Nickie Fung

Nickie Fung specializes in formative, qualitative, and implementation research on programs and policies designed to coordinate a variety of services for children and their families.

Since joining Mathematica in 2015, Fung has worked on a range of projects in the areas of early childhood, child welfare, and family support. Currently, she is the task lead for an implementation study collecting information about the factors that contributed to or inhibited implementation of a comprehensive service model with youth and young adults at-risk for homelessness and a history of child welfare involvement. She is also a sub-project lead, providing continuous quality improvement support and meeting facilitation for state Home-Visiting Program staff. Past projects include case studies on prevention services models, direct technical assistance and formative evaluation with two-generation approaches, a descriptive study of two-generation programs, a literature review and qualitative data collection about coordinated service approaches, and a pilot study and descriptive evaluation on the implementation of a Breakthrough Series Collaborative in the child welfare system to improve the engagement of fathers and paternal relatives.

Before joining Mathematica, Fung conducted qualitative education research on the implementation of a college access program and the implications of state budget cuts on K–12 education. Fung holds a master’s degree in public policy from the University of California, Los Angeles.