Mathematica and our partner studied the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3) to assess how states, local governments, and Indian tribes used the flexibilities offered by the model to better meet the needs of disconnected youth.
Linda Rosenberg
Principal Researcher
Expertise
- Qualitative Research of Programs in Domestic Policy Areas, Including Education, Labor, and Welfare
- Disadvantaged Youth
Focus Areas
- Education
- School Reform
- Employment
- Training and Re-employment
- Family Support
- TANF and Employment Issues
- Human Services
About Linda
Linda Rosenberg has more than 25 years of experience conducting qualitative research on programs in domestic policy areas, including labor, education, and welfare.
She has led many large-scale studies and been responsible for the design, data collection, and analyses of program implementation for these studies.
Currently, Rosenberg is the project director for several U.S. Department of Labor projects. She leads the National Evaluation of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth, an initiative across several federal agencies that grants administrative and programmatic flexibilities to pilots to implement innovative programs to improve outcomes for disconnected youth. Under Rosenberg’s direction, the team is providing evaluation technical assistance to pilots, conducting an implementation and systems study, and collecting and reporting pilots’ administrative data. She also is directing an evaluation of the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and of State Apprenticeship Expansion grants. She was co-project director of the Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation; she contributed to the design and implementation of that evaluation, which studied the impact of the programs’ services.
In the education area, Rosenberg led the Mathematica team in a study of school turnaround practices for the U.S. Department of Education. She also contributed to the design and analysis for a study of after-school programs funded by the federal government. For the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, she directed a study team in the design of and data collection for case studies and a 50-state survey of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) diversion practices, which documented states’ strategies to assist or divert applicants for TANF.
Rosenberg holds a master’s degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Key Projects
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The National Evaluation of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth
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Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard EvaluationIn 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration commissioned Mathematica to conduct a national random assignment evaluation of the Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker programs' effectiveness.
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Looking to the Future: Job Corps External ReviewThe study is looking at structural and service delivery changes to enhance Job Corps, the nation's largest and most comprehensive residential education and job training program for at-risk youth ages 16 through 24. The review builds on prior rigorous research demonstrating that the Job Corps has promise.
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Elderly Nutrition Services Program Process EvaluationTo ensure that the Elderly Nutrition Services Program meets its goals, Mathematica is conducting an evaluation of program operations, cost of meals and associated services, and overall health and well-being of program participants.
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Early Head Start Research and EvaluationThe program promotes learning and the parenting that supports it within the first three years of life. Participating children performed significantly better in cognitive, language, and social-emotional development than their peers who did not participate.