Pacific Northwest Regional Work
With offices in Seattle, Washington, and Alexandria, Virginia, MEF is proud to call the Pacific Northwest home. We are committed to supporting organizations whose work impacts vulnerable families in our community. We have worked closely with a wide range of city, state, tribal, and nonprofit clients throughout the region to support their evaluation and learning goals.
Our Pacific Northwest portfolio includes program evaluations and organizational capacity building projects on pressing local issues including housing, workforce development, employment training, and criminal justice and re-entry, among others.
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Featured Projects
Helping the Department of Children, Youth, and Families respond to a request of the Washington State Legislature to explore the research on and feasibility of cash and cash-equivalent benefits for nonworking residents. Read more.
Funded by the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) and in partnership with its subcontractor Forland Wheeler Consulting, MEF is creating customized regional occupational projections to identify high demand industries to support equitable recovery coming out of the pandemci. Read more.
Working with Section 8 housing voucher recipients to understand how they use their vouchers and what influences their housing decisions, in partnership with the Seattle Housing Authority and King County Housing Authority. Read more.
Evaluating a Seattle City Council-funded program serving formerly justice-involved men of color to address barriers to employment. Read more.
Assessing the evaluability of the design and implementation of a neighborhood strategy connecting at-risk youth with services and programs to reduce suspensions, expulsions, and referrals to the juvenile courts. Read more.
Implementing an RCT with University of Washington to assess an intervention aimed at increasing child support collections. Read more.
Partnering with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe to evaluate their community-based re-entry program funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. Read more
Exploring the needs and experiences of gig workers across Washington State through surveys, administrative data analysis, and focus groups. Read more.