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HomeStart is a Boston-based nonprofit organization with a goal of eliminating homelessness due to eviction for non-payment, notably for families with subsidies and the working poor in Massachusetts. Eviction is costly not only for tenants but for…

"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.

More than 150,000 families experience homelessness each year and are forced to seek emergency shelter or face life on the street. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development wanted to understand the most effective options to help these families. 

This report identifies promising child welfare interventions that use recovery coaches and assesses their readiness for replication and further evaluation.

For more than 35 years, Abt has delivered extensive regulatory support services to state and federal clients, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Interior, Coast Guard, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Through the US President's Malaria Initiative, Abt helped protect nearly 40 million people in 2025 while pioneering integrated community health campaigns that brought essential services directly to remote areas.

Data from US & international guaranteed income pilots pose critical questions – does an annual lump sum, monthly payments, or a combination best help families?