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Evaluating an Innovative Job Corps Pilot Program
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Abt Global and its partner, MDRC, evaluated a Job Corps pilot program, the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy (CCCA), for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The Cascades pilot was an ambitious and evidence-based attempt to increase education…
Abt Evaluates New Orleans Educator Preparation Programs
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Abt is evaluating the New Orleans Supporting Effective Educator Development project.
Strengthening Intellectual Disability Health Awareness
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The Primary Care Enhancement Program pilot improved the capability of general practitioners to care for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Evaluation of Prevention Activities for Rheumatic Fever
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The evaluation of the Rheumatic Fever Strategy pilot program highlights the need for integrating primordial and primary prevention approaches.
Communications Strategy for Updating of Pandemic Flu Mitigation Guidelines
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An influenza pandemic is a major public health threat. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) needed a communications strategy to notify communities of the latest scientific findings on nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the wake of…
Evaluating CMS’s InCK Model For Kids with Complex Health Needs
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Improving healthcare quality while reducing costs is a goal Abt Global has been helping the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pursue for more than a decade through evaluations and more. CMS’s Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) payment and…
Evaluation of the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) in Hennepin County, Minnesota
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In 2010, Hennepin County, Minn., was one of 16 grantees awarded funds by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to replicate with fidelity and rigorously evaluate evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs. Abt Global conducted a…
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Study Finds Benefits
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wanted to determine if teen pregnancy prevention programs with limited prior evidence of effectiveness can work when replicated with different populations and in different settings. HHS contracted with…
Reducing Early Childhood Obesity (RECO) Evaluation
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Many young children are overweight or obese, which can lead to poor health outcomes later in life as well as higher health care costs. First 5 LA, an independent county agency that helps prepare children for kindergarten during their first five years,…
Expanding Evidence on Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families
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The child welfare system has seen recent increases in removals of children from homes where parental substance use disorder (SUD) is a contributing factor, due in part to the depth of the opioid crisis. Some parents with SUD have limited access to…