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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services created the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model to be able to negotiate with manufacturers on behalf of states to make high-cost specialty drugs available to beneficiaries and affordable to State Medicaid Agencies. 

More than 2 million units of rental housing have been developed through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, making it the largest housing production program in U.S. history. As thousands of properties hit the 15-year mark—ending the…

In late 2014, the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) was awarded a federal Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG) to expand high-quality early childhood education to more than 800 4-year-old children per year in five underserved…

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…

In 2006, the Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development (CCWD) launched the Oregon Pathways for Adult Basic Skills Initiative (OPABS) to better help low-skilled adults transition from the state’s Adult Basic Skills (ABS) programs…

Substance use disorders (SUDs), including opioid use disorder (OUD), represent a significant barrier to employment. Growing rates of SUDs also require a skilled workforce to help communities respond to the needs of individuals in recovery. The Department…

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs typically provide job search assistance (JSA) in addition to their income-support role. JSA strategies can include group, one-on-one, or self-directed activities. While there is evidence JSA…

Rhode Island’s Preschool Development Grant – Birth through Age Five (PDG) grant is being used to implement a plan to ensure all children from birth through age 5 (B-5) are supported by services and programs that will prepare them for lifelong success. To…

Studies indicate that dementia care in the United States is, generally, impersonal and fragmented. Massachusetts requires long-term care facilities to provide dementia care training to direct-care workers. The intention of the regulation was to address…

The Promise Neighborhood program is a place-based initiative designed to improve the educational outcomes of children through linked, holistic and evidence-based cradle-to-career interventions.  The program’s grantees provide a menu of services to the…