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Pamela A. Holcomb
Senior Researcher
Pamela Holcomb, a senior researcher, is conducting research in the areas of family support and labor/workforce development. Her primary area of expertise is implementation research, and she has directed and/or participated in numerous studies examining welfare reform implementation and strategies to improve the economic conditions of low-wage workers.
Holcomb was employed for more than two decades at the Urban Institute, where she conducted research covering a wide range of policy areas affecting low-income families, including workforce development, welfare reform, food and nutrition, child care, child support, and the delivery of services and benefits.
Holcomb left the Urban Institute in 2007 to become the managing director and, most recently, the interim executive director of the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization (CPRO), a community-based, nonprofit organization engaged in economic revitalization and community development activities. During that time she participated in Arlington's 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness and was the chair of its Integrated Services Committee.
Holcomb is also a member of the Arlington County Community Development Citizen’s Advisory Committee, which advises on development and implementation of the Community Development Block Grant Program and the Community Services Block Grant Program. She is one of 40 community leaders participating in the 2010 Class of Leadership Arlington. She served two terms on the Commonwealth of Virginia Governor’s Advisory Board for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
Holcomb has authored articles in several journals such as Social Policy Review and the Journal of Applied Social Sciences. She completed Ph.D. coursework at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, where she also earned an M.S. in applied history and social science.
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- Areas of Expertise
- Professional Activities
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- Implementation research and public assistance programs
- Workforce Development/Employment and Training
- Benefit Access and Service Delivery Systems
- Leadership Arlington, VA
- Community Development Citizen Advisory Board, Arlington County, VA