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Cara Jackson offers tips on using evidence-informed resources to help states, districts, & schools improve literacy instruction. 

The blog explores the challenge of Head Start's teacher shortage amid the “back to school” season, and the need to address fair compensation for educators.

"We don’t have any food. They are going to take my kids! Can you help me?" The desperate plea of a mother came through my voicemail. It was dinner time; I had already left the office for the day. I had been working with this family for months to address several safety risk factors. It was a tough case, and my job as a Prevention Specialist with the Department of Social Services (DSS) was to keep this family safely intact. I felt the weight of this responsibility every day. I knew if I did not intervene, foster care would be imminent for the children. However, the call came during the few hours I slept between jobs. I made less than $30,000 per year at DSS and, to make ends meet, worked a second full-time job at a residential program for youth aging out of foster care.

Join Abt for the nationwide discussion on hunger, food insecurity, summer nutrition  programs and CACFP at #NCNC24.

Our experts will meet with federal leaders on practical AI adoption for government to create systems built to last beyond pilots.

Abt sponsors the 2026 PSC Annual Conference, bringing together leaders in federal acquisition, data, AI, digital modernization, and mission delivery.

Abt presents vital workforce development data, interrogating employer return on investment in registered apprenticeship programs.

Work requirements are expanding and budgets are not. Let's build an employment program that meets you where you're at.

Abt is a Gold Sponsor of APPAM 2026. Catch us in Boston, in our sessions and at booth 304, or connect with the team here!

Abt’s Allan Porowski and Sandra Wilson will present evidence-based insights to help move family well-being, economic mobility, and self-sufficiency forward.