Collin examined the effects of federally funded supportive services on the health of seniors and people with disabilities in Seattle’s public housing. He designed a research project utilizing a seven language survey of residents and analyzed secondary data to document the positive effects of the programs on residents’ health.
Impacts of Nutrition and Human Services Interventions on the Health of Elderly and Disabled Persons in Public Housing evaluates the federally funded ROSS-Elderly and Persons with Disabilities program in Seattle.
Collin worked on asset building policies impacting low-income people. He assisted with the development of policy for a prepaid debit card account for unbanked persons that can be opened on the tax form, which was piloted by the U.S. Treasury in 2010. He also co-authored an analysis of the President’s budget and a paper on savings and financial services innovations at tax time.
Originally from Mililani, Hawaii, Collin graduated from Willamette University with a degree in economics and Spanish. He has taught English to immigrant farm workers, helped design a survey evaluating an Individual Development Accounts program, conducted research on poverty in Hawai‘i, and interned with the Governor of Oregon. Collin also studied in Spain and was named a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow in 2007.
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