsidized providers. $1,005,499.
Including Children of Immigrants in the Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Efforts and Safety Net. WT Grant Foundation and the Spencer Foundation. (2020 to 2022)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Co-PI: Brayan Rosa Rodriguez, UndiosUS). This COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant supports a policy-research collaboration with UnidosUS to undertake a policy equity analysis of US born children in immigrant families’ access to the safety net and to disseminate results to federal and state policymakers. $125,000.
Health, Neighborhood Context, and Mobility. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2017 to 2021)—Co-Investigator. (PI: Theresa Osypuk). This project focused on whether and how the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment impacts economic outcomes differentially based on families’ health risks. This project applies machine learning techniques to answer questions on the role of health for design of housing policy. $1,920,000. (Subcontract: $179,808).
Child Care Development Block Grant Research and Evaluation Implementation Planning Grant. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2017 to 2018)—Principal Investigator. (Co-PI: Yoonsook Ha). This planning grant helped to develop a research proposal for a large-scale evaluation study of the implementation of policy changes due to the reauthorization of CCDBG. The study focused on the quality and stability of child care programs and providers available to children receiving subsidies. $50,000.
Insights into the Black Box of Child Care Supply: Predictors of Provider Participation in the Child Care Subsidy System. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2014 to 2016)—Principal Investigator. Mentor/Graduate Research Advisor for an Early Care and Education Research Scholar Grant for Graduate student, Kate Giapponi. $50,000.
Evaluation of the Child Care Voucher Eligibility Reassessment Changes in Massachusetts. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2013 to 2018)—Principal Investigator. (Co-PI: Yoonsook Ha). This mixed methods projects evaluates the impact of user-friendly administrative changes to the child care subsidy program on the retention of child care subsidies and whether local variation in impacts can potentially be explained by implementation processes. $1,000,000.
Equity in Access to Early Childhood Education. Annie E. Casey Foundation. (2014 to 2016)—Co-Principal Investigator. (PI: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia). This policy research and dissemination project in partnership with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) focused on presenting the complexities of Black and Hispanic children’s access to high quality early education opportunities through policy briefs and a national webinar. $25,000.
Evaluation of Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Efforts for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Department of Homeland Security. (2009 to 2014)—Evaluation Task Leader. This project assessed the role of faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) in disaster preparedness and relief efforts, and designed and evaluated a capacity building curriculum.
Evaluation of the Community Healthy Marriage Initiative. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2006 to 2010)—Implementation Task Leader. Responsible for leading the implementation evaluation for a 7- year, 20-site evaluation of community activities to promote child health and well-being and healthy family relationships.
Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-entering Fathers and their Partners. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (2007 to 2010)—Implementation Team Member. Responsible for managing 3 sites in this 12-site evaluation of marriage and family strengthening grantees aiming to improve and strengthen couples’ relationships between incarcerated and reentering fathers and their partners.
Role of Religiosity and Spirituality in the Lives of Low-Income Families. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (2008 to 2009)—Principal Investigator. This project funded a systematic literature review on the effects of individual religiosity and spirituality on health outcomes in low-income families. $75,000.
Evaluation of the Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) and Other Related Disease Specific 1115 Waiver Programs. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2006 to 2007)—Senior Data Analyst. This evaluation focused on assessing the effectiveness of a program that extended Medicaid coverage to HIV-positive working poor people to help maintain employment and increase access to treatment that could slow or reverse the progression of HIV/AIDS.
Compendium of Research Papers for White House Conference on Faith-based Research. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (2007 to 2008)— Principal Investigator. This project supported the production of a research compendium of original papers and a web site for the White House research conference. $425,000.
Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Project. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (2006 to 2008)—Project Director. This project summarized efforts to improve programs to promote financial literacy, asset accumulation, and relationship skills education. $139,604.
Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children. Multiple federal and foundation funders. (2000 to 2008)—Senior Research Associate. The Three City Study examined the consequences of welfare reform on the well-being of children and families in Boston, San Antonio, and Chicago, over a five-year period. My research focused on the effects of low-income parents’ employment in nonstandard schedules on children’s socio-emotional and health outcomes and single parents’ family formation decisions.
Professional Activities and Certifications
Professional Activities and Certifications
Journal of Marriage and Family (2013 – 2016) — Editorial Board Member
American Journal of Sociology, BMC-Health Services, Cancer, Children and Youth Services Review, Community, Work and Family, Demographic Research, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Family Relations, Health Affairs, Health Equity, Infant and Child Development, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Marriage and Family, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine Reports, Population and Policy Review, Social Problems, Social Science and Medicine, Social Work and Society, Social Service Review, Work and Occupations, Youth and Society — Reviewer
Appointed Member
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Community Development Research Advisory Council (2022 – Present)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: Exploring the Opportunity Gap from Birth to Age Eight Consensus Study (2021 – 2023)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Child Care Early Education Policy Research Steering Committee (2023 – Present)
Urban Institute, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Human Services Analysis Execution Project (RED-X) (2019 –Present)
Vanderbilt University, Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, Equity Research Committee (2021 – Present)
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Essentials D2A Economic Opportunity Workgroup (2023 – Present)
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, PRAMS Maternity Leave Advisory Committee (2016 – Present)
The Family and Workers Fund, Job Quality Measurement Initiative (2022)
Medical Legal Partnership Boston, Building Legal Problem-Solving Capacity in the Early Childhood Sector Research Advisory Group (2021 – 2022)
United Way, Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed Project Advisory Committee (2021 – 2022)
Child Care Aware of America, Child Care Data Center Advisory Committee (2018 – 2020)
Child Trends Measuring and Comparing Early Childhood Education Access for Families Workgroup (2017)
External Reviewer
Association for Public Policy and Management Annual Research Conference Program Committee (2021-2024)
Child Trends, National Center for Hispanic Children and Families, Post-pandemic, Latino parents with low income still work in industries and occupations with little flexibility to cover child care disruptions (2023), Explaining ECE Utilization Patterns for Low-Income Hispanic Households with Infants and Toddlers (2019), Job Characteristics of Hispanic Parents (2018)
MEF Associates, Developing Teaching Materials Based on OPRE’s Research and Evaluation Project (2022)
Urban Institute, Racial Equity Scoring Initiative (2021), Assessing Child Care Subsidies Through an Equity Lens (2021), Increasing Access to Child Care for Vulnerable Populations (2018)
County Health Rankings Disparity Rating System (2021)
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Regional and Community Outreach Child Care Project (2018 – 2021)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Paid Family and Medical Leave Project (2017-2019)
Pew Charitable Trusts, Family Economic Stability, Child Care (2017)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. HealthyPeople 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Employment (2016)
Grant Reviewer
Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Academic Grants (2023)
Urban Institute/WorkRise, Bold Ideas for Transforming the Labor Market (2021)
Society for Research on Child Development, Early Career Small Grants Program (2020, 2021)
William T. Grant Foundation, Research Grants on Reducing Inequality (2019)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Services Resources Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, State Systems Development Initiative Grant Program Tier 2 grant HRSA-18-062 (2018)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Services Resources Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau MCH Field-Initiated Innovative Research Studies HRSA-17-011, R40 (2015, 2017)
Local Service
Appointed Member, Human Services Committee, Town of Lexington (2003-2010; 2015-2021)
Appointed Member, Tax Deferral and Exemption Study Committee, Town of Lexington (2017-2021)
Elected Town Meeting Member, Town of Lexington (2015-2020)
American Journal of Sociology, BMC-Health Services, Cancer, Children and Youth Services Review, Community, Work and Family, Demographic Research, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Family Relations, Health Affairs, Health Equity, Infant and Child Development, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Marriage and Family, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine Reports, Population and Policy Review, Social Problems, Social Science and Medicine, Social Work and Society, Social Service Review, Work and Occupations, Youth and Society — Reviewer
Appointed Member
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Community Development Research Advisory Council (2022 – Present)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: Exploring the Opportunity Gap from Birth to Age Eight Consensus Study (2021 – 2023)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Child Care Early Education Policy Research Steering Committee (2023 – Present)
Urban Institute, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Human Services Analysis Execution Project (RED-X) (2019 –Present)
Vanderbilt University, Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, Equity Research Committee (2021 – Present)
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Essentials D2A Economic Opportunity Workgroup (2023 – Present)
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, PRAMS Maternity Leave Advisory Committee (2016 – Present)
The Family and Workers Fund, Job Quality Measurement Initiative (2022)
Medical Legal Partnership Boston, Building Legal Problem-Solving Capacity in the Early Childhood Sector Research Advisory Group (2021 – 2022)
United Way, Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed Project Advisory Committee (2021 – 2022)
Child Care Aware of America, Child Care Data Center Advisory Committee (2018 – 2020)
Child Trends Measuring and Comparing Early Childhood Education Access for Families Workgroup (2017)
External Reviewer
Association for Public Policy and Management Annual Research Conference Program Committee (2021-2024)
Child Trends, National Center for Hispanic Children and Families, Post-pandemic, Latino parents with low income still work in industries and occupations with little flexibility to cover child care disruptions (2023), Explaining ECE Utilization Patterns for Low-Income Hispanic Households with Infants and Toddlers (2019), Job Characteristics of Hispanic Parents (2018)
MEF Associates, Developing Teaching Materials Based on OPRE’s Research and Evaluation Project (2022)
Urban Institute, Racial Equity Scoring Initiative (2021), Assessing Child Care Subsidies Through an Equity Lens (2021), Increasing Access to Child Care for Vulnerable Populations (2018)
County Health Rankings Disparity Rating System (2021)
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Regional and Community Outreach Child Care Project (2018 – 2021)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Paid Family and Medical Leave Project (2017-2019)
Pew Charitable Trusts, Family Economic Stability, Child Care (2017)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. HealthyPeople 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Employment (2016)
Grant Reviewer
Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Academic Grants (2023)
Urban Institute/WorkRise, Bold Ideas for Transforming the Labor Market (2021)
Society for Research on Child Development, Early Career Small Grants Program (2020, 2021)
William T. Grant Foundation, Research Grants on Reducing Inequality (2019)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Services Resources Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, State Systems Development Initiative Grant Program Tier 2 grant HRSA-18-062 (2018)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Services Resources Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau MCH Field-Initiated Innovative Research Studies HRSA-17-011, R40 (2015, 2017)
Local Service
Appointed Member, Human Services Committee, Town of Lexington (2003-2010; 2015-2021)
Appointed Member, Tax Deferral and Exemption Study Committee, Town of Lexington (2017-2021)
Elected Town Meeting Member, Town of Lexington (2015-2020)
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2018: Research Team Award (diversitydatakids project), Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
2016: Research Team Award (Evaluation of administrative changes to child care subsidies project), Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
2014: Lawrence R. Klein Award for Best Article in the Monthly Labor Review, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor
1993-1996: Sol C. Chaikin Fellowship in Family and Children’s Policy
1993: Survey Research Methods Fellowship, ICPSR, University of Michigan
2016: Research Team Award (Evaluation of administrative changes to child care subsidies project), Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
2014: Lawrence R. Klein Award for Best Article in the Monthly Labor Review, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor
1993-1996: Sol C. Chaikin Fellowship in Family and Children’s Policy
1993: Survey Research Methods Fellowship, ICPSR, University of Michigan