Evidence That Helps Families Move Forward
Abt is presenting at the 23rd Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS), bringing our decades-long experience delivering programs that support family well-being, employment, economic mobility, and self-sufficiency. Convened by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families, RECS brings together researchers, state and local administrators, practitioners, federal officials, and policymakers to discuss research on programs, policies, and services that support families on the path to economic self-sufficiency.
Our teams bring deep evaluation experience to programs and systems that support families’ economic mobility. Across employment coaching, career pathways, youth services, healthy marriage, housing, and financial capability, Abt brings rigorous evaluation methods together with practical insight into how human services programs operate in the real world.
Connect with Abt at RECS 2026 to discuss evidence-building, program evaluation, employment and training strategies, family economic mobility, and practical ways to strengthen human services programs.
Meet our Experts at RECS
- Allan Porowski - Principal Associate, Monitoring & Evaluation
- Sandra Wilson - Principal Associate, Monitoring & Evaluation
Attend Our Session:
Defining What Works in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) Programs
Abt’s Sandra Wilson will join Dara Lewis of MDRC to present interim qualitative implementation findings from the Fatherhood TIES project, including insights from a systematic review of core components of fatherhood programs and connections to related HMRE core components work. The session will highlight how these findings can strengthen understanding of what works in fatherhood programming and inform implementation considerations for programs serving fathers, families, and communities.
Session Title to be posted.
Presenter: Allan Porowski
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