Author: Reid Cramer
Year of DDRG Award: 1996
Grantee University: University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation Title: Local Economic Development Planning in Low-Income America: The Implementation of the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program
Current Employment: Director, Asset Building Program, New America Foundation
Research Subject Areas: Social Policy, Housing, Urban Policy, Savings Policy
Biography:
Reid Cramer is director of the asset building program at the New America Foundation, where he leads the program's policy research activities. Previously, he served as the program's research director and as a co-director of the New America Foundation's Next Social Contract Initiative, an effort to examine the delivery of social policy for the 21st century. His work has provided analytical support for the development of the ASPIRE Act, a bipartisan proposal to create a savings account for every newborn child in America. Prior to joining New America, Dr. Cramer served as a policy and budget analyst at the Office of Management and Budget, where he helped coordinate policies on housing, savings, economic development, and program performance evaluation. He has also worked for a range of nonprofit housing and community development organizations, the National Research Council, and the Urban Institute. Dr. Cramer has a doctorate in public policy from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a master's degree in city and regional planning from the Pratt Institute and a bachelor of arts degree from Wesleyan University.
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