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Indonesia is an archipelago nation with more than 17,000 islands. Traditionally, communities have mapped their borders, relying on natural landmarks. However, the number of communities with accurate maps remains low.   Resolving this uncertainty allows…

This article showcases behavioral health crisis program, GRAND Model, which was found to be effective in reducing inpatient hospitalizations in Oklahoma.

The Green Jobs and Health Care Impact Evaluation (GJ-HC) is a rigorous evaluation of four career pathways programs funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The programs – enacted in response to the 2008 recession – targeted unemployed workers and those…

Through SHOPS Plus, Abt helped Rwanda increase access to DMPA oral contraceptive by helping to create a regulatory and logistical enabling environment.

In 2015, HUD rolled out the Assessment of Fair Housing which included a new rigorous and mandatory process for data analysis, mapping, and strategy development  to help grantees make meaningful change and affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH). Abt…

Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) programs provide early childhood education, social and support services to culturally and linguistically diverse migrant and seasonal farmworker families and their children. Since the last nationally representative study of MSHS was conducted almost 20 years ago, there’s an urgent need for an update on MSHS programs and centers, and the farmworker families they serve. Changes in migration patterns, immigration policies and climate conditions may be affecting these children and families in as yet unknown ways, and the MSHS program may have to adapt to their changing needs.

Some Cambodian parents fear they can’t give their kids food, clothes, and education – a future. So these desperate parents hand their children over to orphanages, though they aren’t orphans. The children often face poor care and family separation at best…

Abt’s Evaluation Technical Assistance team has helped hundreds of evaluators provide real-world, rigorous evidence of program effectiveness.

In this podcast, Abt’s Ginger Pryor and Whitney Rostad explain how child welfare solutions can emerge from disaggregated data, community input, and silo-busting collaborations.