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The localization approach of the Abt Global-led USAID Efficiencies for Clinical HIV Outcomes (ECHO) project in Mozambique has helped curb HIV.

An important knowledge gap exists with respect to the role that housing assistance plays in promoting economic self-sufficiency among welfare recipients.  To fill this gap, Congress appropriated funds for Section 8 tenant-based assistance to help…

In this blog, Abt shares the insights gained from—and stories told by—people with lived experience in Rapid Re-housing Programs.

"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.

Grantees used AAI’s flexibility to implement activities based on the needs of their target populations and service area employers, learning valuable lessons.

A study of essential workers found that COVID-19 vaccine knowledge, attitudes, and practices responses predict vaccine uptake, which can improve over time.

CDC’s real-time surveillance of COVID-19 cases and analyses of surveillance data inform public health policies, communication about protective behaviors, and guidance to public health and healthcare providers, communities, businesses, and schools.

Sebastian Lemire co-authored three articles on John Mayne’s evaluation work in a special edition of The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation.

This journal article finds that pairing climate indicators and projections is more productive for adaptation decision making than climate projections alone.